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August 28th, 2017

If you have anything to do with developing leaders don’t kid yourself. These ones had never gone, and one who didn’t want to be, is in.

It’s 2017. Business as selfish, self-centered, a-social, ‘it’s-all-about-money-sorry’, is gone. So many people say. ‘Old fashioned views, we have moved […]
August 15th, 2017

Last in my holiday readings. Here is the plot.

A glitch in the system yesterday meant there was a duplication in the Daily Thoughts posts.  Please accept our apologies […]
July 27th, 2017

12 simple rules of social change, organizational (culture) or societal (2 of 2)

Continuing my revised 12 laws of social change at a scale. Very simple laws apply to any large scale change […]
July 26th, 2017

12 simple rules of social change, organizational (culture) or societal (1 of 2)

The second of this week’s revisited posts – this one was first published in June 2016 (check back tomorrow for part […]
July 25th, 2017

Hooked on tactics: from macro-social movements to inside the organization.

As Dr Leandro Herrero is away, the Daily Thoughts will be taking a short “pause” this week. In the meantime, […]
July 20th, 2017

Organizations have their own ‘People who like this, also like that’. Their ideology (idea-Logic) may be too crafted. (2/2)

Part 2 of 2, first published November 2015 Yesterday I offered 10 types of people that challenge the status quo […]
July 19th, 2017

10 types of people who challenge the status quo in the organization. The art of dissenting (1/2)

Part 1 of 2, First published in November 2015… Who challenges in organizations? People who have nothing to lose People […]
July 17th, 2017

Builders build, and build. Problem solvers solve, and need more problems. Choose.

Unless we call ‘problem’ to any management activity, as many people do even without acknowledging it, and, in which case, […]
July 15th, 2017

The myth that everybody needs to be involved in ‘the change’

This is an obvious desideratum. But very often it’s unrealistic. Conventional management approaches tell us that we have to communicate […]
July 14th, 2017

‘Bottom up’ is not more workshops at the bottom. That is just a migration of the top-down to a lower level.

Apologies for the delay in Daily Thoughts posts this week, we have been having some technical issues! We are now […]
July 10th, 2017

Micro-behaviours plus peer-to-peer equals social change dynamite

Serious behavioural change? Start with micro-behaviours, then walk backwards to values, never the other way around. And bring peer-to-peer or […]
July 7th, 2017

Work-life balance: the on-off switch is broken, and they don’t make them any more.

Forget work-life balance. It was a good concept that did a lot of good but has now retired. It cannot  any […]
July 6th, 2017

It has taken me so long to understand why they are so slow! They love ‘concrete’! (Ideas made of concrete?)

I remember last year in the US. I had given them ideas, insights, reflections. I had shared experiences. I had […]
July 5th, 2017

The fastest and best way to build a creative culture: all revealed now

The fastest and best way to build a creative culture is to have lots of creative people together. No kidding. […]
July 3rd, 2017

Accountability holes? Desert spaces? Orphan ideas? Buy the tent, occupy the street.

Any organization has accountability holes, areas where nobody really owns the space. Sometimes these are true ‘grey areas’, sometimes are […]
July 1st, 2017

The health-care-delivery Onion System does not need Big Consulting but small common sense. Maybe that’s the problem, it’s so uncommon.

My experience of several health care delivery systems, both as a patient and as external consultant, is that they function […]
June 30th, 2017

There are Good Leaders, Excellent Leaders, and Gold Leaders.This is what Gold looks like

The third post in my “Leadership Recap” series… Gold leadership, is the one above silver and bronze, that is. Sorry […]
June 29th, 2017

If leadership in organizations followed some ‘activism rules’; not standard management logic. Here is one rule.

The second post in my “Leadership Recap” series… One of the key rules of activism (social, political, cause) is not […]
June 28th, 2017

The wolf pack and leadership : the lesson(s)

Over the next few days, I will be revisiting some of my favourite posts on Leadership. I hope you enjoy […]
June 27th, 2017

The minority tyranny in the organization

Nassim Taleb’s piece in Medium about ten months ago entitled The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority is […]