Making the best use of the resources we have in a sustainable way was always necessary, but it became dramatically evident and urgent following the Coronavirus crisis. The lockdowns that forced organizations to carry on working outside their normal locations accelerated a major change that was already taking place – the shift towards digital and […]
How to Improve Company Culture and Performance with a Transformation Based on Competencies
In the previous article in this series, Dr. Domenico Lepore covered the key ingredients needed to gear up for complexity and speed. Here in Part 6 he introduces the idea of competencies as the engine for transformation. As declared in several publications over the years, our goal at IM is the transformation of the prevailing, silo-based, organizational design and […]
The Key Ingredients of an Organization re-design for Complexity and Speed
In the previous article in this series, our Founder Dr. Domenico Lepore, covered how to scale a business sustainably. Here in Part 5 he looks at the fundamental ingredients for an organizational re-design appropriate for the 21st century challenges of complexity. Since the industrial revolution, the idea of control has been connected to a Newtonian, mechanistic worldview: to […]
How to Scale a Business Sustainably
In the previous article in this series, our Founder Dr. Domenico Lepore, described the evolution of a systemic solution for managing organizations and avoiding silos. Here in Part Four, he answers the question “How do you put it into action?” In 1999, we still did not have a sufficiently generic and comprehensive answer to how […]
Solving the Core Problem that Prevents Companies from Achieving Sustainable Growth
The only way to solve systemic problems is through systemic thinking. This is what allows us to step back and ask the fundamental questions so we can develop valid solutions. In Part 3 of this this new series, our Founder, Dr. Domenico Lepore, continues from Part 1 and Part 2 with the questions that allows us to find […]
Deming, Goldratt and Critical Chain – the Pillars for Transforming Management and Organizations Today
Today’s post is by the Founder of Intelligent Management Inc. Dr. Domenico Lepore and it is Part 1 of our new series on a new perspective for business management and a valid solution for sustainable growth. In 1997, I was among the few to receive from Larry Gadd, Dr. Goldratt’s Publisher at North River Press, […]
Three Steps Towards a New Economics for Sustainable Prosperity
2020 has been a year of unexpected losses and shocks in so many fields. How can we move forward in a way that can truly help us to rebuild without repeating old mistakes? How can we make sure that any “new solutions” introduced can be for the benefit of everyone and not just a tiny […]
Entrepreneurial Intelligence – Beyond IQ and EQ (not to mention AI)
Much has been written about the importance of not just IQ but EQ, Emotional Intelligence. (Daniel Goleman explains EQ in this video.) We now know that there are different forms of human intelligence and all of us have them to differing degrees. Why isn’t everyone an entrepreneur? Anyone can go and register a company, but […]
What Makes Something “Sustainable”, Exactly?
Today’s post is by our Founder, Dr. Domenico Lepore. So, BlackRock decides that Climate Change is a threat to their portfolio (See ‘BlackRock Shakes Up Business to Focus on Sustainable Business’ (Blackrock has $7 trillion in assets under management), HBR goes Gaga about it and, all of sudden, the name of the game becomes Sustainability: let’s […]
It Takes a C-Suite with a Clear Purpose to Go Beyond Shareholder Value
The Business Roundtable recently announced a major policy change declaring that the purpose of a corporation is not just to serve shareholders – its official position since 1997 – but “to create value for all our stakeholders.” Over the last 25 years, Intelligent Management has developed and implemented a systemic approach to management that inherently brings attention to the […]
