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LeadershipNow 140: September 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2012 that you might have missed: @davidrock101: 3 ways to think deeply at work. World's top brands of 2012. The Process is as Important as the Product : 7 Tips to Manage Both by @JesseLynStoner. _robin_sharma: Tool I use to plan my week: Weekly Design System.

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Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It

Leading Blog

“More and more of our systems are in the danger zone, but our ability to manage them hasn’t quite caught up. As systems become more complex, we are more vulnerable to unexpected system failures. These stories told here are a compelling look behind the scenes of why failures occur in today’s many complex systems.

System 161
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5 Insights to Managing Chaordic Tension

Leading Blog

Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1. Since its 2012 inception, the company has grown into a gazelle with more than two hundred employees.

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Integrating Technical and Human Management Systems

Curious Cat

ASQ has asked the Influential Voices on quality management to look at the question of integrating technical quality and human management systems. How do different systems—technical or human—work together? My view is that the management system must integrate these facets together.

System 58
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The Ripple Effect of Zappos’ Self-Management System

HR Digest

Under the company’s self-managed environment Zapponians know what is expected of them and continue to evolve and innovate in order to achieve the desired outcome. The HR Digest: What are the people management and workforce empowerment practices at Zappos to ensure employee happiness, engagement, and productivity? SOURCE: ZAPPOS.

System 72
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Management Improvement System Flavors

Curious Cat

” I have participated with the program since 2012: see my past blog posts as part of the ASQ Influential Voices program. ASQ has asked their Influential Voices to explore the question “Is Agile the new Lean?” No Agile is not the new Lean. On this blog, in 2008, I wrote about Future Directions for Agile […].

System 45
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When Your Boss Is Younger Than You

The Horizons Tracker

This isn’t always the case in the workplace, of course, and a recent study from the University of Washington explored the dynamic of having a manager who is younger than you are. Status incongruence emerges when those markers don’t apply to a manager, and especially when subordinates have higher status markers than their boss.

System 94