The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

As engineer and co-founder of the Center for Systems Awareness, Peter Senge, said in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization , “Structure influences behavior. ” Many organizations induce learned helplessness. Is the team managing human capital or leading people?

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System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Systems intelligence describes the connection of human sensitivity and engineering thinking. It takes full account of the interaction between individuals and their environment while examining people and organizations through things such as attitude, attunement, systemic perception, and effective responsiveness. .

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Organization System Fashion Learning Organization 122

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Authors Jeff Kavanaugh’s and Rafee Tarafdar’s new book, The Live Enterprise , is all about how to create a continuously evolving and learning organization. They explain that the very nature of organizations has come under pressure. IT systems are evolving from static processing engines to agents of change.

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Chief Technology Officer Competitive Advantage Agility Operations 65

LDRLB

JUNE 30, 2010

Systems thinking techniques may be used to study any kind of system — natural, scientific, engineered, human, or conceptual. The major proponent of systems thinking in organizations is Peter Senge, who views systems thinking as a vital component of a learning organization. Leadership evidence-based management senge'

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System Senge Engineering Learning Organization 79

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

By the summer of 2008 GE leadership wanted to sell the appliances business or spin it off. We can have engineering work more closely with production. A team of 16 curious, honest, and bold people — including production operators and leaders from HR, engineering, purchasing, operations, and training — were selected.

Insourcing 8

Insourcing Operations Offshoring Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

I love two things about “Building a Learning Organization” (1993), Garvin’s initial foray into that topic in our pages (and his most-cited article). But the main contribution of “Is Yours a Learning Organization?” Case closed (until engineers develop an algorithm that does the job better).

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Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Deep change, when it happens, is belated and convulsive, and typically requires an overhaul of the leadership team. Imagine, if you will, a car engine so woefully inefficient that only 13% of the gas it consumes actually combusts. Large organizations squander more human capability than they use.

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Disruptive Innovation Business Incubator Incubator Innovation 8