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leandroherrero.com/the-orphan-trolley-problem/ | October 26th, 2018 The orphan trolley problem At a recent conference, one of the speakers explained his recent experience ... |
leandroherrero.com/sometimes-a-majority-simply-means-that-al... | October 25th, 2018 “Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side.” As with many modern clever... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-responsibility-starts-in-the-of... | October 23rd, 2018 Corporate responsibility starts in the office Multinational companies are values and behaviours schools... |
leandroherrero.com/5-questions-robots-ask/ | October 22nd, 2018 5 Questions robots ask (how to spot a robot, since they are coming) What’s your vision? Where do you wa... |
leandroherrero.com/the-internal-external-mismatch-says-a-lot... | October 19th, 2018 The internal-external mismatch says a lot about companies Some organizations that are very good at (ext... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-really-only-one-measure-of-the-a... | October 18th, 2018 There is really only one measure of the attractiveness of the organization you lead If you love KPIs, ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-irish-health-service-silent-culture-r... | October 16th, 2018 The Irish Health Service silent culture revolution is driven by ‘if-not-us-who?’ employees Two years a... |
leandroherrero.com/act-as-if-you-were-the-owner-really/ | October 15th, 2018 ‘Act as if you were the owner’ (really?) This has become a mantra used by many leaders to express the d... |
leandroherrero.com/sweating-pain-temperature-organizations-c... | October 11th, 2018 Sweating, pain, temperature. Organizations can show symptoms. Some organizations are breathless. Franti... |
leandroherrero.com/some-things-that-are-not-but-we-may-chose... | October 9th, 2018 Some things that are not (a sort of inconvenience) Malaria is not an increase of temperature in the the... |
leandroherrero.com/the-cult-of-fun-in-the-organization-the-t... | October 8th, 2018 The ‘cult of fun’ in the organization. The takeover of fulfilment by fun. For many non-American, non-Ang... |
leandroherrero.com/for-every-i-have-a-dream-there-are-thousa... | October 5th, 2018 For every ‘I have a dream’, there are thousands of ‘are you serious?’ The recent launch of the “Mobilize... |
leandroherrero.com/10-rules-for-external-or-internal-partner... | October 3rd, 2018 10 rules for external or internal partners, for change or transformation. These rules apply whether you... |
leandroherrero.com/management-conversation-c-2018/ | October 2nd, 2018 Management conversation (c.2018) Do you understand the strategy? Yes Can you see why we need to change, ... |
leandroherrero.com/talk-a-lot-meet-a-lot-converse-little-tim... | October 1st, 2018 Talk a lot, meet a lot, converse little. Time to call Socrates back Semi connected reflections: [1] We t... |
leandroherrero.com/all-the-roads-lead-to-leadership-but-mind... | September 27th, 2018 All the roads lead to Rome, but mind the axle of the car A friend of mine Carlos Orozco uses this an... |
leandroherrero.com/you-are-your-calendar-calendars-dont-lie/ | September 26th, 2018 You are your calendar. Calendars don’t lie. Airtime is finite. Initiatives, activities, tasks, ideas,... |
leandroherrero.com/change-give-us-a-break-we-have-just-had-o... | September 25th, 2018 Change? Give us a break, we have just had organization plastic surgery In the previous Daily Thought... |
leandroherrero.com/too-busy-getting-ready-no-time-to-go/ | September 24th, 2018 Too busy getting ready, no time to go. A client, senior manager, mentioned to me recently that his c... |
leandroherrero.com/quick-philosophy-of-time-in-one-page-unta... | September 20th, 2018 Quick Philosophy of Time in one page (Untapped applications for management) [1] January starts around... |
leandroherrero.com/people-with-all-the-answers-may-be-overqu... | September 18th, 2018 People with all the answers may be overqualified for their jobs An American educator said that childr... |
