Mess With A Good Thing
if it ain’t broke don’t fix it but what got you here won’t get you there either.
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Organizational Design
Companies Want Innovation But Are Built for Efficiency
Many tout the need to change mindsets around how our organizations are run. The argument is that leaders and managers need to think differently about people, work and power. For at least 10 years now I’ve been seeing, reading and listening (and honestly contributing some myself) to all the hyperbole and yet so little has
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The System Always Wins
Just beyond the org chart of authority and decision-making is what keeps it all in place; the systems of communication, trust, information flow and rewards.
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What is Organizational Social Design?
6 years ago, shortly after I turned in my resignation to move on to a larger leadership role, the COO of my company called me to his office in an effort to convince me to stay. At the end, when he knew I wanted to move on, he asked me a question I never saw
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Believe it.
It’s been said that if you’re in the dumps and you force yourself to smile and hold that smile it can change your outlook. Sounds great but most don’t believe it and when in the dumps find it too hard to try. Why not believe it? Believe that most often you can fix this yourself