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I have been thinking a lot about how leaders think, their mental models, their understanding of their own organization’s system and the larger social and economic system in which they live. I believe that most failures of...

Leadership Lessons from Alexander to the Ukraine

As a student of leadership, it is impossible to observe the conflict in the Ukraine and fail to...

The Inevitable Consequence of Closed Systems

There are many uncertainties in leadership and world affairs. But there is one thing that is certain. When a leader surrounds him or herself only with those who agree, submit, or are bullied into withholding independent views,...

Did Covid19 Kill Lean Management?

With the supply chain disruptions of the past year, a hundred container carriers anchored off Las Angeles, and near empty dealer car lots, some journalists have declared that lean management is dead! Some believe that the...

Happy New Year Everyone! Let’s Make 2022 The Best Year Ever!

We are all leaving behind a year that was difficult and sometimes traumatic. I am an eternal optimist and I believe that we can make 2022 the best year of our lives – both individually and collectively. I want to offer you all or any of my courses for the lowest price I can as you plan your own learning and development for 2022.

Five Capacities for Unleashing Collective Intelligence: A Team Inventory

The following is a repost of an article by Natasha Naderi which I think is very good and very...

The Growing Investment Value of Principled Leadership

It is worth your time and essential to the well-being of your company that you focus and clarify your own corporate value system and ESG performance.

Are Tim Cook and Jamie Dimon Living in a Black and White World?

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple and Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan are rightly two of the most respected...

Your Path to Self-Management – the Hybrid Organization

From the culture of control dominant in the 20th Century manufacturing organization to the knowledge-work economy of the 21st Century there has been a gradual path from top-down to bottom-up, from a culture of control to a culture of self-control and self-management.

The Hybrid Organization is Here and Now!

Hybrid is here and now, thanks to Covid19. Every organization must redesign its own work, teams and relationships to take advantage of the lessons that we can both perform much of our work from home and experience increased job satisfaction and productivity.