The key elements of the Theory of Constraints were published in the 1980s in Dr. Goldratt’s novel “The Goal”. It became an international bestseller and remains a classic of management. Since then, the theory has been significantly expanded on. There also were numerous advancements made in identifying the appropriate managerial practices to help with the […]
Human Resources – a New Perspective for Our Post-Pandemic World
We cannot know when, exactly, but a moment will come when we will move forward beyond the lockdowns. There are those who long to “go back to normal. But that would mean to squander the unique opportunity the global crisis has given us: to usher in a level of transformation in the way we work […]
Out of Control: Why We Must Transform Organizations Now
Our world has changed. Especially since the global financial crisis. Our reality is complex, that means it’s dense with interconnections and interdependencies that we cannot ignore. We can’t just think about what goes on inside our organizations (complicated enough) but how they interact with and impact stakeholders and entire supply chains. It’s hardly surprising so many managers feel […]
Change and the Decision Making Process
In our previous post, Change: Why Do We Find it So tough? we looked at the fundamental conflict underlying change; that conflict emerges because of our need for control on the one hand, and our need for vision on the other. The need for control and the need for vision are common to individuals as […]
Change: Why Do We Find it So Tough?
Spring is in the air (thought it may not feel like it in some places). Even such a welcome change can be hard going on our bodies because when seasons change we have to adapt to new temperatures. In this post, Dr. Domenico Lepore talks about Change, what drives us, and Vision. Constant change It […]
Change: Intuition, Understanding and Knowledge
Continuing our series on change. We live in an extraordinarily complex, post-digital world, where interdependencies and interconnections multiply at an ever-increasing speed. The cause-effect relationships that govern the world as we experience it create a super intricate ‘network of networks’ and we have a very limited understanding of the underlying properties of these networks and […]
Change: Control vs. Vision in our decisions to change
Change: Why do people find it so hard (and what can we do about it)?
In our next few posts we will be looking at the difficulty we have to change, and how we can achieve change and improve our systemic intelligence. Change is the most unchanging part of our existence: • our pancreas replaces most of its cells every 24 hours • the cells of our stomach lining are […]
