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Leading Thoughts for March 5, 2020

Leading Blog

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. He understood that individual as well as collective scripts would stay hidden until the normal way that the organization operates is challenged.

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Systemically Non-Systemic: COVID-19 through the Deming Lens

Deming Institute

Deming’s “Appreciation for a System,” one of the four components of his System of Profound Knowledge. A knowledge of his systems approach provides a framework to help us understand how a pandemic such as we are experiencing occurs and even perhaps how it might be addressed. Nor am I an epidemiologist.

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

CO2

After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world. For this reason, margin is one of the best indicators of whether your organization operates according to its corporate purpose. They define your shared belief system.

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

CO2

After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world. For this reason, margin is one of the best indicators of whether your organization operates according to its corporate purpose. higher operating profitability.

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Case Study: When Should A Rising Star Make Her Pregnancy Public?

Harvard Business Review

There's no reason why the head of overseas operations can't also be a mom.". Her mentors had told her to trust the system, to be patient, to wait for the right opportunity. And yes, I know, it's never exactly the right time. But this job — it's my dream job.". And you're still going to get it," Zach said.