by DavidFraser | May 8, 2013 | Change, Personal Mastery, Systems
In our enthusiasm for an insight or an aspect of a situation that makes a critical difference, we’re inclined to think that’s the one thing that matters in the end. Of course, it isn’t. We say “It’s all about the…”...
by DavidFraser | May 4, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Systems
If you’re on the inside, it can be hard to stimulate change in the wider system because although you have some explicit authority, you’re constrained by your stakeholders’ expectations. We can’t really look to you to show the way on a wider...
by DavidFraser | Apr 17, 2013 | Personal Mastery, Systems
Can we ever be completely holistic? Or can we only hope to be more holistic than we were yesterday? Is that even a good idea? It’s generally a worthy goal, striving to ensure our actions are matched to as whole and balanced a view as possible. More chance then of our...
by DavidFraser | Apr 12, 2013 | Change, Leadership, Learning, Personal Mastery, Systems, Wisdom
It’s striking how some organizations think first of the scale required to roll something new out to the workforce at large—a daunting and expensive undertaking. And yet often the same effect can be achieved with the leadership group attending thoroughly to their own...
by DavidFraser | Mar 29, 2013 | Change, Organizational Learning, Personal Mastery, Systems
Well, one of the troubles with profiling… In forming teams, it’s a good idea to bring together complementary skills and personality types. Diversity brings performance, though it may not be comfortable at first. So we reach for the psychometric tests—how...
by DavidFraser | Feb 1, 2013 | Change, Communication, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Systems
“Culture change program” “Public sector reform” “Get well program” We hear these phrases all the time. We might even use them ourselves. But there’s a problem… Using language like this, the hearers need to accept that what they were doing yesterday was wrong....
