Though government officials—and society at-large–want to know that the money allocated to education is well spent, this should not mean that profit or material productivity should be the measures by which we assess the educational experience. In other words education is not something one buys it is something within which one invests, so the issue [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Educating Educators
Posted in Education, Life, Progress, Quality, tagged Critical Thinking, human spirit, Learning, Progress, Quality, Systems Thinking on October 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Organizing for Learning
Posted in organizational design, Progress, Quality, tagged human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, organizational design, Progress, Quality, relationships on October 24, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Most all organizations learn at some level, as people gain experience in doing what it is they do. This however does not make all organizations learning organizations. More often than not the way the enterprise is organized and managed becomes the greatest impediment to it unfolding the potential that lies within—to it continually learning, to [...]
Either/Or Thinking
Posted in Management, Problem Solving, Statistical Thinking, tagged Decision-making, Learning, management, Problem Solving, Statistical Thinking, Variation on October 20, 2010 | 11 Comments »
The Newtonian-Cartesian dualism that informed the development of our socio-economic system also guides us to think in dichotomous or dualistic terms—win/lose, us/them, liberal/conservative, profit/loss, good/bad, favorable/unfavorable—and also to believe that if something is not quantifiable it isn’t important. Such thinking promotes judgment of experience not learning from experience. Because of this either/or habit of thought [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #17
Posted in Leadership, Relationships, tagged human spirit, Leadership, management, Moral Values, partnership, Progress, relationships on October 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Holding a top position in management in an organization carries with it a huge responsibility, and not just to the fiduciary requirements of the enterprise but to the very people who work in the organization. As management in authority one has a tremendous influence upon other people’s lives as well as their livelihood. As Howard [...]
Incurious Mind
Posted in Life, Progress, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Development of Self, human spirit, Moral Values, Progress on October 12, 2010 | 5 Comments »
While philosophers critically think about the question why are we here, so many others avoid such inquiry and focus all attention on just doing something?” After all, we have all this time on our hands so we need to put it to good use. So the impatient and pragmatic among us—sometimes referred to as the business-minded—just [...]
Educating Management
Posted in Leadership, Management, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Learning, management, Progress, Quality, Statistical Thinking, Systems Thinking on October 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Would you agree to be a passenger on a plane piloted by a person not having the knowledge and ability to pilot the plane? Would you allow a doctor who was not educated and trained to perform surgery to operate on you? Would you help your children on a school bus driven by a person [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #16
Posted in Leadership, tagged Development of Self, Leadership, Learning, management, partnership, relationships on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Paul Maritz, president and CEO of VMware, shared his critical components of leadership in a recent interview with Adam Bryant of the New York Times. Based on his experiences Paul framed leadership with four behaviors: being enabling, embodying the vision, developing influence and taking the long view.
The CEO’s Dilemma
Posted in Economy, Leadership, Systems Thinking, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Economy, management, Progress, relationships, Systems Thinking on October 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As ABC News reported, CEO’s are not willing to hire even though they are sitting on mounds of cash. They have the resources but they haven’t the will to begin producing and hiring. Why? Because they fear demand isn’t there.
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