Space to reflect? Where is that? Are you saying we are not reflective? Don’t we have an intelligence? Are you […]

I know leaders who are obsessed with this: the systematic use of feed back between managers and staff, between people. […]

We are pulled to conform to the group, to participate, to contribute, to say something. Nodding is not enough. Taking […]

(the series on Employee Engagement will continue later) Organizational dynamics are full of ‘default thinking’. We assume that some things […]

In yet another experiment by Nicholas Christakis team (see previous Daily Thought on mistakes by robots!) they tested the power […]

Being open about mistakes, own mistakes, team mistakes, has always being considered a driver for trust. If I as leader […]

Don’t look at us, at the leadership at the top. We are the wrong mirror. Of course, we are committed […]

Every year I review the version of this list and share with my community. Here is again, 2019 mode, with […]

The unwritten rules of the organization tell you more about its culture than all powerpoionts of its leadership programmes. The […]

There are many versions of the same principle. We spend disproportionate amounts of time on issues. We often have deep […]

David Brooks, columnist of the New York Times and author (too conservative for the liberals and too liberal for the […]

Organizational life can go on, driven by management, without asking people about their motivations. These are assumed in a rather […]

Bottom-up is not more (of the same) workshops but at the bottom of the organization. Changing the geography of top-down […]

The ‘critical mass’ concept, as the number of people required to move forward, to change collective behaviours, to see a […]

The Free Rider problem is studied in social sciences and refers to people who benefit from a collective (mainly public) […]

Possibility is perhaps the most beautiful word in management. There are organizations in which possibilities seem exhausted, work is an […]

Suddenly purpose is back. We are told that Millennials want purpose. Which may be true. As much as many other […]

Attention Chief Transformation Officers, Offices of Transformation, Change Management Units, and Change Offices, and Projects of Future A,B,C,. Units of […]

The full quote: ‘Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to […]

Yesterday, my wife and I said goodbye to a good friend from France who works as a high level executive […]