The hybrid approach you referred to I think reflects the sense of the sociotechnical process. I can’t imagine why people and organizations would not intentionally adopt that as the default position when considering organizational issues, and yet I see people polarizing around either or approach all time in my organization. It seems to me that […]
Tag: Technology
Innovation as a function of R&D investments? not so much; check your network first
Image via Wikipedia Some excellent insights into the power of quality connections and the network effect with respect to R&D, innovation and open borders Hard times call for new solutions and we are starting to take a good hard look at how innovation really works and what we can do to improve performance. Recent reports […]
Reflecting on crony capitalism
http://theburningplatform.com/blog/2010/08/29/the-age-of-mammon-featured-article/ a very important read about crony capitalism by an acquaintance; i think the co-opting of politicians by business interests is a stain on our former republic. Finance has joined what was once an exclusive club of the military indutrial complex, which was joined by energy consortiums, exemplified by halliburton which was a combination of […]
A reflection on Panasonic’s annual plan for 2010
Image via Wikipedia Ken’s notes on Panasonic: http://panasonic.net/vision/amp/ is the link to Panasonic’s Anil annual management plan (AMP) Panasonic’s annual vision and strategy plan notes: the new Panasonic group is sorting out how to incorporate Sanyo electric Company into their business while maintaining their current management philosophy of “contributing to the progress and development of […]
Reflections on strategic leadership
Image via Wikipedia This weekend I really enjoyed a podcast from a current strategic leadership text on the subject of emerging trends in global strategic leadership. Here are the slides: CurrentTrendsInStrategicManagement I compared the discussion in slide 2 “new realities in the 21st century” to the military’s formal description of the “Operational Environment” which we use […]
A reflection on entreprenurial spirit and stability operations, and engagement areas in nation-building
Image via Wikipedia Thoughts while TDY: action learning: a discipline/focus on actionable learning (see Lewin, Schein…) Planning: we seek to understand so that we can act Design: we act, iteratively, on the basis of fundamental principles, in order to learn we live life forwards, but understand it looking backwards we build nations and stabilize societies […]
The power of family values and hard work
Image via Wikipedia No Road Map Necessary – http://nyti.ms/aR0cfu there are no one-size-fits-all blueprints only design goals and values and a commitment to live life forward. A wonder example and an inspiration of the infinite adaptability of life-in-action. This is evidence of the need for open socities and equal opportunity. Most importantly, to me, it […]
Leadership and baby turtles
Image via Wikipedia Here is a point I want to make about attribution bias and survivor bias, with respect to leadership theory. Attribution bias is when we assign causation to something incorrectly; Survivorship bias is examining the survivors of an event or an era, to discover what they have in common so as to reverse […]
A Systems and “sense-making” perspective on leadership
Image via Wikipedia when i hear technology, i think of the “means” of exercising control, authority, communication, and i remember how easily it has become an “end” in and of itself in practice technology has created at least as many new, unforeseen challenges as it has solved. it has been used as a crutch, it […]