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September 30th, 2016

Business discovers the ‘social movement’ language. I hope we don’t corporatize it.

A social movement is not a bunch of people, even hundreds, or thousands, moving socially. A social movement needs a […]
September 29th, 2016

When your organization not only has good leadership but is a Leadership Lab, a live School for Leaders, we are talking serious cutting edge.

An organization is super rich in leadership and becomes a Leadership Lab, a School of Leaders, if it has three […]
September 28th, 2016

Speak from a position of strength, not of arrogance. But do you really know what that position is?

Know your strength and speak from that position. What is it? Knowledge? Expertise? Experience? Wisdom? Here are others: simplicity, communication, […]
September 25th, 2016

Prolonged agony in reorganizations, is simply bad management

Reorganisations often follow these phases: smell, gossip, announcement and implementation. The period between announcement and implementation is when most emotions […]
September 24th, 2016

‘Diversity and Inclusion’ needs more diverse thinking. If people could take out their PC hat, deeper conversations would emerge.

I often think that the standard ‘diversity and inclusion’ discourse that floats around companies is a bit superficial. It stops […]
September 23rd, 2016

In the organization, human capital interventions need to be split into those which scale and those which don’t.

Their worlds and the laws governing them are completely different. Coaching and most management and leadership (team) development are not […]
September 22nd, 2016

Corporate language shapes the tribe. Good or bad, you are stuck with it.

The language of behaviours in a corporate set up is often either bland or too ‘corporatized’, sounding artificial. Many of […]