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The people are the organisation
It is the most ubiquitous platitude of corporate life: “People are our most important asset.” The undeniable reality, of course, is that the human …
Read MoreFor successful change – Momentum = Mass x Velocity
Today the VPS Continuous Improvement Network experienced something unique. With Larry Peterson (a well known Canadian Open Space Practictioner) touring Australia, we had a great opportunity to try a new format …
Read MoreEight Rules to Brilliant Brainstorming
Andrew Hargadon and Bob Sutton did some research on brainstorming in the 90’s that has been written up in BusinessWeek recently. Bob says it’s a good …
Read MoreOn noticing
The range of what we see and do Is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice That we fail …
Read MoreThe busy-ness meme
Darren Woolley, over at P3, has also noticed the busy-ness meme. You know the one: we are so busy as the moment, flat out. In …
Read MoreWhy organisations find Most Significant Change useful
I was re-reading the Most Significant Change Guide developed by Rick Davies and Jess Dart today (their manual is an excellent resource available freely on …
Read MoreIgnite your story telling
When it comes to being an effective fire fighter, fire science has come up with the fire triangle. The fire triangle is a simple model …
Read MoreSensemaking starts with noticing
Oscar Wilde once remarked, “there was no fog in London before Whistler painted it.” Wilde was referring to Whistler’s, Chelsea Wharf, and making the point that …
Read MoreAre organisations losing their humanity?
For some time now we have wondered whether organisations may be starting to lose their humanity. Maybe its a good question whether they ever had …
Read MoreNouns kill the power of missions and values
A tiny thought but potentially quite practical. Organisations have a mission, right? They have values. Dull, boring, lifeless. No one cares about the organisation’s stated mission or …
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