leandroherrero.com/the-smoking-kills-equivalent-in-corporate... | September 17th, 2018 The ‘Smoking Kills’ equivalent in Corporate Communications ‘Smoking kills’, or ‘Don’t Drink and Drive... |
leandroherrero.com/the-influencers-have-arrived-what-can-we-... | September 14th, 2018 The influencers have arrived! What can we do? Many years ago companies started to say ‘we are organiz... |
leandroherrero.com/the-candidate-who-is-less-afraid-of-losin... | September 12th, 2018 ‘The candidate who is less afraid of losing usually wins’ This is an unwritten rule in US presidentia... |
leandroherrero.com/mobilize-masterclass-a-blueprint-for-soci... | September 11th, 2018 Mobilize! Masterclass. A blueprint for social movements inside the organization and society. Launched... |
leandroherrero.com/getting-out-of-the-way-as-a-leadership-st... | September 10th, 2018 ‘Getting out of the way’ as a leadership strategy Also called get out of the room and don’t interfere... |
leandroherrero.com/for-better-decisions-bring-the-foreigners... | September 7th, 2018 For better decisions, bring the foreigners Our thinking is far from rational. What’s new? Perhaps ‘mak... |
leandroherrero.com/team-rules-a-sample/ | September 6th, 2018 Team Rules: a sample One of my favourite sets of Team Rules. Real life. Not invented. One of my best c... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-fruit-bowls-and-free-... | September 5th, 2018 Employee engagement, fruit bowls and free peanuts A headline in a newspaper on the 9th of August 2018 ... |
leandroherrero.com/to-tell-you-the-truth/ | September 3rd, 2018 To tell you the truth ‘To tell you the truth’ is an opening in English conversation. Other similar are... |
leandroherrero.com/the-impact-of-unintended-extended-positiv... | August 31st, 2018 The impact of unintended/extended positive consequences of organizational initiatives may be bigger tha... |
leandroherrero.com/for-any-what-you-say-there-are-always-man... | August 30th, 2018 For any ‘what you say’ there are always many ‘how you say it’. Impact is in the how. Take a look at the... |
leandroherrero.com/change-is-great-you-go-first/ | August 29th, 2018 Change is great, you go first. And old sticker said This is a situation in which I find myself very ofte... |
leandroherrero.com/you-want-a-but-you-are-systematically-rei... | August 28th, 2018 You want A, but you are systematically reinforcing B. A simple exercise that leaders can do, either on t... |
leandroherrero.com/breaking-news-company-culture-is-very-imp... | August 24th, 2018 Breaking news: Company culture is very important. A high level business academic piece of research says... |
leandroherrero.com/question-what-is-the-cost-of-not-doing-x/ | August 22nd, 2018 Question: what is the cost of not doing X? We are used to look at the cost of doing things. And rightly ... |
leandroherrero.com/most-conspiracies-of-silence-and-coverups... | August 21st, 2018 Most conspiracies of silence and coverups in our organizations are not even consciously orchestrated. An... |
leandroherrero.com/labor-omnia-vincit-so-lets-back-to-it-wit... | August 20th, 2018 ‘Labor omnia vincit’. So let’s back to ‘it’, with a good pair of glasses. ‘Work conquers all’, or ‘stea... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-recap-social-movements-part-3-of-3... | August 17th, 2018 Weekly Recap: Social Movements (part 3 of 3) Welcome to the last in our summer recap series. We hope you... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-recap-social-movements-part-2-of-3... | August 15th, 2018 Weekly Recap: Social Movements (part 2 of 3) The second of this week’s recap posts on Social Movements. ... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-recap-social-movements-1-of-3/ | August 13th, 2018 Weekly Recap: Social Movements (part 1 of 3) Normal service will be resuming shortly at Daily Thoughts H... