by DavidFraser | Oct 19, 2012 | Leadership, Learning, Organizational Learning, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
Read the literature on organizational learning and you’ll find convincing descriptions of how fear or embarrassment impedes learning by individuals and teams. When something doesn’t turn out as expected, it’s a very human reaction to seek to cover up the failing—to...
by DavidFraser | May 2, 2012 | Leadership, Organizational Learning, Personal Mastery, Systems
The meeting starts in the late afternoon—to prepare for the big one the following day. The purpose is to “spin” the numbers to get the outcome we want in the meeting tomorrow; to construct an argument based on the data to influence the other side; to get them to agree...
by DavidFraser | Apr 10, 2012 | Change, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Organizational Learning, People Magic, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
Progress on anything challenging typically needs a balance of head and heart perspectives; some emotional intelligence alongside the logic and rationale of the numbers and the processes. Neither on their own will be sufficient. But where to start? Where to meet the...
by DavidFraser | Oct 24, 2011 | Collaboration, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Organizations, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills
One inevitably leads to the other, or should… Mark is fighting his corner well. Back and forth goes the debate. Mark concedes little. He comes away with most of what he wants. All are tired out and the other side have doubts about engaging with him again. Even...
by DavidFraser | Sep 12, 2011 | Collaboration, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Organizations, Personal Story, Relationship Skills
You’ve heard it before. You might even have said it yourself… “Training doesn’t work.” or “When I get back to the workplace, I find it very hard to apply what I’ve learned.” These can be opposite sides of the same coin – a disconnect between individual...
