I’ve been reading Douglas W. Hubbard’s How to Measure Anything. A sentence jumped out at me: “Some of the most important strategic proposals were being overlooked in favor of minor cost-savings ideas simply because everyone knew how to measure some things and didn’t know how to measure others.” (p. 4). This statement brings to mind…
Did you know that the words management and manipulation come from the same Latin word stem, man? You probably know that the Latin word manus means hand, but have you ever thought about how management and manipulation are related in the workplace? When I think of the word management, I feel a sense of empowerment…
I have been drawn to the philosophy of servant leadership for some years now. I was going to focus my doctoral study on the topic, but some well-meaning mentors convinced me that the topic would (a) be too narrow, and (b) make everyone think I was a religious fanatic. Narrow didn’t seem so bad, but…
Portland, Oregon, is not a huge place, as places go. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in my little world here that I forget the “real” world is much bigger. Sometimes I like to see what is happening in the field of change management outside the U.S. Here’s an article from David Walton, a change…
I was perusing the Organizational Development group on LinkedIn just now (what an active bunch of 27,000+ people!) and I ran across this document. It’s all about finding one’s purpose, or if you like, one’s calling. Some people seem to know what they want to do early, practically right out of the chute. Some of…
If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research.– Albert Einstein