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-recap-leadership-part-3-of-3/ | August 10th, 2018 Weekly Recap: Leadership (part 3 of 3) Here is the third of our favourite posts on Leadership. Enjoy and... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-recap-leadership-part-2-of-3/ | August 8th, 2018 Weekly Recap: Leadership (part 2 of 3) Here is the 2nd of this week’s revisited posts focused on Leadersh... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-recap-leadership-part-1-of-1/ | August 6th, 2018 Weekly Recap: Leadership (part 1 of 3) Welcome to the third in our series of summer “Recaps”, this week f... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-recap-culture-part-3-of-3/ | August 3rd, 2018 Weekly Recap: Culture (part 3 of 3) Here is the third of our favourite posts on Culture. Enjoy and have a... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-recap-culture-2-of-3/ | August 1st, 2018 Weekly Recap: Culture (part 2 of 3) The second of this week’s posts on Culture. Enjoy! Lazy managers love... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-recap-culture-1-of-3/ | July 30th, 2018 Weekly Recap: Culture (part 1 of 3) As Daily Thoughts is taking a short summer hiatus, this week we are se... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-recap-viral-change-part-3-of-3/ | July 27th, 2018 Weekly Recap: Viral Change™ (part 3 of 3) Here is this week’s final recap post looking at the Viral Change... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-summary-viral-change-part-2-of-3/ | July 26th, 2018 Weekly Recap: Viral Change™ (part 2 of 3) Here is this week’s second “recap” post on the Viral Change™ Mob... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-summary-viral-change-part-1-of-3/ | July 24th, 2018 Weekly Recap: Viral Change™ (part 1 of 3) Dear Readers, Daily Thoughts is taking a short holiday! But nev... |
leandroherrero.com/the-journey-for-an-himalayan-trip-trust-a... | July 19th, 2018 The journey: for an Himalayan trip, trust a few good shepherds. Including your company Himalayans Organiza... |
leandroherrero.com/if-work-shapes-our-lives-should-managemen... | July 18th, 2018 If work shapes our lives, should ‘management’ and ‘company’ have a bit of reboot? In the old days of my pa... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-a-strong-case-to-start-reading-a... | July 13th, 2018 There is a strong case to start reading a book backwards. And other rambling comments Given our growing im... |
leandroherrero.com/management-technique-the-transplant/ | July 12th, 2018 Management technique: the transplant The answer to individual negativity is group positiveness. Fighting ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-obvious-but-overlooked-fact-that-conn... | July 11th, 2018 The obvious but overlooked fact that connectivity and collaboration are not always good. Increasing the co... |
leandroherrero.com/engage-to-flip-2-of-3-a-magic-threshold-o... | July 10th, 2018 Engage to flip. (2 of 3). A magic threshold of number of people to shape a company culture? It’s actually ... |
leandroherrero.com/engage-to-flip-1-of-2-a-magic-threshold-o... | July 9th, 2018 Engage to flip. (1 of 3). A magic threshold of number of people needed to shape a company culture? The head... |
leandroherrero.com/team-the-noun-the-structure-or-teaming-up... | July 4th, 2018 Team, the noun, the structure, or teaming up, the verb, the behaviour? Teamocracy may be the worst form of... |
leandroherrero.com/cooking-and-shopping-are-two-different-th... | July 3rd, 2018 Cooking and shopping are two different things. I wish some ‘change managers’ could distinguish. If you tal... |
leandroherrero.com/focus-focus-but-only-after-un-focusing-a-... | July 2nd, 2018 Focus, focus! But only after un-focusing a lot. Our managerial training and praxis has been quite successfu... |
leandroherrero.com/change-management-models-on-sale/ | June 28th, 2018 Change management models on sale. Give me a sequence, some boxes, a template on steps, lots of arrows and ... |
