Mills Scofield

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When Software Can’t Change the Laws of Physics (or Leadership)

Mills Scofield

And certainly, proactively notifying airlines and pilots that new training was required should have been a no-brainer. Today’s systems are complicated and complex* requiring different leadership capabilities throughout the organization. Apparently, the software could have been better designed both in functionality and UI/UX.

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When Software Can’t Change the Laws of Physics (or Leadership)

Mills Scofield

And certainly, proactively notifying airlines and pilots that new training was required should have been a no-brainer. Today’s systems are complicated and complex* requiring different leadership capabilities throughout the organization. Apparently, the software could have been better designed both in functionality and UI/UX.

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Lessons from Amazonian Culture and Ecology for Talent Management

Mills Scofield

I studied indigenous Amazonian languages and Ethnobotany in college and managed to avoid taking any math, science or business courses (yes, I went to Brown University). My business partner, Dan MacCombie, studied Marine Biology, so he was equally inexperienced in the art of management (unless we decided to employ invertebrates).

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It’s Not Just Semantics: Managing Outcomes Vs. Outputs

Mills Scofield

In the non-profit world, outputs are programs, training, and workshops; outcomes are knowledge transferred and behaviors changed. Some think the question is merely semantics, or that the difference is simple: outputs are extrinsic and outcomes intrinsic. In the for-profit world, the distinctions are not always so clear.

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It’s Not Just Semantics: Managing Outcomes Vs. Outputs

Mills Scofield

In the non-profit world, outputs are programs, training, and workshops; outcomes are knowledge transferred and behaviors changed. Some think the question is merely semantics, or that the difference is simple: outputs are extrinsic and outcomes intrinsic. In the for-profit world, the distinctions are not always so clear.

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The Transformative Power of Positive Leadership

Mills Scofield

Michel is finishing his assignment as Commanding General (CEO) at NATO Air Training Command in Kabul, Afghanistan in a few weeks. And the best part is it offers all of us a series of compelling leadership lessons on how each of us can promote positive change in our surroundings-one willful choice at a time.

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Sustaining Collaboration for Decades

Mills Scofield

DMS: Jeff, why did the Neenah, WI complex’s management to ask you in to help? Jeff : The culture was good, but there was an ‘us v them’ tone in the complex, a union versus management mentality; nothing that would warrant a strike, but still not very collaborative. Jerry asked to help him. 5 Why’s).