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Why Do You Have a Boss?

18 October, 2016 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

The Boss

Pre History In the primordial swamp, single cell organisms developed.  They formed symbiotic relationships.  These relationships needed controlling.  So the organisms developed hormones, nervous systems and brains to help them function. The bacteria came before the lion. Ancient History On the fertile plains, people grouped together.  They built villages and towns.  As the towns grew they […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: back to the floor, management style, systems thinking

Blame and Ignorance

10 October, 2016 by James Lawther 2 Comments

White Range Rover

I made a fool of myself yesterday I had a road rage incident.  Well it wasn’t so much road rage as pedestrian rage. I was crossing the street on my way to the railway station and some clown in 4 by 4 damn near ran me over.  It ended up in a slagging match between me and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: accident prevention, blame, human nature, ignorance, management style

Preventable Harm

13 June, 2016 by James Lawther 3 Comments

A definition: The unintended physical injury resulting from or contributed to by medical care (including the absence of indicated medical treatment), that requires additional monitoring, treatment or hospitalisation, or that results in death. A simpler definition: A medical accident. A few statistics: The medical industry 2014: The estimated number of premature deaths in US hospitals […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: aviation, blame, error proofing, management style, medicine

Synergy

7 May, 2016 by James Lawther 5 Comments

Synergy

A great management word We love to talk about synergies, it is a super word, hard and scientific. It gives the impression that we know what we are doing. That we are in control. Synergy: the creation of a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts What drives synergy? If synergy is […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: management style, performance management, reinforcing behaviour, systems thinking

What Do You Believe?

24 April, 2016 by James Lawther 4 Comments

Weltanschauung An interesting word.  It ranks alongside bier and keller in my grasp of the German language noun, German (plural Weltanschauungen /ˈvɛltˌanʃaʊ(ə)n/) A comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity’s relation to it A perception of the world especially from a specific standpoint A particular philosophy or view of life; the world view of an individual […]

Filed Under: Blog, Wild Cards Tagged With: beliefs, group think, human nature, management style, weltanschauung

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