Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

DMS : Trust and vulnerability are keys to “Energy Management” Not to sound too 19th or 20th Century, but trusting is efficient… and effective. Peter Senge ); use the same language (e.g., So much of the 20thcentury’s focus on efficiency over effectiveness ended up being inefficient!

Efficiency 132

Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

In vertically managed organizations, individual departments work to optimize their own internal efficiency. As engineer and co-founder of the Center for Systems Awareness, Peter Senge, said in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization , “Structure influences behavior. Who Are Your Systems Serving?

System 52

System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

It's supposed to make our lives simpler, less confusing, less alienating, more efficient, more meaningful and just plain better. New, democratizing technological tools combining with the established, powerful distribution and networks of established business meant that we could go further than ever before.

Senge 8

Senge Airlines Efficiency Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

He was 90 when he wrote the following to Peter Senge (who recounted the correspondence in his influential The Fifth Discipline ): Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. It may be cliché to say that technology is changing our businesses today at a rapid pace, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true.

Deming 9

Deming Management Senge Taylorism 9