leandroherrero.com/how-many-people-in-your-payroll-have-neve... | June 27th, 2018 How many people in your payroll have never licked a stamp? Beloit College, in Wisconsin, creates every yea... |
leandroherrero.com/storytelling-wins-wars-whilst-everything-... | June 26th, 2018 Storytelling wins wars whilst everything else is fighting battles (and 3 of 3): event shocks coming to you... |
leandroherrero.com/three-magic-questions-for-leaders/ | June 25th, 2018 Three magic questions for leaders 1. Will I regret not doing this? Bezos, Amazon chief. Here is from a re... |
leandroherrero.com/storytelling-wins-wars-whilst-everybody-e... | June 22nd, 2018 Storytelling wins wars whilst everybody else is fighting battles. (2 of 3): leaders of organizations, are ... |
leandroherrero.com/storytelling-wins-wars-whilst-everything-... | June 21st, 2018 Storytelling wins wars whilst everyybody else is fighting battles (1 of 3): the ingredients Today we are i... |
leandroherrero.com/the-bottleneck-in-organizations-is-gone-n... | June 20th, 2018 The bottleneck in organizations is gone North. Stop blaming middle management. Look up. For the lest, at l... |
leandroherrero.com/grab-the-magic-thresholds-in-the-organiza... | June 18th, 2018 Grab the magic thresholds in the organization’s life Continuous culture shaping within an organization equ... |
leandroherrero.com/people-who-welcome-criticism-dont-say-i-w... | June 15th, 2018 People who welcome criticism don’t say ‘I welcome criticism’ ‘I welcome criticism’ is often an alibi to av... |
leandroherrero.com/how-can-we-make-this-fail-is-a-more-power... | June 13th, 2018 ‘How can we make this fail?” is a more powerful question than its opposite Accustomed as we are to create... |
leandroherrero.com/plan-for-the-intended-watch-the-unintende... | June 12th, 2018 Plan for the intended, watch the unintended, embrace the extended (1) We plan operations, change, leadersh... |
leandroherrero.com/for-every-i-have-a-dream-there-are-thousa... | June 11th, 2018 For every ‘I have a dream’, there are thousands of ‘are you serious?’ For every community struggling to ... |
leandroherrero.com/mind-the-frame-or-you-may-regret-your-fra... | June 7th, 2018 Mind the frame ( or you may regret your frame of mind) George Lakoff, a familiar name in these Daily Though... |
leandroherrero.com/change-management-is-dead-welcome-to-the-... | June 6th, 2018 May Change Management have a great funeral I good friend, expert in Communications, has created her new we... |
leandroherrero.com/the-painting-is-a-beautiful-delicate-mast... | June 5th, 2018 The painting is a beautiful, delicate masterpiece. The artist’s workshop is a mess. The process of creativi... |
leandroherrero.com/the-alternative-post-mortem-of-failed-cha... | June 4th, 2018 The alternative Post-mortem of failed change programmes. (and 5 of 5): we communicate too much. In this min... |
leandroherrero.com/the-alternative-post-mortem-of-failed-cha... | May 31st, 2018 The alternative Post-mortem of failed change programmes. (4 of 5): Too much vision, not lack of it Forth in... |
leandroherrero.com/the-alternative-post-mortem-of-failed-cha... | May 30th, 2018 The alternative Post-mortem of failed change programmes. (3 of 5): Antibodies to start with. Third installm... |
leandroherrero.com/the-alternative-post-mortem-of-failed-cha... | May 29th, 2018 The alternative Post-mortem of failed change programmes. (2 of 5): It was fireworks and corporate flash mob... |
leandroherrero.com/the-alternative-post-mortem-of-failed-cha... | May 28th, 2018 The alternative Post-mortem of failed change programmes. (1 of 5): There were too many people involved, and... |
leandroherrero.com/in-my-shopping-list-for-new-leaders-circa... | May 25th, 2018 In my shopping list for new leaders, circa 2018 (and 5 of 5): Mobilizers Managing? Leading? Probably one ... |
leandroherrero.com/in-my-shopping-list-for-new-leaders-circa... | May 24th, 2018 In my shopping list for new leaders, circa 2018 (4 of 5): Invitational people I have held the view for man... |
