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Peter Senge: How to Overcome Learning Disabilities in Organizations

QAspire

As an organization grows, managing the flow demands work items to move from one team/department to another. Peter Senge , in his book “ The Fifth Discipline – The Art and Practice of Learning Organization ” outlines 7 organizational learning disabilities. He says, “It is no accident that most organizations learn poorly.

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Disciplines of a Learning Organization: Peter Senge

QAspire

If there is one book that has influenced my business thinking the most, it is Peter Senge’s “ The Fifth Discipline – The Art and Practice of Learning Organization ” and I have referred to it many times over past years on this blog. A couple weeks ago, I posted a sketch note on “ Why Organizations Don’t Learn? Source: Wikipedia.

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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. An organization’s systems are the outcroppings of the organization’s bedrock values and culture. That’s not what happens in most organizations.

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Deming on Management: Appreciation for a System

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the fourth post in our “Deming on Management” series. Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. The view of an organization as a system by W. Educate New Managers on Their New Responsibilities.

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Leadership Mindsets for a New World

QAspire

For organizations to be truly effective, leadership can not be confined to the top boxes of the organization chart. When leadership is not a role but a behavior that people practice across the organization, then organizations are better placed to navigate the complexities surrounding us. Ready with great interest.

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Organizational Change Can Start Wherever You Are

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Do you wish senior leaders would make some changes in your organization? Peter Senge says to give up traditional notions that visions are always announced from on high or come from an organizations institutionalized planning process.. You might be wondering, “How can I change my organization.

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The “String” Theory of Systems Management in Schools

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming once wrote that a system needed to be managed, for without management the “parts” tend to act in their own interests and “sub-optimize” the system. However, Dr. Deming’s words are only the beginning of the journey to effective systems leadership/management.

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