In today’s budget-conscious environment, the call to “control costs” often leads to the refrain, “Now is not the time to spend.” While this sounds prudent, it’s not always the full picture. Pausing or delaying organizational change to save money can come with hidden costs that outweigh short-term savings. To make informed decisions, we must weigh […]
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Every day brings fresh challenges and navigating them can feel daunting. For lessons on driving change, we can look back to childhood days on the playground, specifically the overhead ladder. Perched high above the ground, this playground feature challenges kids to reach forward, swing with strength, and let go to grasp the next rung. It’s
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Have global markets’ wild swings left you dizzy this week? Or perhaps relentless waves of change, crashing faster and larger than ever, have unsettled you for weeks or months. You’re not just disoriented; you’re grappling with change sickness, a unique kind of motion sickness. Change sickness strikes when your expectations of stability clash with the
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On the First Year Presidents podcast, Jason Kanigan and I talk about, “SECRET to Effective Business Management Revealed.”
First Year Presidents podcast – SECRET to Effective Business Management Revealed Read More »
I was featured on Mayank Sharma’s The Nerd’s Show podcast. Here is the recording.
The Nerd’s Show – Change, Leadership, and Legacy Read More »
We face a major modern crisis! Change and technology are speeding up, but organizational results are slowing down. It seems we assume that technology should speed up while at the same time also assuming that organizational change is inherently slow. ⛰️ From 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark explored the Pacific Northwest from St. Louis to the
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In Management by Motivation (1968), Saul Gellerman highlighted a gap in the effective use of personnel that echoes our Quote of the Week by Jay Forester. Where Forester put the effective use of personnel at only 10%, Gellerman qualitatively describes the opportunity to get much more and better results from personnel, calling it a “reservoir
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If a company’s competitive situation worsens or technological changes require new products and new processes, the organization may need the help of its own employees. Unfortunately, if it has trained them to be indifferent and apathetic, it is unlikely to be able to elicit their cooperation. Even if the employees have information that would be
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Everywhere, the Power Paradox ensnares. We assume that others are powerful, and we are weak. The truth is that others are less powerful than we think they are, and we are more powerful than we have imagined. We take these assumptions of who does and doesn’t have power for granted and never test them. We
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10%! That’s how effective Jay Forester, the founder of system dynamics, thought organizations were at using the best of their employees. He wrote that in 1961. More than 60 years later, if you’re struggling to meet your commitments with the people, time, and resources you have now, this quote should give you hope. You don’t
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