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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. Every team meets the KPI numbers and yet, customers remain disgruntled.

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Disciplines of a Learning Organization: Peter Senge

QAspire

Written in 1990, the insights contained in this book are even more relevant today when the rate of change has only accelerated – probably a reason why HBR identified this book as one of the seminal management books of the previous 75 years. A couple weeks ago, I posted a sketch note on “ Why Organizations Don’t Learn? Source: Wikipedia.

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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. Eliminate Sales Commissions: Reject Theory X Management and Embrace Systems Thinking. Circle of Influence.

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Organizational Change Can Start Wherever You Are

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

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.. Michael Beer of Harvard Business School agrees. Managers dont have to wait for senior management to start a process of organizational revitalization..

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Leadership Mindsets for a New World

QAspire

b) aligning people managers/leads at all levels to a collective mindset of leadership. In this context, I read MIT Sloan Management Review article titled “Leadership Mindsets for the New Economy” by Douglas A. Peter Senge on Leadership Development. Ready with great interest. 12 Critical Competencies For Leadership in the Future.

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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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Peter Senge on the Creation of a Post-Industrial Theory and Practice of Education

Deming Institute

From Tacoma, we headed to our last stop, San Francisco, where the timing worked well for me to attend a second conference, “Teaching for Intelligence,” with Peter Senge , author of The Fifth Discipline , as the opening keynote speaker. Management by Objective, incentive pay, business plans cause further loss, unknown and unknowable.

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