If you read the headlines about workplace trends, you’d think that most companies are requiring a full-time return to the office and declaring the death of remote work. If that’s true, workplaces would be full of people busily meeting, collaborating and hanging out with every desk occupied. If you’re in the office today, look around
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) VUCA (which stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) was coined as an acronym first described by Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus in their 1985 book, Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge (link to the 2007 second edition). It
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) Tension. It’s something we like in the plot of a movie or novel. It’s something that has us bingeing a show we like. But tension in our work and decisions? For most of us, we’d prefer less of
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) Flexible Leadership. It’s the title of my new book). And it is an idea that might sound good – (we need to be flexible right?), yet we want leaders to be consistent too, right? So maybe being flexible isn’t
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) You’ve heard of probable cause. You’ve found root causes for problems. But what is plausible cause and why should we care? After all, plausible cause isn’t even an entry in my favorite dictionary (Merriam-Webster). Dictionary.com says it means having
This blog post is the fourth part of our Evolving Workplace series. To hear more thought leadership, check out series episodes on the Remarkable Leadership Podcast. What are the important choices organizations need to make in the next few (less than five, probably sooner) years to stay ahead of the competition? In some cases, these
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) The concept of a playbook in sports originated over 100 years ago in American football. Now, versions of a playbook exist in most sports. My question is, should they be limited to sports? Do you have a leadership
Organizations have often been viewed as machines—structured, hierarchical, and predictable. This metaphor has shaped how we lead, communicate, and define roles. But is it the best way to think about organizations? What if there’s a better, more dynamic way to understand them?Why Organizations Are Seen as MachinesHistorically, as organizations grew beyond just a few people,
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) The world has always been an uncertain place. After all, none of us can see or predict the future. And the level of uncertainty we face as the world has grown more complex at times seems almost overwhelming.
This blog post is the second part of our Evolving Workplace series. To hear more thought leadership, check out series episodes on the Remarkable Leadership Podcast. So, Covid has gone away (except it and a host of other respiratory diseases hasn’t according to the CDC, but that’s another topic) and we are settling into the “new
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