Trust is an interesting part of organizational culture. While some leaders may say they trust their staff, in reality, it may not be the case. What changes happen within the organization when we really and truly trust our employees? Does it change how we supervise?...
I was intrigued by a 2018 Harvard Business Review blog by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Vince Brewerton. Entitled Why do so many managers forget they’re human beings? the blog included a quote by Javier Pladevall, CEO of Volkswagen Audi Retail in Spain who...
Metaphors are another way to see how our conscious or unconscious beliefs shape our thinking and behavior. The questions at the end of this blog help us understand how we were framing the old metaphors, and how to use new metaphors within our modern, networked,...
It is traditional to define an organization’s health by the amount of profit it makes. But how does nature define profit and what lessons and implications might it have for how we lead our organizations? In nature, profit is defined by the evolution of the system. As...
On June 25, 2020 I hosted a call with three colleagues as part of our Leading Through Disruption series. In these Zoom calls, we use nature’s adaptive cycle to frame the topics. With its 3.8-billion-year history of helping nature adapt to disruptions and change,...
