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Looking for Vision? She’s Out Walking the Streets in Stilettos

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

She held so much promise 30 years ago when people like Warren Bennis, Peter Senge, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner first brought her to our attention. By mission statements that are no more than meaningless marketing messages – We have covered her in gaudy makeup and dressed her in stilettos …. Did she get worn out?

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The Shape of the Meaning Organization

Harvard Business Review

it's the behavior of industrial age institutions — corporations, banks, governments — that's the invisible fist of this great crisis. It's a nod to — but a step beyond — Peter Senge's learning organization. I'd say that they're about habits — and especially about breaking the less than beneficial ones.