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Designing Organizations 100 Years Ago

Jen — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:08:41 +0000

For the most part, we still design organizations the way we did 100 years ago – when we were going for low cost, efficient and standardized products. The issue is our reality has changed in the last 100 years. Our consumers have become much more experienced, individual, complex, and demanding. Perhaps we should redesign our organizations to reflect the new reality : watch Design Flaws Within Organizations.

Change Management Resources

Jen — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:29:50 +0000

thanks to NaomiStanford.com for this recent list of resources for HR and OD professionals:

1. Rapid BI Business & Organizational Development tools, training and services – Human Resources, OD & Leadership. Has over 400 Management Models, Leadership Models, Coaching Models and Business Models
2. Change management learning center (sponsored by Prosci) has a series of tutorials designed to provide consultants, managers and practitioners with insight into the field and practice of change management
3. MIT’s Innovative Leaders video series conversations with innovative leaders from various companies.
4. HBR Idea Cast: A weekly audio podcast on a topic of interest to business, often an interview with the author of a new book.
5. Human Systems Dynamics Institute: Has some free tools and resources plus a page of links to related websites in humans systems and organization development
6. Edge: “To arrive at the edge of the world’s knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves.”
7. Mind Tools toolkit contains more than 600 management, career and thinking skills.
8. Management Innovation Exchange “is an open innovation project aimed at reinventing management for the 21st century. The premise: while “modern” management is one of humankind’s most important inventions, it is now a mature technology that must be reinvented for a new age. In order to thrive in the future, organizations must become as adaptable, innovative, inspiring and socially accountable as the people inside them. ”
9. Business balls a free ethical learning and development resource for people and organizations
10.Value based management – an enormous array of management tools, models, and theories arranged

Happy 2012!

Jen — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:18:24 +0000

As everyone is setting their goals and aspirations for 2012, remember that you need to have some fun in there as well. It’s not all about making yourself a better person, what about having some fun? When companies call in their change management gurus (like me!), the focus is often on what’s wrong, what needs to be fixed, and what’s standing in the way. We write our new year’s resolutions the same way. And you know how effective those can be. So for 2012, try something different and focus on the positive.

I will have more fun playing legos with my son each week.
I will read that leadership book with a friend of mine and review over drinks.
I will download new music and go to the gym twice a month.