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Emergent Learning: Taking “Learning From Experience” To a New Level
Afundamental paradox of working in today’s fast-paced organizations is that we don’t have time to make mistakes, but we don’t have time to avoid…
From Hero as Leader to Servant as Leader
An organizational and spiritual awakening is currently taking place. On the eve of the new millennium, more and more people are seeking deeper meaning…
Buy-In: A Radical Appproach to Change Management
How do we manage change in our organizations? Not very well, apparently. According to statistics, the success rate for many planned change implementations is…
Confluence of Process and Technology Brings Two Companies Closer Together
This is the tale of a powerful, synergistic confluence of process and technology at a three-day strategic conversation last December that moved two large…
Introducing Systems Thinking to Businesses the “Soft” Way
As with any innovative methodology, introducing systems thinking to business leaders without turning them off is a key challenge. Overcoming this challenge requires presenting…
Action-to-Outcome Maps in Impact Assessment
During the last few years, our team at the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD) has been working on an important but little examined…
The End of Economic Expansion Requires Compression Thinking
The term “Compression” refers to the end of economic expansion as we currently know it, that is, ongoing growth enabled by the practices of…
Continuous Partial Attention and the Demise of Discretionary Time
Leaving work at the end of the day, I turn the corner to the long front hallway of my office building. Ahead of me,…
Learn by Doing: Get Faster Every Lap
Few people ever recall who finished in second place. This is most evident in automobile racing, whether it is the international Formula 1, the…
Systems Thinking at BMW: Clearing Up Germany’s Traffic Jam
For most of us who own cars, the automobile is a powerful symbol of economic status, self-reliance, and individual freedom. A privately owned car…