“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. Continue reading
transformation
In order to change, the system needs to learn more about itself from itself
“Once we recognize that organizations are webs, there is much we can learn about organizational change just from contemplating spider webs. Continue reading
Where do People Find Time – Part 2
(copy is not great but worth a watch)
Where do People Find Time – Part 1
(copy is not great but worth a watch)
Organisational Culture
Schein defined organisational culture as ” the specific collection of values and norms that are shared by people and groups in an organisation and that control the way they interact with each other and with stakeholders outside the organisation” Continue reading
Learning to Grow Up
Parent Child cultures are born when an organisation values control, consistency and predictability as the strategy for managing people….. Continue reading
It is not enough to study them like beetles under a microscope; you need to know what it feels like to be a beetle.
Put yourself in their shoes. How you see the world depends on where you sit. People tend to see what they want to see. Out of a mass of detailed information, they tend to pick out and focus on those facts that confirm their prior perceptions and to disregard or misinterpret those that call their perceptions into question. Each side in a negotiation may see only the merits of its case, and only the faults of the other side’s. Continue reading
Teamwork – Collaboration
“Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner’s success as a means for the attainment of his own.”
LudwigvonMises Continue reading
Teach every child about food
We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth
“If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? Continue reading