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How often do you experience deja vu during your conversations?

⚙️ 𝐑𝐞-𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. I'm not talking about deja vu from the same problems or personalities. I'm talking about the 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜. Sides are picked. Lines are drawn. And the only...See more

When I say we need to improve our performance, what do you think that means?

⚙️ 𝐑𝐞-𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Performance has two meanings — 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝. Both are relevant. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬...See more

You'll succeed despite being your own worst enemy.

⚙️ 𝐑𝐞-𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Ever wonder why people are successful? I don't think you'll get the right answer by asking them or reading framework and self-improvement books. The best way to get your...See more

Analyze politics to improve transformational change management.

⚙️ 𝐑𝐞-𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. In my previous post, I talked about how liberals and conservatives tend to support specific functions of government. For context:...See more

Analyze politics to prevent organizational failure.

⚙️ 𝐑𝐞-𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Politics isn't just rhetoric. It shapes narratives and perceptions, but it's much more than that. Politics supports and organizes functions within a system. Politicians, voters,...See more

Every company has a change cycle. Are you focusing on the right things in yours?

⚙️ Re-engineering change cycles to scale your organization. Two things I learned from change management and transformation: Change isn't. Status quo ain't. We all need to accept that if we want to achieve meaningful change and transformation. Change cycles are a dime a dozen....See more

Do you build the required mental models for strategy, design, and AI implementation?

⚙️ Re-engineering stories and narratives to 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 your organization. I've found that after reading and writing countless whitepapers and case studies, the best ones, the most memorable, are anchored in a good story and end-to-end narrative. There's a reason why many of us...See more

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟔 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐔𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 ⚙️ Re-engineering anti-failure patterns to 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 your organization. Post-mortems are hindsight-is-20/20 analyses of the metaphorical death of an...See more

Ever been in a meeting where models didn't match operational reality?

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲? ⚙️ Re-engineering meeting practices to 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 your organization. Which person were you? The guy sitting down, the guy presenting, or the one...See more

𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. ⚙️ Re-engineering headlines and stories to 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 your organization. How many of you felt like Megatron in that meeting or town hall? Or sat in the audience, sweating it out a...See more

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛. 𝐈𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. ⚙️ Re-engineering pattern recombinations to 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 your organization. Hearing things like "AI is taking jobs" or "AI can do my job for me" is like nails on a...See more