Image via Wikipedia Cummings and Worley define the concept of integrated strategic change (ISC) as a comprehensive OD intervention that examines how plan change that can add value to strategic management. The integrative piece looks at a synthesis of business strategies and organizational systems responding together to external and/or internal disruptions. This strategic change plan […]
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appreciating intermediate term trends
examining the use of the slope of the 30 day regression line for understanding intermediate term trends in context
Diagnosing and alleviating stress in the workplace: theory and practice
Image via Wikipedia Organizations are becoming more aware of the relationship between employee wellness and proactivity, with one estimate suggesting job stress costs US businesses over 300 billion annually. The response has been a rise of OD interventions such as fitness, wellness and stress management programs whose goals include individual well-being or wellness. Health is […]
Systems dynamics meets the Afghan war via Powerpoint
It is becoming a common practice to laugh at that slide, but try on this thought experiment: what if someone made a slide of a zoom in on the surface of a semi-conductor chip? Wouldn’t that seem as incomprehensible and “foolish”? and yet by the slow process of developing knowledge we have become capable of extraordinary […]
Weekend retreats in Big Sur: great memories
Image via Wikipedia When I was teaching at Monterrey at the Naval Post Graduate School, I spent every available weekend camping in Big Sur. Weekend nights in the redwood forests: life is good!I used to drive past the sign to the Esalen Institute every weekend on the way to the campground where i used to […]
A reflection on charismatic leadership
Image via Wikipedia I am naturally skeptical about charismatic leaders, but I have seen its power in action. Just before GEN Petraeus left our college to take command in Iraq he gathered faculty and students in our large auditorium, which seats 2500. He spoke in a very relaxed manner, hardly the tone you might expect […]
A reflection on leading and managing a complex Participatory Action Research curriculum project
Image via Wikipedia 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to examine my current leadership skills. I will describe and reflect upon a recent curriculum project that I was in charge of at the US Army command and Gen. staff College. I will use a lens of the Bolman and Deal four Frameworks to evaluate […]
a reflection on critical pluralism, pragmatism, & politics
Image by zenonline via Flickr my take on critical pluralism is that it is a form of scholarly pragmatism, in the following sense: Pragmatism could be a shortcut around doing “due diligence” if it becomes a habit to satisfice, and avoid doing deep analysis and comparisons between perspectives , solutions, methods. there are some situations […]
Apple, design thinking, nationbuilding
Image via Wikipedia Mike Roberto discusses Tim Brown’s book on Design Thinking here, and thinks aloud about Apple‘s application of the idea. I am a big fan of his work. The unfocus group’s insights become more important to the extent that the Long Tail phenomenon applies to that market/line of business. We are big fans […]
Project Gutenberg: 30,000 free classic ebooks
Image by Getty Images via Daylife for goodness sakes, dont spend money on an iPhone app to get access to 23 ebooks when you can get 30,000 free. HT: Stephen Downes http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Related articles by Zemanta Apple Allows Users to Give the Gift of Apps (textually.org) Have You Got Balance? (t4w.blogs.com) Digg’s belated iPhone app […]