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The Purpose of People
It is a bit challenging to not get all philosophical when you talk about the purpose of people. At some level this is truly a subjective...
Feb 1, 2017


The Purpose of Organizations
In the last post I noted what I think is a really big and ugly problem that has come from anthropomorphizing organizations. That big and...
Jan 25, 2017


The Purpose of Organizations vs. People
The world, not just the world of OD has a consistent and continuous habit of anthropomorphizing; defining and understanding a thing as if...
Jan 18, 2017


Reducing OUCH! In Strategy con’t
The last post focused on the first of four quite typical and normal things that happen once the organization strategy has been...
Apr 26, 2016


Reducing OUCH! in Strategy
We’ve focused on a number of problems associated with the typical way strategy is understood in organizations. Let’s take a look at how...
Apr 22, 2016


Individual Strategy – A Thinking Tool
The last post looked at an individual perspective on strategy with the start point being a focus on excellence. It was mentioned that...
Apr 19, 2016


Strategy – An Individual Perspective
Most of us work within an organizational strategy that we had no involvement in creating. There is nothing wrong with this, it makes...
Apr 15, 2016
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