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This piece of conventional wisdom is almost never true. That ‘they were ready’ is very often a posterity rationalization. Most […]
I often use lines from some of Obama’s speeches, to ask leaders about their sense of destiny, small d or […]
For every community struggling to achieve something, and deciding to launch some form of collective action; for every minority that […]
Whether you are sitting in HR, Organizational Development or any other corporate function, or simply in a position of management […]
Following on from Wednesday’s proposition, the new disciplines of management, ‘The New Classics’ are these 10: 1. Behavioural Economics 2. […]
Amongst the challenges that management has in the 21st Century, which are shared, of course, by specific functions such as […]
This quote is from Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988), American science fiction writer, who was famous for his quotes. This one […]
A true story. A health care worker is truly struggling to do her work and caring for a son who […]
Attention re-structuralists, strategists and people about to be sold a multi-million pound reorganization solution that will solve all those nasty […]
In the previous Daily Thoughts posting, I said that successful growth contains the seeds of its failure. Managing the organizational complexity […]
If you want to have a conversation about the future of work, the nature of work, the post-pandemic work, the […]
In our Viral Change™ Programmes, members of the community (company) of activists, invariably ask questions such as, what shall we […]
Scenario 1: The Leadership Team/Top Management Team is in high control mode. They feel they need to make many different […]
Every morning, when we wake up, put our work clothes on and head for whatever is in our Outlook or […]
Apparently nothing can change unless there is as ‘burning platform’. Business and old change management loves that kind of drama. […]
The answer to individual negativity is group positiveness. Fighting individual negativity at individual level is a risky fight. If you […]
And still I get lots of people who raise eyebrows, people who look at me with a conspiracy-like smile (‘you […]
Possibility is perhaps the most beautiful word in management. There are organizations in which possibilities seem exhausted, work is an […]
Sorry for the medicalisation, an annoying legacy in my brain from many years of diagnosing and prescribing. Unlike many other […]
The ‘expectations muddle’ of empowerment has different shapes and flavours: I expect you to do something but you don’t think […]
