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Reaching for the edge - The Xpragmatic ViewThe Xpragmatic View #129 October 25, 2009 by Marc Buyens ( @mbuyens ), Xpragma Download as a PDF-file Real solutions and progress emerge when we are able to unify apparently conflicting views on the same reality. Do emergent social software platforms (ESSPs) provide a context for ...
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The M-Shaped Recovery - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.orgRehabilitation begins with the understanding that it's brain-dead to build an economy on Big Macs, SUVs, and McMansions. Why? They don't make others authentically, durably better off. In fact, their net economic effect is this: they simply transfer value from the poorest to the richest.
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Lessons Learned -- Why the Failure of Systems Thinking Should Inform the Future of Design Thinking | Manage by Designing | Fast Company"You never learn by doing something right ‘cause you already know how to do it. You only learn from making mistakes and correcting them." Russell Ackoff
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The remainders of the day - The Xpragmatic ViewThe Xpragmatic View #123 August 27, 2009 by Marc Buyens , Xpragma Download as PDF-file In management, failure seems to be the only way to get to insight. Whatever the level of experience we have built up in the past, as soon as we have to make decisions in a new context, we tend to ...
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Direction is a consequence, not a choice - The Xpragmatic ViewDirection is a consequence, not a choice The Xpragmatic View #122 August 25, 2009 by Marc Buyens , Xpragma Download as PDF-file While discussing the pros and the cons of different methodologies, we often tend to forget that the methodology will only be a minor part of the whole ...
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The Old Solutions Have Become the New Problems - BusinessWeekThe Old Solutions Have Become the New Problems A former Harvard Business School professor says companies must commit to 'I-space' and collaboration, not financialization and administration The idea of devising new rules for managers isn't just a casual thought or theoretical exercise for ...
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The Next Evolution in Economics: Rethinking Growth - HBR Now - Harvard Business ReviewCellular economic theory suggests an alternative to linear growth: circular growth. In the body, cells grow. Cells die. New cells grow. New cells die. On and on. We sustain ourselves through regeneration. In business, a form of staged, regenerative growth could become the norm. The growth may ...
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Logic+Emotion: 5 Challenges Social Business Will FaceWednesday, August 12, 2009 5 Challenges Social Business Will Face A recent survey conducted by Proofpoint found that 8% of companies had terminated employees due to social media usage (common causes including sharing sensitive information on a network). And while the statistic seems ...
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Why We Need Big Organizations - The Big Shift - HarvardBusiness.orgWe believe big institutions will become more relevant than ever--once they focus not just on efficiency but on providing platforms for individuals to systematically experiment, learn, and innovate. As scalable learning replaces scalable efficiency big institutions will become more appealing to ...
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Gary Hamel: Unshackling Employees from Head Office Control - Gary Hamel’s Management 2.0 - WSJIn a recent post I promised that I’d lay out a blueprint for building a company that’s as nimble as change itself—and I will, but first I’d like to share an anecdote about a simple experiment in workplace freedom. In most organizations, the decision-making freedoms of frontline employees are ...
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