In the coming year and beyond why don’t we simply continue our holiday way-of-relating to each other? Greeting each other with a holiday smile and parting with a heartfelt wish of love and joy? Are we are not capable of sustaining such goodwill toward each other in both words and actions? Yes I know [...]
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Imagine Better Years
Posted in Life, tagged Moral Values, relationships on December 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fiddling as Rome Burns
Posted in Economy, Life, Problem Solving, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Economy, Problem Solving, Progress, Statistical Thinking, Systems Thinking on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why are we always solving the same issue yet calling it something else? Answer: A systemic problem manifests as different symptoms, yet we focus only on the symptoms and never the system of causes. We do this because in general: we react to the symptom-of-the-moment; we are lead by fear not understanding; and we don’t [...]
The Accountability Problem
Posted in Leadership, Life, Management, Quality, Systems Thinking, tagged Critical Thinking, Development of Self, human spirit, Learning, management, Problem Solving, Quality, Systems Thinking on December 18, 2010 | 18 Comments »
To a considerable degree many have denied or ignored the fact that the realm of the invisible underlies the visibly observable and measurable world. As a consequence there is an inordinate amount of importance placed on tangible results. So much so that many use results to get people to provide more results. Accountability is what [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #20
Posted in Leadership, partnership, tagged human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, partnership, relationships on December 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent interview Bob Brennan, president and CEO of Iron Mountain, said “businesses are going through this transformation where command-and-control leadership is dead.”
On Economics and Education
Posted in Economy, Education, Life, Progress, Quality, tagged Critical Thinking, Development of Self, human spirit, Learning, Problem Solving, Progress, Quality on December 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In a recent article, JD Hoye (President, National Academy Foundation) stated: “It’s been said before but I’ll say it again. To rebuild this economy, we need workers who have the skills needed to be productive and innovative to lead us back to prosperity. But far too many young people drop out of school before even [...]
Growing Out of Capability
Posted in Leadership, organizational design, Progress, tagged Business of business, Complexity, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, organizational design, Progress, Quality, Systems Thinking on December 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As a business enterprise grows the more people it employs and correspondingly it comprises greater diversity in skill and knowledge. In short, the enterprise becomes more complex. Unfortunately all too often as it grows a shift in the businesses’ purpose-in-practice occurs, especially if it becomes a publically traded business. Yes of course Wall Street adds [...]
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