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CHAOS

All organizations fall within one of three states – chaos, control, or collaboration.

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CONTROL

All organizations fall within one of three states – chaos, control, or collaboration.

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COLLABORATION

All organizations fall within one of three states – chaos, control, or collaboration.

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11Jun/24

Purpose-Based Orgs – Whose?

June 11, 2024purpose/values, random thoughtcraig.milner

Popularized in 2006 by the non-profit B Lab and their launch of B Corps, the idea that it is time for profit-based businesses to change their purpose has been around for quite

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09Jun/24

The Sweet Spot

June 9, 2024design, purpose/valuescraig.milner

Stakeholder theory – first proposed in 1984 by R. Edward Freeman – stresses that because of their interconnectedness, businesses must be aware of and make decisions deemed ethical by a variety of

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11Aug/22

Feedback – Cruising to High Performance

August 11, 2022accountability, random thoughtcraig.milner

I love driving.  I often tell people that driving is my reflection time.  I’ve been known to jump in my car and make a two-three hour drive for a dinner get together

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17Jun/22

21st Century Colonialism

June 17, 2022random thoughtcraig.milner

co·​lo·​ni·​al·​ism /kəˈlōnēəˌlizəm/:the practice of extending and maintaining political and economic control over another people or area When you hear the word colonialism, I imagine most people immediately think about the 16th-18th century

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13Jun/22

The End of Bureaucracy

June 13, 2022random thoughtcraig.milner

The other day I came across a 2018 Harvard Business Review (HBR) article, written by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, called ‘The End of Bureaucracy’. Given my interest in organization design and

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21Mar/22

Responsible vs Accountable

March 21, 2022accountability, start herecraig.milner

During a discussion in one of my classes, a student made the comment that in a team environment it is important to be accountable. While that sounds good, technically it’s not correct

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