Next week (Monday to Wednesday), the Kaospilots are self-organizing a conference about chaordic organizations. The term chaordic was put forth by Dee Hock the man behind VISA in his excellent book The chaordic age.
To me, the implications of complexity theory (chaos theory) in business are most aptly realized in the concept … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: Leadership
Leadership is an insanely important discipline. Here you’ll find the thought, tools and tricks of the trade of great leaders.
Art and fear
Chris Corrigan links to a review of the book Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking, from which comes the following quote:
The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would … Continue Reading ››
Advertising Arena
Arena is turning out to be one seriously cool place. Interesting people, good conversations, exciting cooperations and lots of fun. A place to work away from work. Or maybe a place to meet a person who can bring your project a small step forward.
Run by everyone, owned by noone … Continue Reading ››
Rule #1
I'm currently reading "Built to Last" by Jim Collins, which examines 15 really great companies and compares them to 15 good (but not legendary) companies to find the practices that separates great from good.
At one point, the book mentions Nordstroms personnel handbook. Where other companies have inch-thick employee handbooks, Nordstroms is a 5" … Continue Reading ››
At one point, the book mentions Nordstroms personnel handbook. Where other companies have inch-thick employee handbooks, Nordstroms is a 5" … Continue Reading ››
I’m featured in the CEO refresher
The december issue of the online magazine the CEO Refresher has an article I wrote in it. It's about the art of hosting, and the editor called it a brilliant insight into leadership... one of the most creative insights I have seen. You'll have to imagine me strutting around a hotel room in DC … Continue Reading ››
Denmarks best workplaces
I spent today at a conference that accompanies the announcement of Denmarks best workplaces, arranged by the greatplacetowork institute of Denmark. This year the winner is Kjaer group from my hometown Svendborg who sell cars to developing countries. Their motto is "Love cars, love people, love life". You gotta love that.
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Forget everything you know about change!
Jim Collins, the author of Built to last and Good to great examines our peceptions of how change in orgnizations happens, and finds that most of our current thinking is dead wrong. This is one of the best and most insightful articles I've read in a loooong time. A teaser:
I want … Continue Reading ››
I want … Continue Reading ››
Blame and responsibility
Another topic that came up at the conference was the issue of blame and responsibility. How do you react, when a situation is all your fault? Or when somebody accuses you of it? We talked about it, and a thought came to me: There are a few differences between blame and responsibility.
Blame is … Continue Reading ››
Blame is … Continue Reading ››
Strong democratic leaders, a paradox?
One of the things that came up in the discussion at the democratic CEO round table was the apparent paradox, that a democratic organization needs a strong leader. You'd think that the whole idea of democratic organizations, would be to eliminate the need for strong leaders so that everyone could lead according to their interests … Continue Reading ››
Practice of peace – part 1
You know, when I planned my trip to the US and planned to fly from DC to Seattle, I was kinda thinking "OK, domestic flight, how long can it be - 2-3 hours?" Well, flying across the US takes five and a half hours!
I'm now at the Practice of Peace conference, … Continue Reading ››
I'm now at the Practice of Peace conference, … Continue Reading ››