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April 16th, 2016

Behaviours are always competing for airtime. What wins may not be what you expect.

There are very few rules in Behavioural Sciences. If we were to write an ABC of Psychology, A would look […]
April 15th, 2016

In empowerment terms, be careful what you are asking for, you might get it.

The project team has been complaining for a long time of their lack of empowerment. They have a lot of […]
April 14th, 2016

The problem with too many decisions pushed up to the top of the organization, usually lies with those at the top who complain most

When too many decisions are pushed upwards in the organization, and the top layers of leadership complain about it, often […]
April 13th, 2016

We are all traders of comfort, no matter the degree of uncertainty in our worlds

A specialist nephrologist I know well says to me: I get very nervous with all this heart stuff, I don’t […]
April 12th, 2016

8 ways to sabotage the organization.

Lessons from the Pre-CIA ‘Simple Sabotage Field Manual’ (declassified, in case you wonder). This is how it goes: General Interference […]
April 11th, 2016

Looking for ‘Statesmanship’, in the State and in the Organization

For me, the quality of statesmanship inversely correlates with the number of times you blame the enemy, or others, of […]
April 10th, 2016

Oh, mental frames! How easy to create misery!

‘Let’s be real and aware of the current budget realities’ is a warning that leaders should give to their people […]
April 8th, 2016

Certainty is addictive. Leaders, handle with care.

I’ve come across by chance a short video interview with Tony Robbins, life coach, health guru, motivational speaker, author, self-made […]
April 7th, 2016

Customer centric? How about starting with manners. Revolution, really.

Manners is an old fashion concept. Courtesy, consideration, empathy with the other? All in one? Manners are the behavioural expression […]
April 6th, 2016

This blog is not interesting. It’s about language.

OK, the real title of this post is ‘Landscape of ideas vs categories of actions. Tapestry of behaviours vs. culture. […]
April 5th, 2016

Bye-bye, annual Performace Management.

It was just a little over a year that I wrote that annual Performance Management needed to be retired. I […]
April 4th, 2016

Protest platforms are hardly learning ones. Engagement surveys and events feed back are often anything but learning tools.

Political commentators in the US have argued that Donald Trump’s campaign is a protest one, attracting people who are against […]
April 3rd, 2016

Exotics in the payroll. Anthropology excursions into corporate life.

‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for a few days and will resume with new content on Monday 4th of […]
April 2nd, 2016

Why and how some initiatives scale and others get lost in oblivion

‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for a few days and will resume with new content on Monday 4th of […]
April 1st, 2016

Leadership is still number one, no matter what thousand rankings say.

‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for a few days and resumes on Monday 4th of April. You may have […]
March 31st, 2016

Management as campaigning. So much to learn from ‘outside our box’

‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for a few days. You may have missed some of these. Here is a […]
March 30th, 2016

Innovation: still the Holy Grail of management.

‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for a few days.. You may have missed some of these. Here is a […]
March 29th, 2016

Speaking up: an old friend always to be invited.

‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for a few days. Here is a quick way to continue some thinking during […]
March 28th, 2016

‘We, as a team’, may actually not need a team.

As some of us punctuate this time of the year (Happy Easter!) it is also a time for the Daily […]
March 27th, 2016

‘The conference”: Tribes talking to themselves

Who goes to HR conferences? HR people. Who goes to Communication conferences? Communication Directors, Managers and Heads. Who goes to […]