This is a guest post by Heather Johnson, who writes on the subject of how to become a nurse. She invites your feedback at heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com. It crosses your mind every morning as you lay in your bed right after your alarm wakes you up: I hate my job. This is not [...]
Outsmart!
July 25, 2008 By 1 Comment
Jim Champy’s new book titled “Outsmart!: How to Do What Your Competitors Can’t” is an interesting book. It’s short and easy to read…and full of some very interesting stories about building competitive advantage. For those that don’t know, Jim Champy is the author of classics like “Reengineering the Corporation” and “Reengineering Management” and is the [...]
Reasons for Resisting Change
July 23, 2008 By 8 Comments
Peter Vajda has a great post over on Slow Leadership titled “Why People Resist Change” that is well worth the time to read. Peter argues that the reasons people resist change is that they are ‘told’ to change….rather than being ‘asked’ to change. He writes: What’s the most common process for introducing change in our [...]
Note to Self: Think before publishing
July 21, 2008 By 3 Comments
I was reminded this past weekend by Bruce Henry that I sometimes push “publish” much too quickly on a blog post. Go read my post titled “Leadership and Organizational Change” and specifically Bruce’s comment. Bruce called me out on some of my comments in my post….and rightfully so. I still stand behind the overall message [...]
Moose on the Table
July 18, 2008 By 1 Comment
Just finished reading “Moose on the Table“by Jim Clemmer. Before I get into the review, let me define “moose on the table.” According to the author, it is a rephrasing of the old saying “the elephant in the room”…as in…the thing nobody wants to discuss (or can discuss, etc). Jim Clemmer uses a fable to [...]
Agility & Business
July 16, 2008 By 8 Comments
Michael Hugos had a really good post on CIO.com titled “Agility Means Simple Things Done Well, Not Complex Things Done Fast” that provided the best definition of “agility’ that I’ve found. He writes: Experience shows me (again and again) that agility is not about working fast but about finding elegantly simple solutions to business problems. [...]
Enterprise Risk Management Survey
July 14, 2008 By 2 Comments
I recently ran across a survey by Accretive Solutions (formerly Horn Murdock Cole, Dickson Allan, BF Consultants, and CFO Service) discussing the results of an Enterprise Risk Management Survey commissioned by Accretive Solutions and conducted by Harris Interactive. The results aren’t necessarily surprising but are interesting. Before we get to the results, for those that [...]
Leadership and Organizational Change
July 11, 2008 By 5 Comments
Recently, while reading a book on Organizational Change and Project Management, I noticed a disturbing pattern. The book I was reading discusses the creation of a central project office to manage all projects within organizations (note…it is not the book I reviewed here) and looked interesting when I saw it at the local half-price book [...]
The Milkshake Moment
July 9, 2008 By 2 Comments
Just finished up reading “The Milkshake Moment” by Steven S. Little. This is an interesting, well-written book worth picking up. It’s easy to read with short chapters and contains some interesting, and at times funny, insights into the world of processes…especially bad processes (those that bind the hands of employees/organizations). The book’s entire premise is [...]
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