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Why only long-term, high-impact books become business “classics”

First Friday Book Synopsis

We seem to live in an age of instant gratification during which the average attention span resembles a strobe light blink and most people are only interested in (often obsessed with) the latest, “the best,” what’s new, the biggest, the fastest, what “they” recommend, etc. It was a 12th century French Neo-Platonist philosopher, Bernard of [.].

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My 2020 Story and a Few Lessons Along the Way

QAspire

“Unprecedented” is a term most used to describe year 2020. After our initial disappointment with disrupted plans faded away, we came to terms with the situation. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (Book Review). 5 Disciplines of a Learning Organization: Peter Senge. Leadership Mindsets for a New World.

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What Enables Proactive Leadership?

QAspire

A wrong decision in one department may have long term repercussions elsewhere. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing patterns of change rather than static snapshots.” – Peter Senge. The key is to see (and let your team see) those repercussions through the understanding of the system.

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What Makes Six Disciplines for Excellence A Different Kind Of Business Book

Six Disciplines

Therefore, there is also a Six Disciplines company that was established to help companies long-term get established and maintain using this methodology.” Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). “Here’s what differentiates this book: it bridges concept and principles to execution.”

CTO 101
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CMI Malaysia: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

Insights were shared in terms of how project management, as a skill and as a distinct role, can benefit the organisation by driving teams towards achieving goals despite continuous disruption. Watch the highlights now: CMI Malaysia 2022 AGM The 5th CMI Malaysia AGM took place on 6 October at the KL Hilton.

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Create a Growth Culture, Not a Performance-Obsessed One

Harvard Business Review

Learning organizations – Peter Senge’s term — classically focus on intellectually oriented issues such as knowledge and expertise. Until then, we had always been a conflict-averse culture, preferring to see ourselves as a happy family for as long as our business prospered.

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Capitalism at a Crossroads

Harvard Business Review

For too long, capitalists have taken people, communities, society, nature, and the future for granted — but today, they damn well shouldn't. That the wellsprings of competitiveness arise from a near-term strategy to extract value, instead of a long-term philosophy to create thicker, more broadly shared value.

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