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Success to the Successful: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Imagine you have two new direct reports, Stan and Frank. Both seem equally qualified — a degree from a good school, a couple years of…
Growth and Underinvestment: Is Your Company Playing with a Wooden Racket?
Do you recall the first time you picked up a tennis racket? Perhaps it was an old wooden racket you found in your garage, or…
An Organizational View from the Bottom Up
New World Dictionary defines “manage” as “to train (a horse) to go through its paces, to manipulate, control the behavior and or movement of.” “Support”…
Paradigm-Creating Loops: How Perceptions Shape Reality
We are in the midst of an unprecedented upheaval — a fundamental shift in the structure and nature of business. According to Fortune magazine,…
A Company That Refuses to Gauge Its Success Through Growth
There’s an astonishing page in the latest Patagonia sports clothing catalog, written by Yvon Chouinard, president of Patagonia. It tells why he’s decided that…
The Spirit of the Learning Organization
At one point in the movie Excalibur, King Arthur lay weakened in bed as his whole kingdom crumbled around him. Most of his knights…
Using “Drifting Goals” to Keep Your Eye on the Vision
As a child, did you ever have a contest to see who could build the tallest house out of playing cards? As you crafted…
The Emergence of Learning Communities
Meeting the challenges that face our society today will require us to go beyond traditional organizational, gender, and ethnic boundaries. Learning in community offers…
From Causal Loop Diagrams to Computer Models — Part II
Last month we outlined a process for turning a causal loop diagram into an accumulator and flow diagram, using the example of staffing decisions.