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Changing Behavior in Organizations: The Practice of Empowerment
Empowerment is the process of enabling individuals to adopt new behaviors that further their individual aspirations and those of their organizations. This article presents…
Changing Our Organizations Through the Power of Story
Storytelling has been around since the dawn of civilization (in fact, as we’ll see, it may have been the first glimmer of light at…
Confessions of a Recovering Knower
Hi, my name is Brian and I am a recovering knower. But for the grace of God, and the disciplines of organizational learning, I…
The Managerial Moment of Truth
Truth is a tricky subject in any context. People rightly ask, what is the truth? How do we know? Are we really talking about…
Organizational Politics: Using Your Power for Good
What do you think of when you consider corporate politics? Do you think of backstabbing, gossip, and self-interest, or do you think of alliance…
Peak Performance
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, wrote many years ago that we will see more change in the next 10 years than in the last…
Transformation of Ethos at the U.S. National Security Agency
In January 2000, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA), Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden, engaged the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) to…
Holistic Change: Creating Organizational and Individual Alignment at Genuity
Conventional wisdom says that 70 percent or more of business change efforts, such as process reengineering, fail to meet their objectives. Why? Because these…
Giving Up Your Soul Is Bad Business
During tough times, companies— and the people in them—tend to give up their souls. Workers put aside who they truly are, what they most…
Boosting Productivity, Quality, and Well-Being
In this age of “results-driven” businesses, companies might want to reconsider how they boost productivity and improve the bottom line. Rather than focusing on…