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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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Social Media for Better Leadership and Learning

QAspire

Leadership that is social in approach when it comes to building communities, enabling engagement and participating in knowledge flows across the network (both inside the organization through corporate social tools as well as external social media). Peter Senge: How to Overcome Learning Disabilities in Organizations.

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Consider: Harnessing the Power of Reflective Thinking in Your Organization

Leading Blog

Peter Senge, founder of the Society of Organizational Learning and senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, once observed, “Most managers do not reflect carefully on their actions.” That makes Consider: Harnessing the Power of Reflective Thinking in Your Organization , one of the most important books you’ll read this year.

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Taking Charge of YOUR Learning

QAspire

Organizations are in a state of constant flux with business models becoming obsolete, new models emerging and new technologies disrupting businesses/individuals. Peter Senge: How to Overcome Learning Disabilities in Organizations. In a world where shelf life of knowledge is continuously shrinking, we need.

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Lead Change Blog

The guru on being present, Peter Senge, in Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Society, and Organizations, states “Too often, we remain stuck in old patterns of seeing and acting. Technology and social media have been built to serve this pathology through a nasty co-dependent relationship.

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5 Human-Centric Skills to “Flex” for Ever-Changing Workplaces

Experience to Lead

As we examine the future of work, change is the only constant for organizations everywhere. With increased automation and advanced technology (including artificial intelligence), skills that were once considered critical competencies are often nullified within five years. What are Human-Centric Skills? Skill #1: Personal Mastery.

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What Makes Six Disciplines for Excellence A Different Kind Of Business Book

Six Disciplines

” (David Daniels, Business & Technology Reinvention). “The approach is current and I love that it ties technology and systems with strategy. ” (David Daniels, Business & Technology Reinvention). Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). Most importantly this book is about execution.”

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