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Our experience suggests that most organizations need to focus more on a transition, not on a transformation.
Tom Smith • Journey to the Emerald City: Implement the Oz Principle to Achive a Competitive Edge Through a Culture of Accountability
the incremental leader enjoys and protects their cognitive capacity to create enduring solutions. They use their technical experience to help people solve their Layer 1 and 2 problems when needed because they have redesigned processes in support of that goal. This is beneficial because their intense attention is needed only on the novel portions of
... See moreSteven J. Spear • Wiring the Winning Organization: Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification
Knowing how to respect process while not letting it inhibit progress is one of the holy grails of management. Introduce process to counter misalignments only as they emerge.
Scott Belsky • The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
It doesn’t take long for 3 priorities to become 10. It doesn’t take long for 2 people in a meeting to become 8. It doesn’t take long to move from people making decisions to committees.
The most productive organizations and people spend a lot of energy fighting what fe... See more
Farnam Street • The Next Corner
Bumping into each other all day doesn’t substitute for tightly focused team discussions. And a lot of that bumping is causing unnecessary interruptions. Casual encounters fail to take advantage of the three most powerful tools a leader has in getting team performance: 1. Peer pressure 2. Collective intelligence 3. Clear communication By holding one
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