A leader is somebody who has a theory; somebody who “owns” a body of knowledge that backs his claims that they can accomplish a transformation within their span of control. That transformation must be one of system optimization as a prerequisite for innovation; one in which competition is replaced by cooperation, where performances are managed […]
Sustainable Enterprise – You Know It Makes Sense
What is a sustainable enterprise, what does it takes to create it, and how can it be achieved and maintained? In an ideal world, every business would be sustainable, and therefore inherently a social enterprise. People would just realize it makes more sense for everyone in the long run. That’s clearly not the way things […]
Flawed Models – Why We Need a New Economics
What is is wrong with mainstream economic and financial models today? Continuing the series on a New Economics. Mainstream economic and financial models, the ones that currently rule the markets and determine value, have shifted their focus over the years from what is best for the society they should try to model to what is […]
What Do We Mean By A New Economics?
Best efforts and hard work, not guided by new knowledge, they only dig deeper the pit we are in. The aim of this book is to provide new knowledge. Deming, The New Economics. Economics as a ‘political science’ A new knowledge was created by W. Edwards Deming for creating systems-based organizations. That knowledge calls […]
New Economics Leadership: Quality, Involvement, Flow
What if being a leader has nothing to do with creating followers? Dr. Domenico Lepore, Founder of Intelligent Management, writes about Leadership. Leadership and selflessness A leader must provide their people with a vision of life and this vision must be permeated with the idea of justice; a leader with their words and actions must […]
New Leadership, New Economics
In his seminal book The New Economics, W. Edwards Deming said that the job of a leader is to accomplish transformation of his organization. What does that mean in terms of leadership? Dr. Domenico Lepore, Founder of Intelligent Management, writes about Leadership. What is Transformation? The views, experience, analysis and practice expressed in this blog […]
Making the Goal Happen with the Transition Tree Tool
When we use the Transition Tree Tool to break our project down into actions, at every step we can scrutinize the effectiveness of our action, the validity of its logic and its coherence with the identified need. In this extract from the book Sechel: Logic, Language and Tools to Manage any Organization as a Network, Dr. Domenico […]
Gathering and Deploying Knowledge to Reach the Goal
When we face the ordeal of achieving an ambitious target we are often daunted by the ‘mountain’ we have to climb. How can we successfully overcome the obstacles? Dr. Domenico Lepore, international expert in systemic and sustainable management, continues his series on the Thinking Process Tools from the Theory of Constraints. Deploying the strategy: the […]
Making Management Meaningful
Is there a way to foster smarter and more meaningful management? Dr. Domenico Lepore, international expert in systemic and sustainable management, continues his series on the Thinking Process Tools from the Theory of Constraints. Triggering a superior level of consciousness In the past few posts we have looked at several Thinking Process tools which provide […]
Why Physics is Crucial for Understanding Global Business: the Network of Corporations
The entire world is in turmoil; people are on the streets complaining about the economy and the way politicians and experts are dealing with the crisis. The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement is gaining somewhat fuzzy momentum. Today they are organizing a march against Goldman Sachs in New York. Is the corporate world intrinsically unfair? A […]
