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August 22nd, 2016

Some company cultures are works of fiction. Some leadership teams ‘harrypotter’ a narrative that nobody else recognizes.

The description of some company cultures by their leaders may sound like a work of fiction by people inside. I […]
August 21st, 2016

Donald Trump does not worry me. His supporters’ true colours do.

I am not worried about Donald Trump. After all he is just an individual with no decent principles, a narcissistic […]
August 20th, 2016

For any organizational solution, we bring along extra problems. The system always kicks back.

Attention re-structuralists, strategists and people about to be sold a multi-million reorganization solution that will solve all those nasty problems […]
August 19th, 2016

Be computationally kind to others. Give them less choices.

Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths are the authors of ‘Algorithms To Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions’ (2016), […]
August 18th, 2016

Leadership: The way of the Cat and the way of the Monkey

There are two ways carry a baby – in ancient Hinduism tradition- the way of the cat and the way […]
August 17th, 2016

Values don’t pre-exist, their behaviours do, then values are born. E.g: there is no such thing as kindness.

There is no such a thing as kindness. Unless, and until, somebody does something to another human being who can […]
August 16th, 2016

Listen, people. I’ve got good news! The company is now fully prepared for the past

This is my rephrasing of ‘The army is now fully prepared for the previous war’, inspired by John Gall, in […]
August 15th, 2016

Leadership and the art of managing disappointments

A less spoken feature of great leadership is the art of managing the disappointments created by that same leadership. I […]
August 3rd, 2016

Gone fishing. Well, not quite. In the meantime…

Daily Thoughts will be back soon after a break. In the meantime, here are two recent ones on Leadership that […]
July 29th, 2016

A few Daily Thoughts you may want to catch up with

  Daily Thoughts have a short summer break. In the meantime I thought you’d welcome to read some of the […]
July 28th, 2016

Blair, leading, and the discussion I did not intend to have

  Daily Thoughts have a short summer break. In the meantime I thought you’d welcome to read some of the […]
July 26th, 2016

Have your Big White Board of Distractions in front of you. Keep your list very fresh. Then, execute the strategy.

If you want to execute a strategy, you want to keep cool and move inexorably forward, and if you think […]
July 25th, 2016

Dr Kate Grange, R.I.P. Hello, my name is Leandro Herrero

Dr Kate Grange has died. Terminally ill from cancer for a long time, she has finally left us. She campaigned […]
July 24th, 2016

Two types of Exiled Executives: Nostalgic and Nomadic

The nostalgic executive, refers constantly to the past. What they did in their previous company, how they managed to build […]
July 23rd, 2016

Zoology language in management. The organization as a zoo?

Have you ever thought of this? We speak Zoology language in management. We have more animals that one would have […]
July 22nd, 2016

Here we go again. Another month another Employee Engagement revelation and another Confirmation Bias

‘The study surveyed more than 8,000 employees in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific to gain more insight on employee […]
July 21st, 2016

Cultural fit = non negotiable + compatible dreams

Is cultural fit a question of hiring (or converting people into) clones? Not many people would agree. However, the question […]
July 19th, 2016

Inquiring, inquisitive and restless minds: positions permanently open in your organization.

If you were to list your most important people assets, above the best set of skills and competences, above the […]
July 18th, 2016

Uncertainty, vulnerability and control are the three sisters dominating our lives.

There are hundreds of pieces of evidence including serious research that show that human beings (and animals for that matter) […]
July 17th, 2016

The most powerful leadership instructions are the ones that are unsaid

And that can be good or bad. Usually bad. Islamic terrorists who follow strict orders from ISIS, have a plan, […]