by DavidFraser | Mar 13, 2017 | Leadership, Organizations, Relationship Skills, Systems
Many situations seem to require being focused and broad at the same time; being specialist as well as generalist. That appears to be a contradiction, a dichotomy—one that needs very careful handling if a group of people is involved, and a considerable challenge to...
by DavidFraser | Jun 27, 2016 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
Been reading Daniel Kahneman’s excellent and very useful “Thinking, Fast and Slow”… He says: If asked a difficult question we don’t know the answer to, we will normally pick an easier one we do have an answer to, and provide the answer to that one instead. And...
by DavidFraser | Jun 3, 2016 | Change, Leadership, Learning, Systems
It’s surprising what a difference it makes, thinking over our experiences and learning. You’d imagine that if we put all that stuff into our heads the process would be automatic after that—that we could rely on our brains to process everything comprehensively; to form...
by DavidFraser | May 23, 2016 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
Journalist and historian, Herbert Agar (1897-1980) said: “The truth that makes people free is for the most part the truth which they prefer not to hear.” (Actually, he talked about “men”, as was the way of the time, but I’ve taken it upon myself to...
by DavidFraser | May 20, 2016 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Organizations, Systems
It’s a curious thing… People can be remarkably resistant to help: I suppose we all are, depending on the subject. “Help” can take us into painful contemplation, addressing issues that we might prefer to avoid—or at least put off to another time. Perhaps that’s...
by DavidFraser | Feb 22, 2016 | Leadership, Relationship Skills, Systems
If a group of people who are supposed to be working together aren’t, or at least not very well… We can, of course, work on their ability to relate to each other and that’s a good thing to do. However… It can also be a sign that we need to build more...
