Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2018

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.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2019

Lead by example and encourage your team members to do the same. Many leaders don’t realize that diverse teams often have very different individual perceptions of what ethics look like in practice. Control of energy also involves taking constructive rest breaks often to restore and rejuvenate.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2015

The Lean CEO : Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence by Jacob Stoller Lean is not just a manufacturing system. It’s about diversity of thought and understanding that good ideas come from anywhere. It is a way of thinking about people that applies to any organization. Lean is a culture. It’s not a directive. It’s a way of thinking.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2011

It’s difficult to share examples of blindness without exposing our own blindness. Diversity, in this context, isn’t a form of political correctness but an insurance against the internally generated blindness that leaves [our Congress, corporate boards, think tanks and churches] exposed and out of touch.”

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