26 Wednesday Jun 2013
Posted in business
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business, Communication, Decision Making, dos and don'ts, Entrepreneurship, lessons learnt, wisdom, work delegation
So you’re a new entrepreneur. Here’s some snippets of wisdom from my entrepreneurial experience in the form of DOs and DON’Ts that might help:
14 Tuesday May 2013
Posted in business, Communication, complexity, consulting, human capital, learning, Organizational Development, society
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Coercion, Communication, Complex Adaptive Systems, complexity, culture, Cynefin, Dave Snowden, Human Behavior, Language, Leadership, Psychology, Resonance, SenseMaker, Slogans
I ran into this blog by Dave Snowden and I was absolutely impressed with the insights he introduces on communication being a double edged sword: illuminating on one hand, or having the potential to be used to coerce. He proposes that context-devoid slogans found on corporate posters and value statements don’t serve any educational or inspirational purpose, and rather quite the opposite: they often become tools for coercion driving a compliance organizational culture.
The art and science of the possible 