Strategic Planning is Dead - Setting a Sound Strategic Direction is Not
If you don’t know where you are going, any direction will get you there.
By now you know that I am not a big proponent of the traditional annual strategic planning process. Yet I do feel very strongly that one of the key objectives for these sessions is still critically important; perhaps even more important [...]
Consciousness in Leadership: The New Edge for 21st Century Business
I returned recently from the C3 Summit in Austin TX - that’s the Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism Summit. In attendance were some well known CEOs such as John Mackey CEO of Whole Foods, George Zimmer of Men’s Warehouse, and Casey Sheehan of Patagonia, to name just a few. In addition, we had such luminaries as Jean Huston [...]
What is the New Normal
I was just reading a blog post of a dear friend of mine Barri Carian, who poses the question The New Normal – What is it? (Visit her blog at http://www.ocmetro.com/Blog.aspx?ID=172&AuthorID=59058&t=The New Normal - What is it?
I found this a wonderful question for as she points out the phrase is being used everywhere but just [...]
Are you truly engaging your employees?
One of the most frequently asked questions we get is, how do we truly get our employees really engaged?
“Employee Engagement” is the latest hot topic in management circles but the statistics show that we are not doing a very good job. According to a recent article by Bob Donovan of Chief Executive Magazine, “only [...]
Managing the Context
From time to time we are asked questions about applying The Living Organization™ model to real world situations. I thought it would be helpful to share those queries in our blog.
Many of our employees that joined our firm as we grew don’t seem to be aligned with the original vision we founded the company on, [...]
Energy Flows in Business and Society
The underlying foundation of The Living Organization™ model is that everything is Energy. In the model we draw on this turth to aid us in understanding the dyanmics within an organization giving deeper insight and additional options to helping our organziations grow.
Just as an organization is a living entity directing and transforming energy towards a [...]
Even Welsh recognizes The Living Organization
Well perhaps he didn’t exactly call it that, but in a recent article in Financial Time (3/12/2009) Jack Welch who is regarded as the “father of the shareholder value movement” said said it was “a dumb idea” for executives to focus so heavily on quarterly profits and share price gains.”
What is he really saying about [...]
The Living Organization™ Model – The Spirit
The key to success is to maximize energy contribution while minimizing the loss of energy as it flows through the system on its way to becoming valued goods and services. But the model is not complete if we think of the flow of energy as just one frequency.
Like light passing through a prism the energy [...]
The Living Organization & The Physics of Business - A Personal Perspective
In his recent post, Norman described The Living Organization model as the conceptual framework for understanding the physics of energy flows within organizations and between organizations and their environments. This model - which is in a state of ongoing evolution - is the result of years of Norman’s own experience as a business leader.
My own [...]
The creation of The Living Organization™ model
During my 35 plus years of leading organizations and helping other CEOs lead their organizations I have been seeking to understand and then explain what is required to successfully create sustainable growth. The Living Organization™ model is the culmination of that journey.
I have chosen to name my upcoming book “The Living Organization ™: the Physics [...]