leandroherrero.com/in-my-shopping-list-for-new-leaders-circa... | May 23rd, 2018 In my shopping list for new leaders, circa 2018 (3 of 5): Bridge builders The word Pontifex (Pontiff in En... |
leandroherrero.com/in-my-shopping-list-for-new-leaders-circa... | May 22nd, 2018 In my shopping list for new leaders, circa 2018 (2 of 5): Reframing I have referred before to George Lako... |
leandroherrero.com/in-my-shopping-list-for-new-leaders-circa... | May 21st, 2018 In my shopping list for new leaders, circa 2018 (1 of 5): Depolarization F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of man... |
leandroherrero.com/organisational-culture-shaping-counterins... | May 18th, 2018 Organisational culture shaping. Counterinsurgency field manual (and 5 of 5): Be a bit inefficient if you wa... |
leandroherrero.com/organisational-culture-shaping-counterins... | May 17th, 2018 Organisational culture shaping. Counterinsurgency field manual (4 of 5): Structural changes hardly solve be... |
leandroherrero.com/organisational-culture-shaping-counterins... | May 16th, 2018 Organisational culture shaping. Counterinsurgency field manual (3 of 5): don’t do half social (unless you w... |
leandroherrero.com/organisational-culture-shaping-counterins... | May 15th, 2018 Organisational culture shaping. Counterinsurgency field manual (2 of 5): Learn from mistakes (only if your ... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-culture-counterinsurgency-... | May 14th, 2018 Organizational culture, Counterinsurgency Field Manual (1 of 5): What to do with toxic people. Toxic people... |
leandroherrero.com/news-front-the-front-line/ | May 10th, 2018 News front the front line Yesterday was International Receptionist Day. Perhaps it was buried into a myriad... |
leandroherrero.com/the-geography-of-change-where-to-start/ | May 9th, 2018 The geography of change. Where to start. Read. Take a deep breath. Read again. Keep breathing, think about t... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-structures-that-dis-aggreg... | May 8th, 2018 Organizational structures that (dis) aggregate by design New organizations, and old ones in the business of ... |
leandroherrero.com/framing-is-a-leadership-must-3-of-3-inten... | May 3rd, 2018 Framing is a leadership must (3 of 3): ‘Intention and Outcome’ My third framing comment, after (1) framing n... |
leandroherrero.com/framing-is-a-leadership-must-2-of-3-frame... | May 1st, 2018 Framing is a leadership must (2 of 3): frame the narrative before it frames you I said yesterday that I woul... |
leandroherrero.com/framing-is-a-leadership-must-1-of-3-your-... | April 30th, 2018 Framing is a leadership must (1 of 3): your mini-revolution starts with simple behaviours. I put framing ... |
leandroherrero.com/these-are-my-trade-offs-what-about-yours/ | April 27th, 2018 These are my trade-offs, what about yours? We never solve problems, we trade them off. The thought is not... |
leandroherrero.com/childhood-monsters-under-the-bed-never-go... | April 26th, 2018 Childhood ‘monsters under the bed’ never go away. They seem to reappear in corporations. Without the beds... |
leandroherrero.com/magic-trick-to-engagement-leave-the-sanda... | April 25th, 2018 Magic trick to ‘engagement’: leave the sandals at the door If you follow my Daily Thoughts you would know... |
leandroherrero.com/how-does-the-medicine-know-where-to-go-in... | April 24th, 2018 ‘How does the medicine know where to go in the body?’ When my daughter was in primary school, I was invit... |
leandroherrero.com/organizations-wired-wrong-and-5-of-5-if-y... | April 23rd, 2018 Organizations wired wrong (and 5 of 5): If you want ‘One Company’ surely it’s because you don’t have one... |
leandroherrero.com/organizations-wired-wrong-4-of-5-dont-tea... | April 19th, 2018 Organizations wired wrong (4 of 5): Don’t team up with people you know very well. Affinity, like-minded g... |
