Learning for Innovation
Learning is at the heart of innovation and works best when evaluation is part of the process to spot what’s
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organizational learning
A Wider Lens on Learning
Learning in times of turbulence requires much more than lessons or courses – it requires new systems. I’ve long contended
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Transparency and Honesty Aren’t the Same
Transparency without honesty is a way to create illusions under the guise of trust, truth and accountability. Work in human
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Not Working vs Wrong
Change is hard because our identities often depend on us being right, even when we are not. Understanding the myths we hold to can be a means to get past this and make real change and make it stick.
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Tooling Up for Systemic Design & Learning
Innovation work requires a mindset, a skillset, and a toolset. The key is finding the right tools for the job.
Read moreComplex problems and social learning
Adaptation, evolution, innovation, and growth all require that we gain new knowledge and apply it to our circumstances, or learn.
Read moreLearning fails in bad systems
Enormous energy is spent on developing strategies to accomplish things with comparatively little paid to the systems that they are
Read moreActing on Failure or Failure to Act?
Who would have thought that failure would be held up as something to be desired just a few years ago?
Read moreIndispensibility and Organizational Change
Seth Godin‘s recent book throws out the challenge to its readers to be indispensable in the jobs that they do.
Read moreeHealth and the Means-Ends Problem
Information technology provides a lot of ideas for how to change, but the tools are only one part of the equation. Without considering the culture in which these tools are used the change we want will not be the change we get.
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