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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 have...
115: Certification – A Plague on Regenerative Practice
Listen to the episode: 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
Listen to the episode: 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...
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...
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...
107: Produce Enlightened Innovation Using Conflict
Response to HBR Article:: How to Handle a Disagreement on Your Team by Jeanne Brett & Stephen B Goldberg. Record: Nov 19, 2017. Uploads: Nov 30 Creating a Culture and Capability of External Considering There are four levels of being considerate: Kindness,...
106: 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...
105: 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...
104: 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...