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January 19th, 2016

State of the Enterprise Address Summary: Rethinking in progress.

I don’t think ‘rethinking the enterprise’ is anything new. You could argue that the history of management has this rethinking […]
January 18th, 2016

The organization is not a Grand Bazaar. A transactional model of the firm is a trap. Leaders should get out of it.

If you push me for a articulation of human relationships, everything is transactional. But in a more specific way, transactional […]
January 17th, 2016

Have you heard the one about the three envelopes? There is a whole Theory of Management behind.

This is an old joke and a current non-joke. Here is the story copied from one of the multiple write […]
January 16th, 2016

Entrepreneurs, volunteers, and soldiers: about the human fabric of the enterprise 2016

Entrepreneurs develop ideas and create a structure around them in order to achieve goals. As Seth Godin would say, they […]
January 15th, 2016

Will disruptive innovation go backwards?

Probably we will not go back to the telegraph, but when everything is ‘innovatively disrupted’, where will we go? At […]
January 14th, 2016

‘This follows that; that has caused this’. Of course we don’t think like that! Not your company, anyway

Life in organizations is not usually very rich in Critical Thinking. In fact, from all sectors and areas of activity, […]
January 13th, 2016

‘Forget what they say, observe what they do’. The ‘uniqueness paradox’ revisited. A bit.

Some people in organizations believe that they are working in a very bureaucratic, hierarchical, political and rigid environment. Many of […]
January 10th, 2016

‘Us and them’, and ‘us with them’. From politics to day to day management, Identity is a hot topic. And I am going to elevate the confusion to a higher level.

Field notes: Reflections on ‘us and them’. Sometimes a rejection of something makes its alternative appealing even if that alternative […]
January 8th, 2016

The Einstein Solution: on the curious phenomenon of how the challenges left on the desk before the break have not gone away.

Welcome back to a New Year and its rituals of resolutions, reviews and fresh starts. For some, and I hope […]
January 7th, 2016

Invitation: The year of Bullshit Detection

I declare myself allowed to use the word bullshit, which official definition is nonsense, lies, exaggeration, foolish talk, pretentious talk, […]
January 6th, 2016

Efficiency, Efficacy and Effectiveness: the triplets of Management (and the risk of dating the wrong sister)

Many restructuring efforts, perhaps process re-engineering (whether these days you call them like this or not) and a great deal […]
January 5th, 2016

When the intensity of the discussion is inversely correlated with the importance of the issue, or directly with its triviality.

  There are many versions of the same principle. We spend disproportionate amounts of time on issues. We often have […]
January 4th, 2016

Possibilities! @ 581

I want to start 2016 Daily Thoughts with this word. Possibilities. This is Daily Thought number 581, and the first […]
December 23rd, 2015

A very happy Christmas to all subscribers of the Daily Thoughts

  Happy Christmas! Daily Thoughts is in pause mode. 580 Daily Thoughts later, we are going for a bit of […]
December 20th, 2015

Daily Thoughts goes into pause mode. 580 Daily Thoughts later, we are going for a bit of maintenance. Stay tuned

Daily Thoughts goes into pause mode. 580 Daily Thoughts later, we are going for a bit of maintenance. Stay tuned. […]
December 19th, 2015

(Part 2) Management: The Evolution of the Species. 12 kind of people you need to find, seduce, hire and create a job for. (part 2 of 2)

Repeating from Part 1: Management evolution has overdone it in some species and is now weak, even in survival mode […]
December 18th, 2015

Management: The Evolution of the Species. 12 kind of people you need to find, seduce, hire and create a job for. (part 1 of 2)

Management evolution has overdone it in some species and is has become weak, even in survival mode in others,. Here […]
December 17th, 2015

10 reasons why leaders need to focus on the (un-managing of the) informal organization

Our traditional management education has almost 100% focused on the formal organization, the structural fabric of teams, divisions, groups, committees […]
December 16th, 2015

Volkswagen (VW) apparently ‘needs to change its mindset’. Has anybody ever seen a mindset?

The German car manufacturer has reported that ‘it has detected a mindset in some areas of the company that tolerated […]
December 15th, 2015

Collaborating across borders needs one thing: borders

There is a romantic view of the organization that sees it completely borderless, inside and outside. Inside, this view says, […]