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November 15th, 2017

Large scale mobilization of people needs a small scale set of orchestrators. It works in society and it works in organizations

I wish I could remember where I did read these stats.  Russia under the Tsar 1914-1917…had 180 million peasants and […]

November 14th, 2017

15 things to look for in a culture

In the last weeks, for a number of reasons, I have had lots of conversations about ‘corporate culture’ and in […]

November 13th, 2017

Spreading the word and unleashing a movement. Guest blogger

Spreading the word and unleashing a movement Guest blogger: Kahlil Coyle. Social Movement Leader; Values in Action Core Team, Health […]

November 12th, 2017

End of Week Summary

Welcome back Subscribers!   In case you are not aware, posting of Daily Thoughts resumed on Monday 6 November after […]

November 10th, 2017

Leave your sandals at the door

This is the request we made at the beginning of a Viral Change™ programme. Forget your function and your hierarchical […]

November 9th, 2017

Get on the phone. It’s personal.

In the era of digital semi anonymity, personal contact wins. In the era of corporate email broadcasting, personal contact wins. […]

November 8th, 2017

‘Design thinking is bullshit’

I did not say that. Natasha Jen did. She is a designer who has given some provocative presentations under this […]

November 7th, 2017

Teamocracies are tired, networkracies win the day.

For as long as anybody can remember in management history, the team has been highlighted as the unquestionable form of […]

November 6th, 2017

And they all gave one day of their holidays.

A true story. A health care worker is truly struggling to do her work and caring for a son who […]

October 18th, 2017

Pause, recap, reflect: See you on November 6th

Dear Subscriber My team has been posting for a while, selected previously published Daily Thoughts.  Also retweeting some of them. […]

October 6th, 2017

The tyranny of the small things

Grandiose plans get sabotaged by small things. Many years ago, I was involved in what was going to be a […]

October 5th, 2017

My last Employee Engagement model. (7/7): Activists on the payroll.

In this model, the employee (1) is an activist, (2) largely working peer-to-peer, and (3) progressing towards (if not arriving […]

October 4th, 2017

Employee Engagement as morally imperative. (6/7) A forgotten model?

Here is a ‘very novel’ concept. Employee Engagement is needed because… it’s good in and of itself. Because work enhances […]

October 3rd, 2017

Employee Engagement Models continue (5/7): ‘The Investors metaphor’.

This is model 4 of the series.  The concept is simple. Imagine that you, as an employee, are in reality an […]

October 2nd, 2017

More on Employee Engagement (4/7): ‘The Cause’. Engagement with the company or within the company?

This is model 3 (but the 4th post, confusing!)  ‘The Cause’. Employees join forcers to work on a Cause: green agenda, corporate […]

October 1st, 2017

End of Week Summary

Happy Weekend to all our readers Today we are taking another look at activism and grass roots communications.  We hope […]

September 30th, 2017

Employee Engagement week ( and debunking) continues. (3/7): The Happy Cows model

This is model 2 in the pack of 6 that I have described. There is a book, or two, and it’s […]

September 29th, 2017

Debunking the Myths of Employee Engagement (2/7): Giving employees a voice. So, now we have a choir. And then what?

Model 1 of my 6 is what I call, ‘Air time’. It translates into: ‘we recognise that employees’ views are not properly […]

September 28th, 2017

Debunking the Myths of Employee Engagement: a land of Emperors with No Clothes. (1/7) The six models

A while ago I posted my views on Employee Engagement. Since this has become an industry in its own right, and […]

September 26th, 2017

Will the last employee in Command and Control Inc/Ltd/Plc/SA please turn off the lights? (But have a good lantern with you)

The new, emerging organizations, many people would agree, are more collaborative, more leadership-distributed, less top-down, with more levels of empowerment […]