by Norman Wolfe | Jul 8, 2020 | Leadership, Norman Wolfe, Organization & Culture, Quantum Leaders, Strategy, Strategy Execution
Teal organization as presented in the book Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux provides a wonderful model of the evolution of organizations. It draws from the work of Spiral Dynamics, a psychological model that highlights and names stages of development. It...
by Norman Wolfe | Feb 28, 2020 | Leadership, Norman Wolfe, Organization & Culture, Quantum Leaders, Strategy, Strategy Execution
In Part 1 of this series (https://quantumleaders.com/is-amazon-a-livi…anization-part-1/), we looked at how Amazon achieves their phenomenal success by relentlessly staying focused and living their Soulful Purpose™, which Is to make life easier for people to get...
by Norman Wolfe | Jan 18, 2020 | Leadership, Norman Wolfe, Organization & Culture, Quantum Leaders, Strategy, Strategy Execution
Once the darling of every business, taught in every business school, strategic planning can no longer address the challenges of our Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous (VUCA) world. Almost as quickly as we start the implementation, the world has changed and...
by Norman Wolfe | Oct 29, 2019 | Leadership, Norman Wolfe, Organization & Culture, Quantum Leaders, Strategy
There is much talk around the idea of values. In a recent Forge article, Darius Foroux wrote “…what forms the foundation of our character, are our values. Values are our fundamental beliefs, informing our thoughts, words, and actions.” He then goes on to list the...
by Norman Wolfe | Apr 9, 2019 | Leadership, Norman Wolfe, Organization & Culture, Strategy, Strategy Execution
Like the DNA that defines the working of the body, Context defines the working of our decisions, choices and tradeoffs. Learning to reshape Context patterns becomes a critical skill for both individuals and organizations, because Context defines what is and is not...
by Norman Wolfe | Dec 22, 2018 | Leadership, Norman Wolfe, Organization & Culture, Strategy
When the modern-day corporation was being developed, the current worldview was defined by Newtonian physics viewpoint. But is organization as machine the right model for today? Can it be responsive enough? What are the alternatives? Newtonian view is the world is...
