Dear Friends, I wrote this five years ago, but I feel it is at least as relevant today. So, I share again for all. I first want to wish all a truly happy and peaceful Christmas (Chanukah, or any Holiday) and best wishes for the...

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...

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,...

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...