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February 8th, 2019

Kids characters are shaped in the playground, not the classroom

And employee characters, and company culture, and all the unwritten rules of the organization are shaped in the cafeteria, the […]
February 7th, 2019

The painting is a beautiful, delicate masterpiece. The artist’s workshop is a mess.

The process of creativity can be very messy. In fact, it is perhaps necessarily messy. Like the artist’s workshop. The […]
February 6th, 2019

There is a strong case to start reading a book backwards. And other rambling comments

Given our growing impatience and limited attention span (our minds are overheated in the filtering of information, like traffic control […]
November 30th, 2018

Teamocracies are tired, networkracies win the day.

For as long as anybody can remember in management history, the team has been highlighted as the unquestionable form of […]
November 29th, 2018

Culture is in the A list, the one where ‘work’ sits. Not in the B list (‘when I have time, after A’)

Culture is not a project, something to do on top of normal work, an extra, something to get your hands […]
November 28th, 2018

A team is not a meeting. The best team is the one that does not need to meet. Almost.

Reposting a favourite from back in April 2017. Enjoy! One of the most toxic practices in organizational life is equating […]
November 16th, 2018

Shifting the narrative: one of the finest roles of leadership

One of the fundamental roles of leadership is to frame the narrative of the organization. This is easy to say […]
October 5th, 2018

For every ‘I have a dream’, there are thousands of ‘are you serious?’

The recent launch of the “Mobilize!” Masterclass has led to much discussion about Social Movements here at Daily Thoughts HQ. […]
August 17th, 2018

Weekly Recap: Social Movements (part 3 of 3)

Welcome to the last in our summer recap series. We hope you have enjoyed re-reading some of our favourite posts […]
August 15th, 2018

Weekly Recap: Social Movements (part 2 of 3)

The second of this week’s recap posts on Social Movements. Enjoy! Tribes in the organization: seeing the world in segments, […]
August 13th, 2018

Weekly Recap: Social Movements (part 1 of 3)

Normal service will be resuming shortly at Daily Thoughts HQ! But first, we wanted to share some of the best […]
August 10th, 2018

Weekly Recap: Leadership (part 3 of 3)

Here is the third of our favourite posts on Leadership. Enjoy and have a great weekend! The ‘research’ for the […]
August 8th, 2018

Weekly Recap: Leadership (part 2 of 3)

Here is the 2nd of this week’s revisited posts focused on Leadership… Three magic questions for leaders 1. Will I […]
August 6th, 2018

Weekly Recap: Leadership (part 1 of 3)

Welcome to the third in our series of summer “Recaps”, this week focusing on Leadership. We hope you enjoy our […]
August 3rd, 2018

Weekly Recap: Culture (part 3 of 3)

Here is the third of our favourite posts on Culture. Enjoy and have a great weekend! Grab the magic thresholds […]
August 1st, 2018

Weekly Recap: Culture (part 2 of 3)

The second of this week’s posts on Culture. Enjoy! Lazy managers love questionnaires No offence to questionnaires. They are legitimate […]
July 30th, 2018

Weekly Recap: Culture (part 1 of 3)

As Daily Thoughts is taking a short summer hiatus, this week we are sending you a few of our favourite […]
July 27th, 2018

Weekly Recap: Viral Change™ (part 3 of 3)

Here is this week’s final recap post looking at the Viral Change™ Mobilizing Platform. Have a great weekend! Networks have […]
July 26th, 2018

Weekly Recap: Viral Change™ (part 2 of 3)

Here is this week’s second “recap” post on the Viral Change™ Mobilizing Platform. Enjoy!   Change management is dead. Let’s […]
July 24th, 2018

Weekly Recap: Viral Change™ (part 1 of 3)

Dear Readers, Daily Thoughts is taking a short holiday! But never fear, over the next few weeks we will be […]