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Category Archives: management
Complicated is not the same as Complex – and Why this is Important
Complicated is a very different concept from Complex. Yet most of us do not distinguish them. Even more, we try to manage Complex systems with Complicated solutions. And this turns out to be a very huge problem. A watch is … Continue reading
How to Take Decisions in a Complex Environment
How can you take the (right) (best) decision in a complex environment? Rely on your team. Decide on the ‘who’ and not on the ‘what’. That’s all. That’s so much. Jim Collins reminds us in his foreword to the book … Continue reading
The Motivation Revolution: how to move from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation
I loved reading the book “Drive” by Daniel Pink. We already referred to it a few months ago in the post “what motivates the K.E.E.N.“. Daniel Pink uses a framework for the evolution of motivation in history that is similar … Continue reading
Get a glimpse in how the organization of the Collaborative Age will work, today!
Once upon a time there was a company that had no boss. There were quite more than 100 people in the office, and they just organized themselves fluidly around temporary projects: who has the best idea got the support of … Continue reading
Change your mind first to change your life
“Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” – George B. Shaw. The more I speak about the Fourth Revolution, the more I consult in the field of organizational change, the more I … Continue reading
The best change programs are simple and applied ruthlessly
Yourself or your organization needs a drastic change? How can you do that? Too many change gurus and consultants will engineer and recommend large, complex programs. Yes of course, you need to re-engineer processes, communicate, engage with people. My take: … Continue reading
100,000 people are ‘online game laborers’ today, and growing!
The Fourth Revolution also creates revenue opportunities for the citizens of emerging countries in more surprising ways than being service providers for commodity services that still require creativity and intellectual initiative. According to a World Bank report, the market of gaming-for-hire, … Continue reading
3 useful ideas for real entrepreneurs
Once in a while I see an interesting idea for entrepreneurs and I note it down – I sometimes lose its origin though. Here are some words of wisdom for the would-be entrepreneur. Funny enough they could also apply to … Continue reading
The under-rated power of Appreciative Inquiry
Have you heard about Appreciative Inquiry? It is certainly one of the most powerful coaching tools I know. It works extremely well in change situations – personal or organizational. What is it about? Often people and organizations know they have … Continue reading
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The corporate revolution is upon us!
The coming corporate revolution due to collaborative technology becomes mainstream. See for example this interesting article by Forbes “Social Power and the Coming Social Revolution”. Several examples in this paper show how consumers can influence company decisions, sometimes decisively. While … Continue reading
Open leadership – giving up control is inevitable
As the Fourth Revolution grows and spreads, giving up control is inevitable. Leaders cannot any more control everything that is being done in the organization. Organizations cannot control any more their market as they used to do (for example, spending … Continue reading
Video of the month: Gary Hamel on the future of management
In the following video, Gary Hamel, an influential business thinker, tackles the future of management, or how management needs to change to get out of the Industrial Age mindset. Watch the video: Gary Hamel on “Reinventing the Technology of Human … Continue reading
