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Category Archives: strategic
250,000 ways to be a management consultant
Tomorrow my blog should hit a quarter of a million views. Yay me. This actually means nothing at all. It’s an arbitrary number that allows me to use the word “million” and thus transfer some glamour onto the act of … Continue reading
Posted in public sector, strategic, systems thinking, thinking, vanguard method
Tagged deming, systems thinking
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One weird trick to outfox the Henry Ford gambit
I done got a letter from a reader! Here is a dramatic reconstruction…. Remember these two diagrams? THIS one, the usual, the boring old triangle? And then there is this one, the one thats not a triangle, the one that … Continue reading
Seinfeld explains the great big fat work lie
******I’ve had feedback that these Gifs will take forever to load. They’re not static pics. That’s just your net speed. But it’s worth the wait, they’re HILARIOUS I promise you ******* There’s a cult of work as pure activity in … Continue reading
Posted in all wrong, command and control, customer, public sector, strategic, systems thinking
Tagged seinfeld, systems thinking, triangle, triangles
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The Golden Thread exists!!
There is a golden thread But it’s not the one you think… The golden thread, as imagined by Local Government bods everywhere, is the imaginary reason why people do things at work that connects their everyday activity to some supreme overarching … Continue reading
Posted in command and control, plans, strategic, systems thinking
Tagged chris argyris, Thinking
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A spotters guide to strategy.
You’ll not find it in the expected places… Strategy is not in a PowerPoint or a document. Strategy doesn’t happen in meeting rooms or on the top floor. Strategy is in management thinking about work, their assumptions about how it … Continue reading
Posted in all wrong, command and control, strategic, very short posts
Tagged strategic, systems thinking
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This is what your brain looks like on Command & Control
We know it makes you stupid, but if you still think plans, policies and strategies are Good Things, why not spend your day acting according to a document written 6 months ago by a complete stranger? Try it.. You could have … Continue reading
Posted in all wrong, command and control, leadership, plans, purpose, strategic, systems thinking
Tagged Command and control, Plan
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How does an organization create breakthrough performance?
With alignment and focus. Aligning executive teams, business units, human resources, information technology, and financial resources to an organization’s strategy is just half the battle. The way organizations communicate strategies is critical in forging alignment and executing strategy successfully. Hear … Continue reading
The strategic deployment of ignorance
True story!
Posted in command and control, knowledge, leadership, plans, strategic, systemz comix
Tagged gemba, systems thinking
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A strategy amuse-bouche
Thinking dominates all. There is nothing more strategic than changing the way management think. In fact if it doesn’t change the thinking, it’s not strategic.
