Interviews with CEOs, Romil Bahl (PRGX) and Irwin Simon (HAIN Celestial Group), bring to light the importance of people and their ideas to an organization’s success; and consequently why creating a culture that fosters the unfolding of people’s potential is central to the viability of the enterprise. Two quite business organizations operating in quite different [...]
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Hidden Lessons in Leadership #22
Posted in Leadership, Management, Relationships, tagged Business of business, human spirit, Leadership, management, Moral Values, organizational design, partnership, Quality, relationships on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Want to Improve Quality, Listen Up
Posted in Problem Solving, Quality, tagged Critical Thinking, Leadership, Learning, management, organizational design, Problem Solving, Progress, Quality, Statistical Thinking, Systems Thinking on March 7, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Often those with authority over a system/organization—frequently referred to as ‘the leadership’—use the thing they believe is valued by most as a way of resolving a complex problem such as quality. That is, they throw money at it! Since money is the thing we greatly value, then what better way to demonstrate commitment to quality [...]
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 [...]
Leading the Bottom from the Top
Posted in Leadership, organizational design, tagged Business of business, Complexity, human spirit, Leadership, management, organizational design, Systems Thinking on November 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Leading from the top presents many challenges—you could also think of these as responsibilities—that have an impact on the viability of the enterprise. How do you maintain the energy that supported the growth of the business from its inception? Whether the enterprise is new or old, this challenge is the same.
Enfold and Unfold
Posted in Life, Progress, tagged Business of business, Creativity, Economy, human spirit, Moral Values, organizational design, Progress, Systems Thinking on November 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
All people throughout the world are human beings: We each are human beings having a human experience. However while, at base, we are very much the same we are also very different. Between individual to individual we can observe differences, as well as identify similarities. Moreover, individuals living within the same society are more alike—perceiving [...]
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 [...]
Of Fades and Failures
Posted in organizational design, Quality, Systems Thinking, tagged Business of business, Change, Leadership, management, organizational design, Quality, Systems Thinking, Variation on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why is it that many great ideas for improving how we manage our organizations become fades and ultimately fade away? Fades and failures were frequently seen during the 1980′s and early 1990′s when many top-level executives sought to colonize—but not adapt to—the principles of quality management. They wanted the benefits of quality but not its [...]
Potential Actualized
Posted in Leadership, Relationships, Systems Thinking, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, human spirit, Leadership, management, organizational design, partnership, Quality, relationships, Systems Thinking on September 20, 2010 | 24 Comments »
What potential does any one organization have? The answer lies in understanding the organization as a system, which is code for understanding the organization as a purposeful web of (interdependent) relationships.
People’s Ideas Mean Business
Posted in Creativity, Leadership, organizational design, Progress, Quality, Relationships, Systems Thinking, tagged Business of business, Change, Development of Self, Ethical Principles, human spirit, Leadership, management, organizational design, partnership, Progress, Quality, relationships, Systems Thinking on August 26, 2010 | 8 Comments »
A business enterprise begins with someone’s idea to provide a product or service. As demand for its products and/or services increases, the business grows. With growth in demand often comes an increase in the number of people performing the work of the business and with this there is the added responsibility of managing the people [...]
Innovation Requires Being Creative
Posted in Leadership, organizational design, tagged Business of business, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, organizational design, Quality on July 20, 2010 | 8 Comments »
A 2008 New York Times article told of how G.M. sacrificed innovation for profits. The article stated “G.M.’s biggest failing, reflected in a clear pattern over recent decades, has been its inability to strike a balance between those inside the company who pushed for innovation ahead of the curve, and the finance executives who worried [...]
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