by DavidFraser | Feb 28, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Organizations
With sufficient power and authority, we can make something different happen. We can get an organisation to produce different results. We can make people comply. But that isn’t really change… It’s coercion. Not very sustainable, and also very hard work. Better to...
by DavidFraser | Feb 26, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Learning, Personal Mastery
We may dismiss certain kinds of learning… Now it could be that the learning is plain wrong. Or… It could be that we don’t like the implications. One way, we’re right; the other, we’re making a mistake. Choosing not to see things systemically is a common...
by DavidFraser | Feb 24, 2014 | Leadership, Organizations, Relationship Skills
Have you noticed… Spend any time at all around a group of people, especially a large group of people or a big organisation, with at least some cohesion, genuine purpose, and shared values—in other words, a “tribe”—and the pull to associate with it is...
by DavidFraser | Feb 21, 2014 | Change, Innovation, Leadership, Organizations
We’re addicted to control—control of our businesses, our public services, and our non-profits and charities. It seems so logical: The tighter we can nail down what happens in our organisations, the more efficient and reliable and predictable they will be. That...
by DavidFraser | Feb 19, 2014 | Change, Innovation, Leadership, Organizations, Personal Mastery
We generally want evidence that something works, and our first thought is it’s to be found “out there.” What have other people done? There are sound enough reasons for looking at things this way, and it can be important for influencing stakeholders...
