
Behavioural /cultural shaping in organizations does not scale up by simply the leaders having the right mindset and motivation. A […]
We spend more time on preparing for doing than in doing. That would be good if we were just talking […]
Medium and big organizations tend to use a competence system that segments people by grades and by degree of competence. […]
There was a time when the logic of things started with a ‘why’, followed with a ‘what’ and ended in […]
There is a period in child development when children start asking the question ’why?’. They usually seem unsatisfied with one […]
Clicktivism is the term used to describe the type of pseudo-activism that consists in clicking the ‘Like’ button (Facebook mainly) […]
If you have a behaviour/value system and you want to recruit people in a way that this value system is […]
Let me share with you my 3Ss, where I suggest you put your money: 1. Synthesis. My followers, readers, clients, […]
New units: Certificate of existence = 280 characters (Twitter) Presentation of ideas, maximum attention span = 18 mins (TED) Digital […]
A social movement is not a bunch of people, even hundreds, or thousands, moving socially. A social movement needs a […]
“A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire.”—Fred Ross Fred Ross (1910-1992) American community […]
This phrase is attributed to the physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who also described some arguments or theories as so bad that […]
Some organizations are little versions of Dante’s Inferno with its sign ‘Abandon hope all ye who enter here’ at the […]
Consistently over the years, the Edelman’s Trust Barometer has told us that the greatest source of trust inside the organization […]
In a massive street demonstration for Anti Something Big, you have the Anti Something Big activists, the Anti Everything, the […]
Mobilizing people. This is another of the Holy Grails (how many have I said we have?) in management. Whether you […]
Said Wittgenstein. Language in business and organizations creates frames, but also limitations. And we have lots of these frames. ‘Employee […]
Months ago, I found myself in front of a large audience composed of the highest ranks of the HR function […]
(1) If the top leadership of the company doesn’t exhibit the values/behaviours that you want to instill in the culture, […]
The historical existence of several layers of management in any organization may be related to its size. In a command […]
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‘Social Change’ is no longer alien to Executive and Leadership Development. These are social and ‘at scale’ or are not fit for this century.
Communicating, triggering behaviours, sustaining them and creating a culture, are all connected, interdependent, overlapping and parts of the chain of […]