At the heart of scenario planning is the belief that we all fall pray to our biases and that only techniques like scenario planning can help us expand our intellectual horizons in order to see things we might ignore, hear things we might tune out, and incorporate knowledge we might otherwise find blasphemy or hypocrisy. Michael Shermer's new book, The Believing Brain, makes … [Read more...] about Anybody Who Doubts the Need for Scenario Planning needs to Read Michael Shermer
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If You Think You have a Handle on Organization Next, You Might be Lucky, But You are Probably Wrong
Most plans are one-dimensional. They use the best thinking from experts to create a narrow range of possible variances to a set of underlying assumptions. You might get lucky and see those assumptions manifest themselves, or you might be incredibly wrong. If the future doesn’t fit your assumptions, you will find your organization, at best, scrambling to react, at worst, selling … [Read more...] about If You Think You have a Handle on Organization Next, You Might be Lucky, But You are Probably Wrong
How to To Hold IT Analyst Calls with More Impact
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com This morning, the IBM Websphere executive team (Nancy Pearson, Marie Wiek, and Beth Smith) offered IT industry analysts a summary of the latest developments from their IMPACT 2011 conference. Although well produced, as expected from IBM, the jargon filled presentation left business-focused analysts with the impression that the IBM … [Read more...] about How to To Hold IT Analyst Calls with More Impact
Infographic: The New Hire-to-Retire Cycle
A few weeks ago I wrote a paper for Cisco that outlined what I call Organization Next. Today I will be with the Human Capital Institute via webinar (sign-up here) talking about the paper through the infographic below, which summarizes the key points of the paper. I look forward to talking with you this morning. PDF here … [Read more...] about Infographic: The New Hire-to-Retire Cycle
FAA Needs to Design Work Experiences to Avoid Fatigue
At the core of Management by Design are the elements of design: Policy and Practice Technology Space As reported in this AP story (Solution for fatigued aviation workers eludes FAA) the FAA is failing on the policy and practice side, and it is putting passengers at risk. They need to address the very real issues of worker fatigue by permitting them to rest at … [Read more...] about FAA Needs to Design Work Experiences to Avoid Fatigue