Purpose-Based Orgs – Whose?
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
Read More...Feedback – Cruising to High Performance
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
Read More...21st Century Colonialism
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
Read More...The End of Bureaucracy
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
Read More...110% Effort All the Time
OK, this topic isn’t really about teams specifically. But as the end of a semester draws close here at the university, I’m reminded of an important habit/discipline that will serve anyone –
Read More...Congruence
con·gru·ence /kənˈɡro͞oəns/:agreement or harmony; compatibility So an odd thought and perhaps interesting insight (I guess I’ll let you decide if it’s insightful) popped into my head today. I’ll categorize this under the umbrella
Read More...Co-Leadership – an evolving trend?
So yesterday I received a ‘special message to the University community’ from Dr. Mike Mahon, President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Lethbridge. In it he explains how he will be “increasingly
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