Game changing Everybody is hell-bent on moving quicker, faster and harder. Everybody wants “game changing” levels of performance improvement. Managers, executives and shareholders demand it… So if you want “game changing”, what are your options? Three parts to an organisation The systems thinkers categorise organisations into three elements: The components. The team-members and functions, the […]
Management Heresy
Heresy — noun (ˈhɛrəsɪ ) An opinion or doctrine contrary to the beliefs of an organisation The act of maintaining such an opinion or doctrine An interesting word And an interesting activity. I often wonder about heretics. Are they a bunch of loony tunes who can’t see how wrong they are? Or are they perfectly […]
Was My M.B.A. A Waste of Time?
Collaboration For my sins I have an M.B.A. I am a child of the ’70’s. By the time I hit the ’90’s an M.B.A. was the qualification to have if you were intent on pursuing a corporate career. The course taught me all about the parts of big business. I learnt about: Finance and accounting […]
A Simple Mistake That Has Probably Made You Poorer
The case for austerity The inaugural meeting of the American Economic Association was held on the 4th January 2010. Two giants in the world of economics; Professor Carmen Reinhart and former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, Ken Rogoff were present. They presented their research paper, “Growth in a Time of Debt”. The headline […]
Changing the Rules
All organisations have rules We have rules about expenses and rules about systems access. There are rules about promotions and rules about mobile phones. Still more rules about budgets and rules about supplier gifts. Organisations have hundreds of rules. These rules, explicit or not, define the way our organisations work. The problem with rules If […]
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