This post has been updated to include COVID pandemic perspectives. Eliminating Your Company's Fear of Change It's time to argue with bloggers over at Harvard Business Review again. In Cure Your Company's Allergy to Change, Brad Power discusses how to break the cycle in the failure of change programs. Let me just focus on the list at the end of his post, which starts … [Read more...] about Eliminating Your Company’s Fear of Change
Strategy
Making Sense of Strategy
Making sense of strategy: Explore this insight post from Boston Consulting's Martin Reeves at HBR: Does Your Strategy Match Your Competitive Environment? Organizations don't perceive their position correctly against the competitive landscape. Key insight is here: These distinctions are so important because the four different strategic environments require four different … [Read more...] about Making Sense of Strategy
How to Unshackle Yourself from E-mail
On this Harvard Business Review blog this morning, Daniel Markovitz, wrote a piece titled: How to Break Free from Email Jail. I appreciate Daniel's manufacturing analogy of creating a pull system for information. His designs make sense. However, what Daniel doesn't acknowledge is that outside of manufacturing, most organizations don't run like manufacturing floors. … [Read more...] about How to Unshackle Yourself from E-mail
How to Design a Meeting Infographic
How to Design a Meeting Infographic This infographic captures the basic principles of meeting design based on the Management by Design methodology. It derives from the consideration of balance and purpose, and the use of technology considered ahead of its use. For more details read about the DOs here and DON'Ts here. You can find meeting preparation advice … [Read more...] about How to Design a Meeting Infographic
How to Design Conflict Out of Your Organization
My book, Management by Design, offers readers a methodology that creates purposeful engagement in the design of work experiences. Too often, we just let work happen to us, as managers and employees. In the daily rush to accomplish and fulfill, to satisfy and delight, we rarely take the time to consider why we do the things we do in the way we do them. A lack of context can be … [Read more...] about How to Design Conflict Out of Your Organization