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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

As I wrote about the accountability mess , a good person in a bad system or process sets that them up for failure — and blame. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. These core systems either boost or block performance.

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My 2020 Story and a Few Lessons Along the Way

QAspire

I began 2020 with a firm plan to execute a significant mid-career transition that involved voluntary movement out of a rewarding senior leadership role, relocating family, reuniting with my parents and (hopefully) start new assignments. Health is a system you cannot hack. Reinventing Career in Disruptive Times. My 2020 Story.

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Leaders and the Learning Organization | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

Peter Senge Peter Senge is one of my favourite Thought Leaders. Each of the Learning Organization components, personal mastery, mental models, team learning, shared vision and systems thinking allow for the opportunity to create lives and organizations that are resilient, flexible, inclusive and dynamic. How do we involve them?

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

My wife has always told me that “you can’t go wrong by going right,” and as usual I find her advice to be spot on…Never compromise you value system, your character, or your integrity. Thanks for stopping by Steve… Rob Mike- Systems thinking can be of high value to leaders. I'll be sure and check it out.

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5 Key Lessons From Learning Organizations

QAspire

In my career so far, I have (broadly) seen two kinds of organizations. Peter Senge has done some amazing work on organization development and systems thinking. How organizations deal with them makes all the difference. This is true for all businesses large and small. What about you? Have you seen such organizations?

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StrategyDriven Welcomes Hank Moore | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

Hank is the highest level of business overview expert and is in that rarified circle of experts such as Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Steven Covey, Peter Senge and W. He has worked with all major industries over a 40-year career. Edwards Deming. Hank has presented Think Tanks for five U.S. Presidents.

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Five Must-Reads for Tackling Complex Problems

Harvard Business Review

It includes stock markets, economic cycles, wars, company fortunes, and career paths. The Fifth Discipline , by Peter Senge. Systems thinking" is the key. Although Senge's book was first published over 20 years ago, it remains one of the best explanations of this approach to analyzing problems.

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