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How Fast Should an Organization Move up the Maturity Curve?

I had a discussion a while ago about whether or not setting a goal to move from a level one maturity to level three in two years was a good idea.  We generally tell clients that level three is a good level to aim for, where everything begins to work well enough to get things [...]

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When the concept of flexibility is misconstrued to stress the urgent over the important

I love speaking with clients.  Every conversation reminds me of something i might tend to forget or teaches me something completely new  Today’s learning was that there the can be too much of a good thing.  i’m a huge believer in organizational flexibility.  i have run organizations myself where it was a source of pride [...]

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The Exercise of Power by the Powerless

I was writing a review at Amazon a while ago and I noticed that a book review I had written a couple of months ago had been listed as unhelpful.  The book is good, I said it was good and yet someone didn’t like what I said.  Ok, I can live with that. Since I have strong [...]

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