It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
I have previous posted on The Importance of ‘Know Why’ over ‘Know How’ talking about the need for organisations to focus on creating shared meaning and purpose, rather than focusing primarily on creating know-how. Tom Peters has posted an article by Chris Nel who has a similar concern for the lack of purpose in organisations, he says: “As [...]
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I just stumbled upon a great post discussing another post titled “Why” that really builds on my recent post, “The Importance of ‘Know Why’ over ‘Know How’” You must keep asking why…….. Why? Because no-one is thinking when……. Everyone is talking and no-one is listening….! Intellectualism is feted more than simplicity in your dept…..! Research [...]
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Mark Howell wrote a post referred to a HBS Working Knowledge article by Jim Heskett “Is There Too Little Know Why” In Business?” that discusses two recent books “Know-How“, by Ram Charan, which is really a ‘know why’ book that I posted about previously here and another book “Purpose“, by Nikos Mourkogiannis. These books talk [...]
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The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip. You don’t have to actually answer the questions. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. Name the last five winners of the Miss America. Name ten people who have won the Nobel [...]
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Well, I have not posted to my blog for a while, I just became too busy. After reading some of the suggestions to simplify your life by Linda Breen Pierce posted on Free from 9 to 5 caused me to reflect on the current business in my life. The suggestions from the article really got [...]
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