Leading Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

Flying in the Face of Uncertainty. Because of uncertainties, rocket scientists build in redundancies and margins of safety. To deal with uncertainties, we must begin walking before we see a clear path. But failure isn’t a bug to get out of our system until success arrives. Moonshot Thinking. Nor do they fail-fast.

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LDRLB

MARCH 20, 2013

The fundamental problem in management is that the world is uncertain, and people hate dealing with uncertainty. All of the bad aspects of bureaucracy come from trying to build systems that provide certainty in a world that is by its very nature uncertain.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Therefore, this book shares a new method of leadership thinking – the Phoenix Encounter – relevant to all organizations in today’s ever-changing environment. They are explorers and navigators who are forward thinking, find uncertainty stimulating and outside viewpoints exciting. These are the leaders with the Phoenix Attitude.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 21, 2012

It is an almost universal disease of bureaucratic systems that have too many levels of organization. I Continue to see excess layers & honor promotions leading to made-up positions that only increase the bureaucracy and frustration of everyone in the organization. Elliott Jaques. Consequences of Too Many Levels of Organization.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Therefore, this book shares a new method of leadership thinking – the Phoenix Encounter – relevant to all organizations in today’s ever-changing environment. They are explorers and navigators who are forward thinking, find uncertainty stimulating and outside viewpoints exciting. These are the leaders with the Phoenix Attitude.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Systems-drive-behavior. Focusing on the system and how the work is done as opposed to personality traits of the people is how to make work and society better. I hope you enjoy these charts below are able to determine ways to transfer the ideas and concepts to your organization, team and managerial-leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In an effort to become known as a positive place, for example, Ochsner Health System made it a punishable offense for any employee to fail to smile within 10 feet of a customer. When common sense and bureaucracy clash, you see headlines like the one about a longtime Lowe’s employee who was fired for calling 911 on a shoplifter.

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