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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Phrases like ‘Don’t rock the boat’ or ‘It’s not in the budget’ often serve to halt innovation and maintain the status quo.

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From Words to Worth: Navigating the True North of Organizational Values

Mike Cardus

Work-culture research studies, including the comprehensive research by Guiso, L., Sapienza, P., & Zingales, L. Their research emphasizes the role of perceived integrity among top managers and highlights the strong correlation between an organization’s culture and its success (Guiso et al., link] Guiso, L.,

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How Should Change Leadership and Common Good Intersect?

Thin Difference

Common Good: Dignity and Ethics. Kipper (2017) points out how dignity is too often ignored as an ethical value, leaving injustices in place rather than stepping up to the challenges. Change leaders need to consider ethics and dignity in their actions, especially in workplaces. However, it cannot stop with personal reflection.

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Sleepless in Silicon Valley: What Keeps CEOs Up At Night

HR Digest

L-R): Anthony Horton, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Neal In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed a startling confession: the architect of ChatGPT, a revolutionary language model capable of holding nuanced conversations and generating creative text formats, often struggles to sleep.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

To get you started I will expand on the list that MIT research scientist Peter Gloor calls the “genetic code” of collaboration: learning networks, ethical principles, trust and self-organization, knowledge sharing, and transparency. It is essential to build in a framework of virtuous and ethical principles.

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Why Great Brands Lose Their Way

In the CEO Afterlife

Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? I remain impressed with the ongoing success of P&G, L’Oreal, Nike, Whole Foods, Pernod Ricard, Apple, and Starbucks. I am not suggesting restructuring the entire brand management system. This top management ethic is essential to brand resilience. That’s an understatement.

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

Palmisano warned against prioritizing shareholders or other constituents, calling this "a false choice," and explaining that "Long-term management is a serious challenge in a world driven by short-term thinking. They are innovating in ways that create virtuous circles for a generation or more." Directness.