So here we are, just back from being invited to speak at the Horasis Global Forum in Cascais, Portugal. This was a unique gathering of handpicked delegates from different continents, including heads of state, senior politicians, leaders in business and finance as well as innovators in a wide range of sectors. The theme was ‘Catalyzing […]
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Management Techniques and Tips? Try Knowledge Instead
The internet abounds with techniques and tips, giving the illusion that in a short amount of time it’s possible to master the answers to our problems. That may be true for, say, getting the most from a laptop. However, if we rely on ‘management techniques’ and ‘management by tips’ for running a business or launching a startup, […]
Ditch Departments to Scale Your Business Sustainably and Systemically
Our complex world is changing fast and the prevailing style of management that creates silos cannot react quickly enough. What is a realistic and operational alternative to scale your business organically? First, why do we have hierarchies? Silos are a natural offspring of traditionally hierarchical companies divided into functions and departments. Why do hierarchies exist […]
The Damage from Silos in Your Organization: A Systems View
Most organizations are hierarchical. This way of managing means that responsibility gets divided up into functions and the ‘head’ of each function is responsible for the results of that function and the budget allocated. Isn’t this rational? After all, the notion of hierarchy is as old as the bible. Literally. Moses was introduced to it […]
Fixing Strategy Failure – a Systems View
In an article about strategy and execution, Roger Martin, in 2017 named the world’s #1 management thinker by Thinkers50, wrote in the Harvard Business Review: “To fix our problem with strategy failure, we need to stop thinking in terms of the brain-to-body metaphor. Instead, we should conceive of the corporation as a white-water river in which choices cascade […]
Design and Manage Your Organization as a Whole System or Underperform
When things get complicated in organizations, we can be tempted to “break them up” to try and simplify. Divide and conquer. That just makes matters worse. Why? Because an organization is in fact a whole system. Everything inside is interconnected and interdependent, so when we try and manage them any differently we inevitably underperform. By not […]
The True Meaning of Leadership – A Systems View
Our founder, Dr. Domenico Lepore, has been invited to talk about Leadership at the national conference of the CIO Association of Canada in April 2018. Here is a preview of what he will saying about the true meaning of leadership. “I would say to the House, As I said to those who have joined the […]
Quantifying the Business Value of Systemic vs Silo Management
A business leader recently asked us about quantifying the business value of a systemic approach to management. This is someone who completely understands that it makes much more sense to work in an integrated and collaborative way rather than within a “functional empire”. The question was, what can we say to people about the quantifiable […]
The Opportunity of Digitalization: Integration and Acceleration
Digitalization is something companies are increasingly coming to grips with and it is radically impacting business models. Communication channels are multiplying and consumer behaviours and expectations are changing. This means that producers of goods and services have to supply the right information to the various channels available in order to be seen, heard and sell. Every […]
Project Resilience – a Systems View
Conversations at Intelligent Management this week have been abuzz with Project Management. This is hardly surprising as we have been preparing to speak at the sold-out event tomorrow evening for PMI Northern Italy dedicated to the New Leadership for Complexity. But also because Project Management really is at the heart of every kind of business. […]
