The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

As I wrote about the accountability mess , a good person in a bad system or process sets that them up for failure — and blame. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. These core systems either boost or block performance.

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System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Peter Senge. Peter Senge is one of my favourite Thought Leaders. I must confess that not being particularly academic in my own learning process, I found The Fifth Discipline a little dry. In organizations, we have this tendency to create silos of operation where people make decisions based only on their own needs.

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Learning Organization Organization Senge Learning-by-Doing 63

You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Peter Senge Peter Senge is one of my favourite Thought Leaders. I must confess that not being particularly academic in my own learning process, I found The Fifth Discipline a little dry. This speaks to the dangers of clinging to, and operating from, narrow perspectives. Such declarations usually produce only cynicism.

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Learning Organization Senge Organization Learning-by-Doing 56

Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

Insights were shared in terms of how project management, as a skill and as a distinct role, can benefit the organisation by driving teams towards achieving goals despite continuous disruption. It’s also good to see the Board going through a revitalisation process.

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Project Webinar Learning-by-Doing Blog 52

Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

Step 1: Educate and inform everyone in the organization about the vision, the goals, and Quality Leadership. Top leaders required to develop a plan to demonstrate their advocacy for Quality Leadership methods and the goals of the transformation. This step is an ongoing process—it is continuous improvement within the organization.

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Case Study System Decentralization Management 40

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Ever since the publication of Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline , 25 years ago, companies have sought to become “learning organizations” that continually transform themselves. In our era of digital disruption, this goal is more important than ever. The process of unlearning has three parts.

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Porter Competitive Advantage Senge Network Economy 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Martin, quoting Peter Senge, refers to the problem that in situations of dynamic complexity, the links between causes and effects are “subtle.” They permit us to collect, process, store, and transform the new precious raw material of our age: information. This is our ability for integrative thinking.

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