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Tweet Historically, successful organizations were built to support monolithic structures and bureaucratic strategies – not to change them. As noted by learning theorist Willie Pietersen, in today’s global, technologically savvy, knowledge-based economy, the leadership challenge is to recognize that the ability to learn and adapt is the only truly unique source of competitive advantage. The [...]

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Tweet In my last half-dozen posts I have been focusing on system theories of organization.  I have done this because practitioners of organization development depend upon theories about what makes organizations tick.  Nothing so practical as a good theory said Kurt Lewin, the mind behind action research.  Well thought out theories helps us sort patterns [...]

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Tweet Employers often offer mixed messages to their workers about working long hours to meet increasingly expanded responsibilities. But long hours and overwork often lead to errors. Here are some tips to help workers feel less overwhelmed. Because of thunder storms in Atlanta, my flight from Dallas to Atlanta had been delayed twice. On the [...]

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