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Consulting
Paradigms, Stereotypes and Mental Models
How we think is important. When you’re in a hole. . .
Consulting and the Standing ‘O’
My standing ‘O’ upstaged my boss -oops.
Who is Your Client?
Know who hired you and why
Will AI Replace Consultants?
The Ancient Late Adopter speaks Let us be clear, I am old. I started as a consultant in 1980; I retired as a consultant...
Voice of the Customer? Huh?
Improvement and Innovation Over my thirty-seven years as a change consultant, I worked on a lot of improvement and...
Leading
Fear and Leading Change
Lessons from a Grimm Fairy Tale about coping with fear of the unknown
Is Patience Really a Virtue?
When a leader [or person] should and shouldn’t be patient
Connections from My Media Consumption
Four books and a TV program teach leadership lessons for turbulent times . . .
Review: Becoming Unbelievably Successful, by John Knotts
A workbook won’t work unless you do the work
Weird Thinking, Org. Design and Super Asymmetry
Unthink, a book I read, reminds me ofr a presentation I made tweny years ago and gives a peek inside the squirrel cage that is my mind. . .😊
Eastland and Westland Views
Two communities in the mountains are similar, but different.
Living
Sadhu and Shishya
“What have you learned these seven years?”
The lessons of an apprentice to a quirky holy man high in the mountains.
The Rule of Law Is Not Enough
Reflections on jury duty makes me wonder about ending war
Another’s Secret
What is the secret of life/” It’s a question I often ask in chance encounters with ordinary people. Here is another answer.
Learning from the Brothers Grimm
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected German children’s storeies by talking with grandmothers and housewives. It is a amazing what we can lean from them.
Not Ready for the “Reeks and Wrecks”
Mr. Fix-it fails again -lessons from a deterioration of skills and worries about the coming Zombie Apocalypse
Becoming Interesting
Wisdom from a beer commercial? Really Dude? . . . Well, I don’t know about wisdom, but I think it’s interesting. . .
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