Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2020

Quinn on the connection between changing a system and understanding it: “Kurt Lewin argued that we cannot really begin to understand a system until we try to change it. As soon as a change agent introduces a variation to that system, he or she will quickly learn about the scripts that are holding that system together.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In other cases, the salesperson might be told to submit a Product Modification Input Solicitation form to product development, marketing, and three other committees to review. Quinn concluded, “My research reveals that few, if any, major innovations result from highly structured planning systems.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Robert Quinn has produced a valuable tool for understanding this concept in his book The Positive Organization. When we focus on a problem, we are not seeing the whole system. We are paying attention to something within the system. We often treat them as either/or choices when they should be treated as both/and dynamics.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 6, 2014

“As the teacher and the students commit to a common purpose and form high-quality relationships, they become a system that has emergent possibilities. Here are a few ideas presented in the book from highly effective teachers: Developing the desire to learn: “This process does not begin with her acting on the students. Education'

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Why should a natural third baseman labor to develop his skills as a right fielder?” After all, it’s a rare baseball player who is equally good at every position.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 25, 2018

Note that Deming does advocate personal growth, which I think of as development. Daniel Quinn, in the Ishmael trilogy, hinted that it’s entirely possible to create subcultures with an aim like Deming’s recommendation. Quinn calls them tribes, and they are essentially groups of people who form purpose-based organizations.

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

They define your shared belief system. Another framework for developing a mission statement is to ask three questions: 1) What do we do really well as a company? A masterful leader identifies ways to better align people and systems to achieve the organization’s purpose. Let’s dive into the key elements of corporate purpose.

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