leandroherrero.com/organizations-wired-wrong-3-of-5-behaviou... | April 18th, 2018 Organizations wired wrong (3 of 5): Behaviours create cultures. Cultures do not create behaviours (unless... |
leandroherrero.com/organizations-wired-wrong-2-of-5-why-if-y... | April 17th, 2018 Organizations wired wrong (2 of 5): Why if you want ‘transparency’ you should not ask for it. An 18 year ... |
leandroherrero.com/organizations-wired-wrong-1-of-5-desired-... | April 16th, 2018 Organizations wired wrong (1 of 5): desired outcomes mistaken as inputs. The case of ‘Engagement’ Employe... |
leandroherrero.com/the-research-for-the-real-real-unique-att... | April 12th, 2018 The ‘research’ for the real-real unique attributes of world class leadership is embarrassing. I sometimes... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-pathologies-and-finally-10... | April 11th, 2018 Organizational Pathologies (and finally (!) 10 of 10): Empowerment as risk transfer (or the traffic of mo... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-pathologies-9-of-10-measur... | April 10th, 2018 Organizational Pathologies (9 of 10): Measure the measurable Attributed to Peter Drucker, we have inherit... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-pathologies-8-of-10-busy-n... | April 9th, 2018 Organizational Pathologies (8 of 10): Busy-ness Almost there, two to go. I have posted one pathology per d... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-pathologies-7-of-10-useles... | April 6th, 2018 Organizational Pathologies (7 of 10): Useless over-inclusiveness Over inclusiveness paralysis occurs as a ... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-pathologies-6-of-10-proces... | April 4th, 2018 Organizational Pathologies (6 of 10) : Processism and process jukies Process are supposed to provide these... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-pathologies-5-of-10-the-co... | April 3rd, 2018 Organizational Pathologies (5 of 10): The company in rehearsal mode (or Waiting for The Barbarians) ‘Postp... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-pathologies-4-of-10-auto-i... | March 29th, 2018 Organizational Pathologies (4 of 10): (Auto) Immune diseases In medicine, autoimmune disease is one in wh... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-pathologies-3-of-10-premat... | March 27th, 2018 Organizational pathologies (3 of 10) : Premature de-hierarchical-ization Hierarchy is dead, proclaim peop... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-pathologies-2-of-10-over-c... | March 26th, 2018 Organizational Pathologies (2 of 10). Over-communication Communicate, communicate, communicate, we were... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-pathologies-an-update-1-of... | March 23rd, 2018 Organizational Pathologies. An update (1 of 10): Solutionism Solutionism is a common condition in whic... |
leandroherrero.com/5710-2/ | March 20th, 2018 6 types of employees I want (2 of 2): synthesizers, designers and re-inventors of wheels I shared yesterd... |
leandroherrero.com/6-types-of-employees-i-want-1-of-2-crafts... | March 19th, 2018 6 types of employees I want (1 of 2): craftsmen, entrepreneurs and activists My ideal modern, 2018 organi... |
leandroherrero.com/obituary-incrementalism/ | March 15th, 2018 Obituary: Incrementalism Please praise for the soul of incrementalism that, after a long and slow increme... |
leandroherrero.com/the-church-of-hard-evidence-have-many-fun... | March 14th, 2018 The Church of Hard Evidence have many funny members of the congregation I have never found a client that ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-world-is-messy-the-consulting-world-i... | March 13th, 2018 The world is messy, the consulting world is MECE I’ve learnt recently a new Mckinsean acronym: MECE (Mut... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-read-this-its-a-commercial-part-2-of... | March 8th, 2018 Don’t read this. It’s a commercial. (Part 2 of 2, promise) Ok, so you are back. I shared yesterday 5 shift... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-read-this-its-a-commercial-part-of-2... | March 7th, 2018 Don’t read this. It’s a commercial. (part 1 of 2) Ok, if you insist, here it is. Commercial or not, it’s... |
