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117: Purpose for Organization
Podcast Show Notes: #117 Sponsored by Numi Tea Carol’s Question for us: Examine how creating a purpose-driven organization and the value it has for getting employees fully engaged and energized about the business. A Purpose Driven Organization- Harvard...
116: First Principles of Regeneration
Podcast Show Notes: #116 Carol’s Lesson: Examine what regeneration is and how the term is used in modern society. What is Regeneration? Regeneration is a process that only happens in Living Systems. It requires us to learn to see and work with life as living. We...
Podcast 115: Certification
Podcast Show Notes 115: Certification Carol’s Lesson: Examine what a certification is, how it is applicable in today’s business, and who should get one. What is a certification? A certification is a formal process whereby a community of...
114: Five Criteria for Regenerative Work Design
Podcast Show Notes: #114 Carol’s Lesson: A framework for regenerative work designs typically consists of five criteria. Five Criteria Everyone in the organization is connected, directly, to real customers and consumers to be able to initiate endeavors for their...
113: Principles for Work Design Infrastructure
Podcast Show Notes #113 Why Holacracy is not new and not an improvement. How would we know what is? Carol’s Lesson: Examine the various ways that Holacracy is not different from traditional hierarchical businesses. Critiques of Holacracy from Harvard Business...
Podcast #112 Holacracy
Podcast Show Notes: #112 Holacracy Evaluation-Systems and Structures Examined Carol’s Lesson: Examine the recent search for new work designs (particularly Holacracy) that have been tried by practitioners in an effort to get different results particularly for workers....
111: History of Work Design
Podcast Show Notes: #111 History of Work Design- How we got to where we are with the Way We Work Carol’s Lesson: Explore designs of an practices in business, understand from where they are sourced, as well as their effects. Frederick Winslow...
Design your organization to use Change Management and Leadership to pursue enlightened innovation, not targeted amelioration
Do you Introduce Change for Innovation or Amelioration? HBR Article: Change Management and Leadership Development Have to Mesh by Ryan W. Quinn and Robert E. Quinn. JANUARY 07, 2016. Record: Nov 19, 2017 Podcast Script outline: Setting the Stage: Does your change...
Why Leadership Development Fails
Executive Summary: In spite of $365B a year spent globally on leadership training, follow up studies show that it does not have a lasting effect on organizational results. Within one year of completion, surveys indicate that organizational effectiveness, the intended...
Mindfulness at Work
Mediation and mindfulness have become a popular training subject in Silicon Valley high tech companies. It is a very, very useful practice for us as humans. I would go so far as to say, we cannot fully live out our humanness without the capability to exercise...