In the face of rapid disruptions happening due to COVID19, organizations are required to rapidly respond to a constantly evolving context and realign themselves to the new realities. This demands organizations, leaders and individuals to rapidly make sense of changing realities, understand patterns, clarify their purpose, align strategy to the purpose and mobilize people to […]
Organizations that don’t learn constantly, adapt continuously and execute relentlessly are more likely to be disrupted by constant change and competition. In times like these when COVID19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the ways of working, consumption and business models, organizations that have invested in building culture of continuous learning are more likely to survive and […]
Leadership in a connected world is a complex sport. Leaders risk relevance quite fast if they continue to operate in an isolated box within a tight hierarchy. When the complexity around us increases, we need more connected leadership that is constantly making sense of evolving patterns, thinking and mindset. Leadership that is social in approach […]
Real leadership does not happen after we get hold of lofty titles and peak positions in the hierarchy. Real leadership happens when we are aware of our gifts (given to us), when we hone those gifts in the spirit of serving others, when we find whitespaces (gap between our vision and the current reality) and […]
A team’s ability to learn quickly is at the heart of adapting to constant changes. In fact, it seems that constant learning is the only key to agility as a team and organization. Jack Welch famously said, “An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the greatest competitive advantage.” On […]
As an organization grows, managing the flow demands work items to move from one team/department to another. In quest to make these teams accountable, very specific KPI’s are established and that breeds non-systemic thinking. People look at meeting their own numbers and push the work to next stage and often, what happens is that while […]
Learning, the real learning, happens… When you are intentional about learning When you are driven by an intrinsic need to advance and not only by external triggers and rewards. When you ask more questions to get to the WHY of things (and then to what and how) When you carry an open frame of mind […]
If there is one book that has influenced my business thinking the most, it is Peter Senge’s “The Fifth Discipline – The Art and Practice of Learning Organization” and I have referred to it many times over past years on this blog. Written in 1990, the insights contained in this book are even more relevant […]