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Knowledge = a Social Fabric
Strange things happen on my way to work and they lead to awkward insights. For example: last week on the train to Brussels my computer bag got stolen and now I am convinced that knowledge is a social fabric.
The “Why” guy
Anthony Robbins – the legendary coach – in action at the TED conference. We see how he condenses his life’s work into 20 minutes in very compelling way.
Organizational Change Practioners on LinkedIn
A few weeks ago LinkedIn allowed us to create subgroups within this group. Subgroups are like a break-out session at a conference. They enable you to create more focused areas than in the main group. This is what we did with Organizational Change Practitioners.
Web 2.0 includes Invisible Hand
Over the past week I experienced that the good old brainstorming techniques that are derived from de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats don’t need a nudge in the Web 2.0 age.
The skill-will matrix
One of the tools that I often use is the so-called Skill-Will matrix. I use this tool to predict and to plan how often my support is needed.
Parenting as a Management Skill … Huh? (part 3)
Building further on the insights of child development, there is another fundamental leadership characteristic that one will never learn at Harvard, but only in the day-to-day family-life: it is the importance of setting boundaries.
Return-on-Training? Wrong Question!
Last week the manager of a plant involved in a major organizational change project claimed that the return-on-training of his classroom training courses was disappointingly low.
Do I need to paint a picture? SAP and Learning!
When it comes to implementing SAP, there is a large gap between what users need and what consultants think they need.
Play – Like Children Play
"I began to think of children not as immature adults, but of adults as atrophied children. But when I said this to educationalists, they became angry.” – Keith Johnstone This week I would like to highlight the importance of creativity in the setting of an organizational change program. Regardless of the change you are dealing […]
The End of Teaching
This was just a thought that came to my mind while we were discussing the priority of a key user during the delivery phase of an ERP program: should it be classroom training attendance or acceptance testing?
