Ackoff on Business Schools

Russel Ackoff about business schools. His thoughts fit into my exploration of human friendly organizations as one of several clues. In fact we cannot discuss how to make organizations more human friendly without also deconstructing the mental models of our education systems. I hope things have started to shift in business schools since this was… Fortsätt läsa Ackoff on Business Schools

The Flip Manifesto by Dan Pink

I've just read Dan Pink's inspiring e-book on leadership, motivation and innovation. You can get a hold of a copy by subscribing to his newsletter on danpink.com. Recommended. Hope to update this post later with a few thoughts in connection with my read.    

Great thought…

We haven't really paid much attention to thought as a process. We have engaged in thoughts, but we have only paid attention to the content, not to the process. David Bohm

Stanford Magazine profiles d.school

"A first-year graduate student in the management science and engineering program, Asha Gupta had barely started Design Garage, a course aptly characterized as an "imagination dunk tank"—and she was getting soaked. Gupta and her classmates were challenged to develop a prototype that would improve the gift-giving experience. They had 54 minutes." via www.stanfordalumni.org A darn… Fortsätt läsa Stanford Magazine profiles d.school

Ledarskap och sociala medier — en betraktelse

Den här texten växte fram i samband med mitt inspel på Vinterminglet i februari. Jag läste om den nyligen och kände att den kunde tåla en publicering – med syfte vidga vårt gemensamma tankeutrymme och möjligen komplettera det som var min insats på plats. Texten är en personlig och kanske inte helt sammanhängande betraktelse av sociala medier… Fortsätt läsa Ledarskap och sociala medier — en betraktelse

Comments on procrastination

My friend Mikael Pawlo has written about procrastination. I read his post while travelling and only quickly answered him on Twitter that I had some comments. Instead of sending them only to him I decided to post them. Mikael's post is good and probably holds up to the realities of many people. However, it doesn't… Fortsätt läsa Comments on procrastination

Yvon Chouinard

  The education of a reluctant businessman. Founder of Patagonia. Love his book. And this talk is very inspiring for a reluctant consultant like me ;) //jan