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Diagnostic Interventions
We need to recognize that no matter how neutral and innocent the questions may be, they will influence the thinking of the people in the organization
The World Belongs to the Tweakers, Not the Inventors
When Steve Jobs told us to ‘Stay hungry, stay foolish’, did he mention to be late and steal from time to time?
Domino Before You Bingo
There are five domino blocks that need to fall over before you can kick-off a large-scale organizational change program. What’s more: there is a specific order and distance that works best.
Connecting Some Dots
Social Architecture is an upgrade for Change Management as we know it. Does this mean that Change Management is bugged? Well… sort of…
Gamers Will Save Our Economy (Part 2)
The greatest challenge for leaders of the next decade is to design games that matter. And the best way for our children to prepare for the future is to spend more time playing bigger and better games.
Love & Work (Part 5) – What Motivates Us?
From the previous generations there is no evidence that building more autonomy and purpose into our work environments may lead to happier and more productive people. Luckily times are changing and leaders have to get out of the way for their organizations to survive in the knowledge economy.
Three is the Magic Number
“All good things come in threes” – that is my way of saying that I can not cope with more things at the same time. So I tend to reduce reality to a maximum of three dimensions.
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 Management Portfolio is McKinsey-proof
The organizational Change Portfolio stands the test of McKinsey. That’s what I found out as I was scanning the latest articles on organizational change management. Some time ago introduced the organizational change portfolio in the article “Wellness My Ass“. Now, looking at the results of the latest McKinsey survey (*), I feel less insecure and [...]
“Wellness”… My Ass!
Last week I was a few minutes early on the steering committee of a huge SAP implementation. As we were joking around we came to the subject of ‘change management’. One person mentioned that some consulting companies abbreviate it as ‘CMS’, which alternatively translates as “Chicks Making Slides”. I had no evidence to prove him wrong. So [...]
