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Critical Thinking
Organizations have their own ‘People who like this, also like that’. Their ideology (idea-Logic) may be too crafted. (2/2)
This week, I offered 10 types of people that challenge the status quo in organizations. I also mentioned that our […]
10 types of people who challenge the status quo in the organization. The art of dissenting
Who challenges in organizations? People who have nothing to lose People who know that the art of challenging, equals not […]
‘Nothing new under the sun’ ? Take off your sun glasses and stop the Valium
Often you see people in organizations disillusioned with changes, considering themselves survivors of the yet another reorg, getting on with […]
Work-life balance: the on-off switch is broken, and they don’t make them any more.
Forget work-life balance. It was a good concept that did a lot of good but has now retired. It cannot […]
The fastest and best way to build a creative culture: all revealed now
The fastest and best way to build a creative culture is to have lots of creative people together. No kidding. […]
For any ‘what you say’ there are always many ‘how you say it’. Impact is in the how.
Let’s revisit re-framing techniques. I covered this in a previous Daily Thought but still relevant today. Take a look at […]
Change is great, you go first.
It’s 2019 – I wanted to revisit this from 2018 – are corporations developing, evolving, transforming, adapting….? And old sticker […]
You want A, but you are systematically reinforcing B.
A simple exercise that leaders can do, either on their own with paper and pen, or with their management team, […]
There are Good Leaders, Excellent Leaders, and Gold Leaders.This is what Gold looks like
A ‘Daily Thought’ taken from one of my Leadership series’. Gold leadership, is the one above silver and bronze, that’s […]
I don’t know. And I suspect you don’t know either
It’s terrifying. You are in front of an inquisitorial crowd, maybe your own people, and have to say, I don’t […]
Corporate language (waiting for the robots to come?)
I published this ages ago. Some people have asked me to repeat… since the robots are still coming and apparently […]
People with all the answers may be overqualified for their jobs
First published in September 2018. An American educator said that children entered school as a question mark and left school […]
‘Let our destination be decided by the winds of our discussion’
Socrates said. Or Plato said Socrates said. Socrates never wrote a word. He did not trust them. They were the […]
Changing minds?
My mind is not for change. Look how strong I am. In the Brexit context, the discussion has often been […]
Walking e-bays bearing second hand thoughts
We are pulled to conform to the group, to participate, to contribute, to say something. Nodding is not enough. Taking […]
How to start a discussion of a small problem and end it with having a big one
(the series on Employee Engagement will continue later) Organizational dynamics are full of ‘default thinking’. We assume that some things […]
The intensity of the discussion is often inversely correlated with the importance of the issue
There are many versions of the same principle. We spend disproportionate amounts of time on issues. We often have deep […]
Most mechanics of behavioural change sold to organizations, are deceitful armchair inventions.
Behavioural change is still presented in many quarters with the same language as installing a piece of software. Or maybe […]
Catastrophic success (may even have a celebration party)
I was used to the concept of catastrophic failure, but not catastrophic success, until I read an article in the […]
Culture is in the A list, the one where ‘work’ sits. Not in the B list (‘when I have time, after A’)
Culture is not a project, something to do on top of normal work, an extra, something to get your hands […]
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