
In the previous Daily Thought I shared the simple idea that change management approaches often miss a big elephant in the […]
Probably we will not go back to the telegraph, but when everything is ‘innovatively disrupted’, where will we go? At […]
Imagine this goal. Let’s shift from 30 people making a decision in 30 days, to 3 people making the same […]
The fastest and best way to build a creative culture is to have lots of creative people together. No kidding. […]
We were all born as questions. The old saying that ‘children enter school as question marks and leave as full […]
Many organizations have a Risk Management function of some sort. Often scattered amongst different constituencies: manufacturing, engineering, R&D etc. It […]
There are times when you get stuck in arguments. Discussions seem to go nowhere. You are running in circles and […]
Crisis are/constitute inflection points. Also M&A, extraordinary organic growth, relocations, and entering new markets. Keep adding. Pain is inevitable, misery […]
The traditional organization is, amongst other things, obsessed with closure. It despises ambiguity and puts a premium on the absolute […]
Einstein said, “I soon learned to scent out what was able to lead to fundamentals and to turn aside from […]
The concept of disruption in management has been applied to innovation before. A disruptive innovation is a technology, process or […]
There is a ‘meeting expectations’ cult in business. It has created its own concept of (customer) services: meet customer expectations, […]
Surprise is a powerful strategy in its own right. Surprise means being ahead of the game, being further ahead than […]
Amongst my clients I have a good representation of ‘regulated industries’ such as pharmaceuticals and financial services. I, myself, spent […]
These are ‘functions’ and ‘structures’ in need of spaces in the organization. You may not be brave enough, or crazy […]
There are always people who ‘don’t get it’, are against cultural change efforts, do not support a programme, torpedo it, […]
Back in 1994, Jim Collins, consultant and author, gained a lot of attention with his book Built To Last: Successful […]
New units: Certificate of existence = 280 characters (Twitter) Presentation of ideas, maximum attention span = 18 mins (TED) Digital […]
Modern and not so modern ‘social movements’ with or a without business propositions are portrayed as a concerted and positioned […]
Try my Border Diet: A diet to protect yourself against persistent Full Disclosure that the digital world forces upon you. […]
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Social media is a colossal echo chamber where all cognitive processes are surrendered to one single driver: confirmation bias.
Extracts taken from my new book The Flipping Point. A flipping point in the trend for adopting absurd management ideas […]