The Insanity of Strategic Planning

by | Aug 1, 2012 | Humanize, Strategy

In a keynote session last week about Humanize, I once again challenged the effectiveness of strategic planning. In the book, strategic planning is one of three traditional management “best practices” that we shine a critical light on, revealing that there...

Creating More Human Organizations

by | Jul 26, 2012 | Announcements, Humanize

Thanks to everyone at the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE) for having me as their morning keynote speaker today. Below are the slides from that presentation if you’re interested. Creating More Human Organizations from Jamie Notter...

Moneyball and Management Innovation

by | Jul 23, 2012 | Change, Culture, Humanize

I’m now a huge fan of the movie Moneyball. I don’t think it’s cinematic genius necessarily, but it crystallizes some ideas for me that are central to my work, and central to what we’re saying in Humanize. And it does it in a way that makes them...

We Are Not Angry Enough (MIX Mashup Notes)

by | Jul 19, 2012 | Change, Humanize

That was the first line in my notebook from the MIX Mashup event I attended in San Francisco a month ago. We’re not angry enough. The notebook has been sitting in my bag for a month. I never did a formal recap post. I did write a piece about freedom and...

The Results of Management Innovation

by | Jul 16, 2012 | Change, Humanize

In a recent post I challenged everyone to consider innovating management, rather than just our products, services, or business models. We have come to expect innovation in our world in many areas, yet we are content to come to work and face practices and systems that...
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