We’re all learners now
How come, after decades of help from change consultants, people have hardly moved forward in understanding how their organisation sustains and/or develops itself in the midst of a dynamic environment? Could it be that we (as change consultants) are failing to accurately grasp the nature of the contexts in which we attempt to peddle our wares? Could there be, as a consequence of this failure, a chance that our perspectives, our products and services and our interventions are doomed to be mostly wide of the mark? Maybe the observation that we in the change trade are demonstrating our ability to offer nothing by way of either explanation or options for action in response to the way the economy is going offers a bit of a steer? (more…)
Change »
We’re all learners now
How come, after decades of help from change consultants, people have hardly moved forward in understanding how their organisation sustains and/or develops itself in the midst of a dynamic environment? Could it be that we (as change consultants) are failing to accurately grasp the nature of the contexts in which we attempt to peddle our [...]
Innovation »
It is the taking part that counts
An animation showing edits to the www.OpenStreetMap.org project during 2008. OpenStreetMap is a wiki-style map of the world and this animation displays a white flash each time a way is entered or updated. Some edits are a result of a physical local survey by a contributor with a GPS unit and taking notes, other edits [...]
Performance »
The surprising power of feedback as a conversation
Funny old thing connections – in the past couple of weeks I’ve been part of several conversations with clients that have each identified a new management technique that seems to work in all sorts of situations; whether making a difference to health and safety, improving performance or highlighting potential areas for innovation. This new technique [...]
Coaching »
Coaching for organisational sustainability
One of the implications of constant change in the business environment is uncertainty in the shelf life of knowledge and skills; there is no guarantee that strategies and ruses that work well today will do a good job tomorrow. In response, many organisations are attracted to the notion of manager as coach as it offers [...]
Teams »
Perspectives on teams
Converting business opportunities into services or products tends to rely on people working together at some stage, so if you’re interested in making a difference to performance chances are you’re interested in making a difference with teams. Problem is teams are notoriously awkward to describe in any comprehensive and coherent manner which means that coming [...]