rethinkchronicles

 The first imperative is to deliberately, consciously wean the organization from excessive control, the methods most executives learned and practice in their profession. The late Peter Drucker explained, “Because the modern organization consists of knowledge specialists, it has to be an organization of equals, of colleagues and associates. No knowledge ranks higher than another; each [...]

It is not surprising that corporations are struggling with how to budget for and use the Internet as a marketing tool and interface with customers. After all the Internet is a surrogate for sales people, and sales people are a surrogate for the image and reputation of the legal entity called a corporation.
Until accountants figure [...]

For about 90 years the leaders of society have been implored to THINK, most notably by IBM which adopted it as a slogan.  That’s not good enough for today’s tumultuous times, according to the author of a book on the subject.  The imperative watchword today is RETHINK.  It keeps showing up in business, government, education [...]

At a time when the President of the Society for Human Resource Management, Laurence G. O’Neil, cautions members that it may no longer be business as usual, a truly audacious idea for organizing, or perhaps disorganizing, work has burst upon the scene.The concept is called Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) and is described in a new [...]

Managing organizational change is deceptively easy to understand but frustratingly difficult to accomplish according to a consultant who specializes in the field.

Writing in HR Magazine, John Austin, Ph.D. states “the disconnect between theory and practice is due to stakeholders’ complex, seemingly irrational and often political reactions to new initiatives.”
The key to success, he claims, is [...]

A new slogan may be ascending to an important position in the lexicon of health care. It is “disruptive innovations”, a term used persuasively by the author of a new book, The Innovator’s Prescription, published by McGraw-Hill.
In 441 well-reasoned pages, author Clayton M. Christensen offers solutions to the critical condition of America’s health care system.  [...]

Innovation is a subject frequently on the agendas of board meetings. In an article in the Harvard Business Review, Jeffrey Cohn of the consulting firm Spencer Stuart, who has been studying this subject for many years, wrote, “most companies do a magnificent job of smothering the creative spark.” Eliminating these five common mistakes can go [...]

Underlying the fear of change is the vague uneasiness that people feel that somehow, in some undefined way, change isn’t going to be good for them. Another obstacle blocking the path is the not-invented-here (NIH) attitude that exists in many companies. There is resistance to new products, ideas, or methods that come from the outside.