We are living in an age of “management crisis”. This is because so many leaders are unaware of the appropriate knowledge to manage the complexity of the Digital Age. Fortunately, this knowledge already exists. Knowledge, Theory and Experience Management knowledge can only come from solid theory; this knowledge advances thanks to the continuous feedback that takes […]
Why We Get Stuck on the Path to Change – The Human Constraint
“The only thing that does not require maintenance is obsolescence”, as Dr. W. Edwards Deming used to say. This is a fundamental truth: if we do not evolve, we regress. What makes everything more complicated is the pace at which we must evolve to survive. Technology speeds everything up, including the world of technology. Digital transformation involves transformation of business […]
Purpose-Driven Business – Why and How
An increasing number of organizations are talking about purpose. Purpose is the reason for which something exists. But when people talk about purpose they don’t just mean a goal. They mean purposefulness, a deeper meaning, a higher purpose. This is what some call the purpose economy, one that is geared towards good and the social and […]
Making Another World – Transformation Today
A recent comment on LinkedIn asks what Dr. W. Edwards Deming meant when he said, “We are here to make another world.” As we start a new year, it’s highly appropriate time to look at that phrase. Dr. Deming was a physicist and statistician whose work founded the Quality movement. He is perhaps best known […]
Elite and Inadequate Leaders – How They are Failing
We seem to be living a unique moment of leadership crisis. Many of those who were born and/or educated as a leadership elite are failing in their positions. The USA and the UK have produced admired leaders in the past but today are far from being good examples. Both countries are reeling from the effects […]
Can Charity Boost Business?
This is a time of year when many charity organizations reach out for donations. There is charity and there is business. Two very separate things with very different purposes. Or are they? But what if donating is not about being good? What if it’s actually an intelligent way of making sure our system/community yields its maximum? […]
How to Manage Time Constraints and Prioritize Tasks
If you’re looking for a way to prioritize your tasks and increase your productivity, and most of us are, you can take some powerful inputs from the Theory of Constraints. Every day, we all have to perform a number of tasks in different areas of our lives. Clearly, we can’t give equal attention to everything, […]
Using Your Constraints to Improve Business Performance
On a client’s website, they rightfully explain that their technology frees their customers of certain constraints. What exactly do we mean by constraints and are they a totally bad thing? We all want more freedom. A constraint would seem, by definition, to be something that robs us of freedom. But what we need to do […]
The Dangers of Linear Thinking in a World of Complexity
One of the hardest challenges that we must face to survive and thrive in the digital age is changing the way we think. Linear thinking has served humanity well. Being rational, after all, allowed us to emerge from the dark ages and the realm of superstition. We can thank René Descartes for providing us with […]
Shaping Organizations for the Digital Age
We were invited by E-3 Magazine International, an independent SAP Trends and analyses magazine, to write a series on Digital Transformation. Here is the first of those articles written by our Founder, Dr. Domenico Lepore. Unrelenting and unlimited: two words that spring to mind about the Digital Age. The advance of Digital Transformation is unrelenting […]
