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Peter Senge on the Creation of a Post-Industrial Theory and Practice of Education

Deming Institute

Edgar Schein, “Culture are the assumptions we cannot see”. Dr. Deming used to have a very simple way of saying this…our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. Quote from Dr. Deming on the back jacket of first printing of The Fifth Discipline; “Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people.

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It’s About What You Add to the Interaction

Lead Change Blog

In his book Humble Inquiry , Edgar Schein (2013) makes the argument that a good relationship is based on your inquisitiveness and your ability to ask the right questions, rather than how much information you give the other. Defuse the obligation issue. Then you have those with just a modicum of self-esteem (level 1).

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How Digital Natives Are Changing B2B Purchasing

Harvard Business Review

Digital natives who grew up with the Internet and smartphones have transformed the way B2B buyers research purchases, qualify vendors and make purchases—changing the rules of the game for marketers and product managers. Dental and medical products wholesaler Henry Schein is a good example.

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What Tops Your 2011 Agenda?

Harvard Business Review

We put a call out to some of our favorite management thinkers and asked what challenges they were going to take on next — and what an inspiring set of projects it yielded. The first, we will admit, is a self-inflicted pattern: Several of our thinkers are setting their sights on aspects of managing people.

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