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- Making Sense of Complexity: the Personal and the Systemic by John Watters 15/05
- The first step to leading innovation by Nick Putnam 24/04
- We are all made of stardust by Tim Stanyon 19/04
- Democracy at work: Culture 2.0? by Miranda Ash 12/04
- Are you due for a cultural detox? by Cari Caldwell 01/04
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Making Sense of Complexity: the Personal and the Systemic
Many of us yearn for simple principles to guide our work and life in a complex world. At the heart of this conundrum is an understanding of the relationship between the personal and the systemic. If some of us have … Continue reading
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The first step to leading innovation
Let’s just take a moment to reconsider the meaning of innovation. Suppose that we took innovation in business to mean profound, system-wide change to the way things are done. We might be reinventing air travel, or building a totally new … Continue reading
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Changing the rules of the game: Culture
I recently read a great story about a softball game in which one player injured herself when going for a home run… and the action taken by her “opponent” who saw the need of another human being as overriding the … Continue reading
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The Importance of Purpose
Working with purpose, being “on purpose” we might say, most often is a place of high energy and momentum and can give you the intrinsic motivation to strive to achieve more, while simultaneously feeling fulfilled in and out of work, … Continue reading
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Generation Y as Generation WHY
Generation Y is soon becoming the largest generational cohort in the workforce. As Gen WHY, they are motivated by a sense of service to and connection with the larger human community through the product or service they contribute to. They … Continue reading
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Purposeful Patriotism
On a long drive last year, I found myself listening to a classical music radio station, and to one of the most inspiring pieces I can remember hearing. The live recording, a concert by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, was made … Continue reading
Purpose: The missing ingredient
Reading through news articles, blogs, updates and surveys on weekly (sometimes daily) basis, there is rarely an article that, 3 months on, still sticks in my head. In September last year the Chartered Institute of People Development (CIPD) published a … Continue reading
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Leadership? Management? Facilitation.
Much has been written about the distinction between a manager and a leader; a manager – so the popular thinking goes – is one who directs resources (including the woefully misnamed “human resources”), and a leader one who enables others … Continue reading
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Sustainability as a platform for growth
Ten years ago, virtually no companies were making public commitments regarding sustainability. most companies treated sustainability issues as operational issues – strictly limited to their factory walls. sustainability was seen as cost, not profit. But quietly, many of the world’s … Continue reading
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What do you really care about?
Many in senior leadership positions reach a point of “crisis of purpose or meaning” where the values and intentions that were so obvious and explicit to them in their earlier careers have become lost and obscured by the sheer volume … Continue reading
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