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October 17th, 2020

Framing is a leadership must (3 of 3): ‘Intention and Outcome’

My third framing comment, after (1) framing new behaviours, and (2) the framing of the overall narrative of the organization, […]

October 16th, 2020

Framing is a leadership must (2 of 3): frame the narrative before it frames you

Back in June, I said that I would put framing at the top of the list on ‘leadership tasks’. I […]

October 15th, 2020

Compelling narrative and truth are, of course, two different things. Leadership must make them inseparable

Some time ago a picture of a pack of wolves walking in the snow had been circulating on many social […]

October 14th, 2020

Trophy employees, their company and its useful idiots

In any organization there are positive deviants (deviants from expected norms, who achieve results) and other ‘statistical abnormalities’ by nature […]

October 13th, 2020

Corporate Botox

My local DIY/Bricolage/Hardware store has terrible service. But now, by adopting a tradition started by Walmart (a tradition which is […]

October 12th, 2020

Sustainable? Competitive advantage or disadvantage?

There was a time, not long ago, when people got fed up with ‘change programmes’ that faded at the speed […]

October 10th, 2020

4 types of generosity in the workplace. 2 with epidemic potential.

Four types: The generosity of the traffic light. Every fixed interval, it lets you get through. It even changes colour […]

October 9th, 2020

You want to seek the company of a few rejected people

There are many compilations but I found these examples in distractify.com. These are cases of rejection that should make us […]

October 8th, 2020

The only change worth changing, is people’s lives. Why are we afraid to say it?

Business organizations have grown in a traditional alpha male model where emotions are weaknesses, irrationality is banned and ‘the human […]

October 7th, 2020

The problem is that all we say is that ‘the problem is’. There is no ‘and’.

We need to improve communication is not the same as, this is what we need to do to improve communication, […]

October 6th, 2020

Trust in 3 models. Trust me, it’s simple.

There are three major sources of trust generation. Everything else is commentary: The ‘keep promises’. I can rely on you, […]

October 5th, 2020

Measurement: the Dogma. Here are 10 critical thinking principles.

The following are not the same: What you want to measure What you need to measure What you have been […]

October 3rd, 2020

The cost of checking. Looking at the number one cause of organizational ineffectiveness.

If somebody could care to quantify the cost of constantly checking with people whether they are doing what they are […]

October 2nd, 2020

Children don’t hate (other than broccoli, or the nanny). Then, we all grow up and…

I owe this phrase to John Kerry whom I had the privilege of seeing on his London tour promoting his […]

October 1st, 2020

Introducing behaviours by the back door. The ‘culture of feedback’ example

There are many ways to introduce, trigger and spread behaviours in organizations, but not many of them are effective and […]

September 30th, 2020

Every successful company’s growth contains seeds of failure. At some point, organizational complexity could outweigh the business benefits

Organizations grow in many ways: organically and quietly, organically and exponentially, by acquisitions or mergers etc. In every step of […]

September 29th, 2020

I challenge you with this quiz, when applied to your own organization.

There are about 200 people in the organization. But 10 of them at the top are very powerful In fact, […]

September 28th, 2020

History is constructed. The leader’s legacy is not retrospective. We build it daily, so we’d better test it.

I previously wrote about company cultures having a glue, The One Global Culture does not exist. But pretending that it […]

September 26th, 2020

The One Global Culture does not exist. But pretending that it does holds us together.

The so-called One Global Culture is a confederation of: (a) Geographical cultures and sub-cultures (Italy, USA, France etc) (b) Functional, […]

September 25th, 2020

Casinos don’t have clocks

Ryan Holiday (media critic, stoicism vendor, marketing strategist) is ‘the bestselling author of Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a […]