Strategic coherence: Some organizations have it, others not so much. In those that do, it’s easier to get things done across functions, across the ubiquitous silos, because everyone’s already pointing …
If your organization was an orchestra, how would it sound?
Is everyone playing the same piece? Are they even in the same hall? Assuming, yes, then how unified is the performance? Ok, the comparison is not entirely valid, because an organization needs to …
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If you want to understand organizations (and the world)…
Somebody said—I can’t remember who—if you want to understand organizations, try changing them. That’s a good insight, in my opinion. Certainly it’s my experience that making changes to organizations …
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Don’t like change or don’t like feeling unsafe?
We hear it so often: “People don’t like change.” That isn’t quite right: After all, most of us would like a doubling of our income, or the gift of a free holiday with everything taken care of. We …
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Is slow adaptation the price we pay for democracy?
In the West in particular, we believe in democracy, almost without thinking, but is it being abused? You see... When we elect a leader, we need them to lead, even if, in fact, we don’t like the …
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The trouble with “going off-site”
When it comes to a strategy or learning day, we’re used to the practice of “going off-site” to a venue away from the usual workplace. Our intention is to get away from the distractions of the office …