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Life is about making hard choices, not ducking the issues. Groupthink makes it harder for us to choose properly; it is a delusional process that exploits the members of a group and costs organizations dearly. Picture credit: khrawlings You have probably experienced groupthink during meetings and may have fallen into its clutches occasionally; perhaps despite fairly strong feelings or personal Continue reading article » Awesome. No other word for it. I’m talking about the U.S. Government IT spending dashboard. For sure, the dashboard is clearly in the very early stages of development and a lot of the data remains to be populated/ developed – but it is more than just a stake in the ground, it is a benchmark for the future. Quite simply Continue reading article » Picture credit: watz Are aliens watching your enterprise? If not, I suggest that you get some pdq; because every organization can benefit from regularly looking at its operation through the eyes of “the man from Mars.” Picture credit: urbanmkr Genuine runaway successes may be few and far between in the world of business change. But when they do happen they can sometimes cause far more damage than outright failure so beware the perils of success! What are the dangers of success? This is a vital question that goes unasked too often by those planning projects and Continue reading article » Picture credit: Geir Halvorsen The blazing row about MPs expenses is an unsavoury and dismal situation, for sure – but there are important Systems lessons to be drawn from the debacle. In the UK a stream of embarrassing revelations about highly questionable expenses claims has meant that Members of Parliament have spent the week universally condemning ‘the [MPs expenses] Continue reading article » |
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