Recently, Chris Grams over at the Management Innovation Exchange (MIX) sent out a group report on using “communities of passion” to help achieve MIX’s stated goal — reinvent management. It’s a great report and a great project, and I encourage you take a few moments to look over the findings and discoveries. In responding to… Continue reading There. Manage by That.
Category: Changing the World
Say Their Silence
Rosa Say has said it better than anybody this week regarding the killing of Osama Bin Laden. In a beautiful, moving post titled, “Hello? These are your values speaking,” she recommends a process of reflection to answer the internal questions we might have about our own private reactions to the event. photo by www.triplem.com.au Like many… Continue reading Say Their Silence
Blowing the Lid Off
When and where do leaders most add value? Now that’s a simple question with absolutely no well-defined answers. On one level it seems to have something to do with articulating the felt needs of some group of people and fostering conjoint action toward something the group wants: wealth, security, social justice, political influence, what have… Continue reading Blowing the Lid Off
To Reach Out, Reach In
There are times when the critical thing is to build — or rebuild — trust with another person, and you are the one who must initiate that work. Perhaps there is an active sense of mistrust in the relationship, maybe even a sense of betrayal. Or it maybe that there is only a lack of… Continue reading To Reach Out, Reach In