Our lives are becoming increasingly complex and recently the challenges of complexity even disrupted my favourite Canberra breakfast spot, Silo Bakery. Silo was found to have served salmonella infected food, and subsequently shutdown temporarily by local health authorities. The source of infection was traced to some free-range eggs they used in making their own mayonnaise. [...]
… Chatham House rules!
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The UK Chatham House ‘think tank’ has come to the realisation that “Just in Time” models put companies at risk – by reducing their resilience. Always good to see these groups wake up and smell the roses! However it will be interesting to see if commercial, short-term profits continue to be placed ahead of long-term [...]
… 3 words for 2012
January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
… lessons in Adaptive Leadership
November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday I reviewed a couple of articles from Harvard Business Review (November 2010) on “Leadership Lessons from the Military“. Today’s post will finish the job by reviewing the article “Four lessons in Adaptive Leadership” [p86] by Michael Useem from Wharton Business School. Useem and his colleagues at Wharton have incorporated military leadership principles into the [...]
… a new wave
November 3, 2011 By 1 Comment
The good news about the Sigmoid Curve – and its explanation of life the universe and everything – is that we are not restricted to a single curve. We can start a new curve, and if we have the courage we can make a jump to the new world. Handy refers to this as the [...]
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