LDRLB

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

I think Henry Mintzberg coined it first. Now, of course, increasingly technology is changing the way that information is distributed around organizations. We came up with this notion we called the Management Innovation Lab, which had two guiding premises. That’s one set of reasons. It’s not my phrase.

Competitive Advantage 121

Competitive Advantage Drucker Open-book Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Technology can, of course, help to cement social ties, but only following an original personal experience. The fascination with the upcoming meeting, event, or deal keeps you fully energized, alert, productive, engaged, and happy. I plan my travel up to two years in advance so that I can make trips especially productive.

Travel 8

Travel Drucker Hotels Mintzberg 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2017

As Henry Mintzberg noted in The Structuring of Organizations in 1979, “The words centralization and decentralization have been bandied about for as long as anyone has cared to write about organizations.” Having the same unit do more of the same task leads to continuity, standardization, specialization, leverage, and productivity.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Efficiency Mintzberg Operations 8