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February 25th, 2017

Don’t trust armchair critics, reformers, and broadcasters of leadership who don’t know what a dry cleaner is

Follow the ones who do, who move, who try, who push.  The ones who get dirty ( and send their […]
February 24th, 2017

‘If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there’. But if you are stuck deciding, that place is worse than any other.

The old saying, ‘if you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there’ (Lewis Carroll dixit) […]
February 23rd, 2017

It’s the journey, not the milk and honey.

I am revisiting an old Daily Thought  of 3 years ago as a reflection of how see things from the […]
February 22nd, 2017

Rewarding collaboration by reinforcing individual contributions is management’s decaffeinated espresso: good taste, no effect.

Can we work on the collective and reward the individualistic? Well, sure you can, it happens every day. But it’s […]
February 21st, 2017

Corporate brands are behavioural. They have always been, but are not often spoken about.

Brand (identity), whether big brand or small brand, is a behavioural powerhouse. Strictly speaking I would say a Pull-House, because […]
February 20th, 2017

There is a colossal world replay of the Asch’ conformity experiment, and you are part of it.

It’s 1950.  Solomon Eliot Asch (1907–1996), social psychologist, runs a series of social experiments. In one, he tells students that […]
February 17th, 2017

We must resist the tripadvisorization of human relationships in the organization.

Random, semi-connected, unfinished thoughts on this: A so called ‘culture of feedback’ is conceptually overrated. It has become one of […]
February 16th, 2017

Speak like an organizational expert. Actually to fool everybody is not that difficult

A year and a half ago I published a list of 10 statements that can make you speak like an […]
February 15th, 2017

If you need to parachute help, send builders, not problem solvers

Parachuting help is daily life in leadership of organizations. It may take the form of sending leaders from outside the […]
February 14th, 2017

What is your world view? Surely, this must be the new greeting. (Alt-greeting?)

I propose this as the 2017 alternative to ‘How do you do?’ (correct English) or ‘Hey, how are you?, nice […]
February 13th, 2017

Corporate initiatives are born and die. And the reasons are seldom lack of goals.

I can’t get rid of this theme in my head. I have written about it so many times that my […]
February 11th, 2017

There is always room for uniqueness, even in the most standardised management process. What would it take?

Uniqueness is a tough concept. I’ve got countless examples of clients pushing back  over the years. ‘Come on, this is […]
February 9th, 2017

The organizational structure vs what is really going on. Or the loneliness of an organizational chart.

The snap short of the company as pictured in an organizational chart, is probably one of the most fictitious works […]
February 8th, 2017

Solidarity as a form of organizational culture is both a soft label and a secret weapon.

At some people’s request, I am revising an old Daily Thoughts on ‘solidarity’ in the work place. Solidarity is one […]
February 7th, 2017

Five fast tracks to hopelessness in the organization. Little cure afterwards.

Prevention is the only serious approach. The extra problem is that all these five tracks may be partially invisible, used […]
February 3rd, 2017

Clues to mobilize people inside the corporate tent, come from outside that tent.

People reading these Daily Thoughts may be used to common themes, indeed. After all, I am not writing about nuclear […]
February 2nd, 2017

Where is home? A serious management question to employees

I am (in) IT, I work for X (company) I work for X (company), I am in IT These are […]
February 1st, 2017

From protest to action, from voice to action. On TV and in the organization.

Protests all over the world linked to a reason. Let’s take the Women’s march in January 21st In Washington. I […]
January 31st, 2017

Peer-to-Peer networks are the strongest force of action

Peer-to-peer work, transversal, spontaneous or not, co-laboration, peer-to-peer influence, peer-to-peer activities of Viral Change™ champions or activists, all of this […]
January 30th, 2017

Don’t preach diversity, practice it. Start with mundane process rules.

In the day when Tim Crook, Apple’s CEO, had to send a note to everybody in the company reminding them […]