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The Four readiness drivers I have mentioned in previous days are: Rapid Reaction and Reconfiguration (RRR) Focus on your ‘social […]
The word ‘ready’ has at least 4 meanings in any dictionary: 1. Prepared or available for service, action, or […]
This is the famous quote by Rahm Emanuel, now mayor or Chicago and before Chief of Staff of Barack Obama: […]
In the second of our Daily Thoughts summaries this week, I focus on Organizational Culture. Read on for some examples […]
Many of you have told us that a regular summary of Daily Thoughts’ posts, focused on certain topics, would be […]
What about the leader as a designer of spaces, a social architect that creates places (physical) and spaces? Not hard […]
We all live and work in bureaucratic organizations. The differences between us is the dose. In today’s world, bureaucracy is […]
I’ve been in front of 2000 people in Ecuador last week. Out of 8000, all belonging to a family owned […]
I have a simple self-test to deal with the question of legacy. Own legacy, collective, as a company legacy, leadership […]
Not so long ago, we would have considered the employee having a sort of schizophrenic mind by force. Persona A […]
In a large company, what do a leadership development, a culture change and a business integration programme typically have in […]
In yesterday’s Daily Thought I suggested that leadership competence-based systems may be better at providing a language than at creating […]
In Louis Gerstner’s autobiography as chairman of IBM from 1993 until 2002, he recalls the company’s use of a competency […]
When in the not too distant future, cultural digital archaeologists will dig into the remains of the legacy of sexual […]
If I were the one in charge of deciding the ‘person of the year’ for the front cover of Time […]
These are us, you and me. OK, apologies for calling you ordinary . But it’s not disrespectful. Believe me. It’s […]
This is my non-scientific classification of forms of ‘collective action’ (association and collaboration for a purpose, in general) and how […]
Big L, small l, legacy is the long term outcome of leadership. There will be legacy. You’re better off shaping […]
I had a discussion with a client recently, about the resistance to get rid of complicated processes that almost everybody […]
I am back with a favourite theme: hierarchies and power. The first law of organizational hierarchical power is my version […]
