The Spectrum of Self-Organizing and Self-Managing

So the focus of structure experiment needs always to be on exploring the various pathways towards desired (not defined) goals. Self-organization comes from chaos theory. Living systems are self-organizing—there is no genetic manager. Human systems are living systems, therefore, human systems are self-organizing, by definition. The problem is we are taught to be managed out of this natural state of being, by well-meaning people who believe outside...

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Is Executive Committee Still Helpful for Governance Discipline

Any add-on organizational structure should keep digital flow via the right set of principles, but not adding another hierarchical layer between the Management and the Board. According to businessdictionary.com, an Executive Committee (EC) is the group of directors appointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them by, the board of directors. Typically it consists of a chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, and treasurer. From...

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Are you Still Running "Business as Usual" or Embracing the Digital "New Normal"?

Change Management can become more successful with people at the core of change, the cause of changes and the purpose of change. Today's workplace is the hybrid of the physical building and the virtual connectivity, and today's digital workforce is changing significantly with the characteristics of multi-generation, multi-culture, and multi-devicing. However, the solution to better managing this shifting talent population hasn't achieved the expected...

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Three Questions to Assess a Person’s Character

Character is an important differentiator between extraordinary and ordinary, a real leader and a follower. People are always the most invaluable asset in the organization. The question is how would you define the right people? How do you define wrong, average, mediocre, good, great or extraordinary person? One of the key differentiators is CHARACTER which is kind of things that education can’t help a lot. The understanding character is very relevant...

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How to Shape an Agile Culture

Agile Culture is the foundation of digital transformation from "Doing Agile" to "Being Agile." Every forward-looking organization is transforming from doing Agile to being Agile while the fundamental to such shift is the culture thing. Every experienced professional will be agile enough to say that few things are vital for creating an agile organization, such as seamless communication, focus on innovation, harnessing collaboration and employee...

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Three Elements to Harness Collective Creativity

A leadership development program implies 'doing things differently' as well as 'doing different things' at all leadership levels. Creativity is exactly what distinguishes a deal made from the commodity. Observed in hundreds of intelligent breakthrough decisions, where leaders and organizations benefit from boldly informed moves, while other 'non-decisions' fail to deliver breakthrough results. The solution lies in channelization of employees'...

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Are HR Professionals Fearful of Analytics?

Great analytics is not just numbers or statistics, they are the story behind the data.  Analytics in business is a way of measuring results and outcomes and, if you don't measure, how can you go about making and measuring improvements? Analytics typically are performed by IT, finance, and other technical players in a company. For HR to branch out into the analytical realm, it might be intimidating - depending on the company culture. HR needs...

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What're Fundamental Differences between Leadership and Management?

A fundamental purpose of leadership is to provide vision and empower change. Leadership is all about the future, about change, about progress and innovation. The defining difference between a manager and a leader is why people follow them and does their reach of influence towards a common objective extend past the limits of their authority? Everything should be as simple as possible, but not simpler. Such leadership/ management comparison is not...

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To Celebrate the #2200th Blog: The Moon Festival with Triple Moon Effect

Moon fluctuates the mind, just like the waves pushing forward in the sea. Moon has been eulogized by poets and there are so many connotations about the moon. It is the quiet and cloudy moon festival today, but with a few unusual moon phenomenons. The Lunar Eclipse on September 27/ 28, 2015 occurs during the Northern Hemisphere's first (autumn) full Moon with triple effect. Super Moon happens when the full moon correlates with the moon being...

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How to Leverage Systems Thinking in Cause Effect Analysis

The purpose of Systems Thinking is to frame-solve problems and creating desirable futures. Systems Thinking is searching for meaningful relationships both within these subsystems and between them; monitoring and observing links and feedback systems. That is complex. One thing that seems often to be left unconsidered is that in order to leverage Systems Thinking, one must have grown a brain capable of highly complex cognition to do cause-effect...

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