Is Amazon a Living Organization – Part 1
Does a living organization have to follow some predefined set of behaviors? Does it live to some performance levels or moral and ethical standards? The Living Organization® Model is not a one-size-fits-all model. Amazon provides an interesting study into how one...
Strategic Planning doesn’t work
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...
Context Versus Values
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...
