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The head office pattern
Smart people hate being told what to do. In many of our projects we see the ‘head office pattern’ where HO is seen as a …
Read MoreLost knowledge?
The building in the left foreground of the image is the historic Hyde Park Barracks Museum in Sydney. The building at the back behind the …
Read MoreFinding customer stories
Every organisation has a set of values, most even live by them, but how many have successfully embedded the right behaviours that reflect those values …
Read MoreRating your own expertise
Last week I was running an open space to kick off a new community of practice for engineers. While I was wandering around the room …
Read MoreThe one-arm boy
There was a boy who was born without a right arm. On his ninth birthday he asked his parents if he could join a karate …
Read MoreThe difference between knowledge and information
“Not that old chestnut” I hear you cry. We have written a whitepaper on this subject and blogged on it a few times. It keeps …
Read MoreMelbourne taxis and Sydney taxis
Last week Melbourne was witness to our taxi drivers protesting in the city streets against their poor working conditions. The protest was sparked by the …
Read MoreWorkplace diversity
Every month, the Australian Institute of Management publishes its magazine ‘Management Today‘. The back page (p56) of the May 2008 edition has some comments about …
Read MoreLeading from the front…complexity management basics for CEOs
The damaging windstorm in Melbourne two weeks ago gave me an interesting insight into how poorly prepared the leadership of our energy organisations were to …
Read MoreAn anecdote’s point of view
Ford Harding has just posted two versions of the same anecdote. The first paints the consultant as the hero while the second focuses on the …
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