At the Interactive Organizations Conference 2004, I offered the idea of creating an international IO, based on the happy at work project.
Instead of getting all theoretical, we could simply organize around the purpose of making people happy at work, and create an IO for just that. Here's the idea: We … Continue Reading ››
Interactive Organizations Conference
The interactive organization is one that is less dominated by traditional control structures and where people are more free to do their work. Interactive organizations (IO's) are therefore more efficient, adapt faster to changes in their environment - and they're a lot more fun to be in. They can also be chaotic and frustrating :o)
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There ain’t no such thing as change management
I'm currently reading "The spirit of leadership" by Harrison Owen and it has something to say on the difference between management and leadership:
[Managers] control the system, whatever that system might be. And the operative word is control. A good manager makes the plan, manages to the plan, and meets the plan. The details are … Continue Reading ››
[Managers] control the system, whatever that system might be. And the operative word is control. A good manager makes the plan, manages to the plan, and meets the plan. The details are … Continue Reading ››
Manifesto for growth
I'm currently putting together a two-hour session on change. One of the hot topics in management today is change management, and I would argue that you can't manage change if you don't understand change. So I'm looking at change from a lot of different angles right now: Science, philosophy, common sense, psychology, biology etc...
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Corporate Culture and Spirituality Conference
Corporate culture and spirituality may look like strange bedfellows, but with the increasing awareness in businesses today on the importance of fostering personal development and excellence on the job, a spiritual focus is not a surprising development.
Spirituality can be many things to many people, but to me it is a tool to get … Continue Reading ››
Spirituality can be many things to many people, but to me it is a tool to get … Continue Reading ››
Athens 2004
I'm back from a week in Athens, and what a week. Patricia and I have been visiting my sister who heads the Art of Living in Greece, and between touring all of Athens and catching some olympic actions, it's kinda nice to be home again, so we can relax after our holiday :o)
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Open Space world map
Check out the new and improved Open Space World Map. It's a seriously cool visualization of how Open Space Technology is spreading around the world.
More stuff from the happy-at-work conference
We've received some more follow-up material on the happy-at-work conference. Suna Christensen is an anthropologist who participated, and has now written a short report on the conference. It's fascinating reading, and here's one of my favourite bits:
Work life and private, personal life is traditionally two separate worlds. But through inclusion of being human … Continue Reading ››
Work life and private, personal life is traditionally two separate worlds. But through inclusion of being human … Continue Reading ››
Unemployment
Bad astronomy
Philip Plait debunks weird, pseudoscientific claims at his excellent webiste badastronomy.com. Here's his take on what it's like to stand up for science:
Have you ever gone to a carnival, or a fair of some kind, and played the game "Whack-a-Mole"? It's a table with holes in it, and little mechanical rodents pop their … Continue Reading ››
Have you ever gone to a carnival, or a fair of some kind, and played the game "Whack-a-Mole"? It's a table with holes in it, and little mechanical rodents pop their … Continue Reading ››