leandroherrero.com/casinos-dont-have-clocks-we-live-in-a-cas... | March 6th, 2018 Casinos don’t have clocks. Ryan Holiday (media critic, stoicism vendor, marketing strategist) is ‘the best... |
leandroherrero.com/the-video-and-the-audio-of-empowerment-ar... | March 5th, 2018 The video and the audio of empowerment are out of sync. Have you seen those videos, or TV interviews, or p... |
leandroherrero.com/a-vast-epidemic-in-organizations-that-see... | March 2nd, 2018 A vast epidemic in organizations that seems to grow and grow I must say I am getting very frustrated to se... |
leandroherrero.com/networks-have-hierarchy-and-hierarchy-hav... | March 1st, 2018 Networks have hierarchy and hierarchy have networks of it. Excuse the ranting. When I was young, very youn... |
leandroherrero.com/memo-permission-never-required-so-dont-as... | February 28th, 2018 Memo: Permission never required, so don’t ask. I read a while ago this story. Within the highly struct... |
leandroherrero.com/a-few-good-men/ | February 27th, 2018 ‘A few good men’. Part 2 of 2 from yesterday’s ‘The (re)volution will be postponed. Once more’ Margare... |
leandroherrero.com/the-organization-revolution-will-be-postp... | February 26th, 2018 The organization (re)volution will be postponed. Once more. The below is the equivalent of how in some... |
leandroherrero.com/which-benchmarking-data-did-you-use-to-fa... | February 23rd, 2018 Which benchmarking data did you use to fall in love? Did you fall in love after reading case studies a... |
leandroherrero.com/entrepreneurs-in-the-payroll/ | February 22nd, 2018 Entrepreneurs in the payroll Maybe, just maybe, we don’t need ‘managers’ and ‘employees’, as in gener... |
leandroherrero.com/tripadvisorisation-of-life/ | February 21st, 2018 Tripadvisorisation of life Really? Recently I went to visit a specialist doctor in a private facility.... |
leandroherrero.com/the-tyranny-of-metrics/ | February 20th, 2018 The Tyranny of Metrics. For the record, you can measure anything, the relevant, the irrelevant, the cr... |
leandroherrero.com/you-cant-plan-for-unintended-consequences... | February 19th, 2018 You can’t plan for unintended consequences, but you want as many good ones to emerge What if your unin... |
leandroherrero.com/note-to-procurement-no-more-tanks-we-got-... | February 16th, 2018 Note to procurement: no more tanks, we got the wrong war. There was a time when ‘my tanks are bigger t... |
leandroherrero.com/change-management-is-dead-lets-go-and-hav... | February 13th, 2018 Change management is dead. Let’s go and have a nice funeral No offense to those with the title in the ... |
leandroherrero.com/we-have-a-sophisticated-brain-with-a-not-... | February 12th, 2018 We have a sophisticated brain with a not very sophisticated copying machine inside When researching fo... |
leandroherrero.com/kids-characters-are-shaped-in-the-playgro... | February 10th, 2018 Kids characters are shaped in the playground, not the classroom And employee characters, and company c... |
leandroherrero.com/your-mind-will-trick-you-that-is-why-we-a... | February 9th, 2018 Your mind will trick you. Including when you move jobs. When people join a company, coming from another... |
leandroherrero.com/the-burning-platform-was-the-greatest-man... | February 8th, 2018 The burning platform was the greatest management invention. Now, can we move on? Apparently nothing can... |
leandroherrero.com/lazy-managers-love-questionnaires/ | February 6th, 2018 Lazy managers love questionnaires No offense to questionnaires. There are legitimate tools to know what... |
leandroherrero.com/the-tyranny-of-knowledge-seeking-unpredic... | February 5th, 2018 The tyranny of knowledge. Seeking unpredictable answers The ‘tyranny of knowledge’ is one of these phra... |
leandroherrero.com/we-live-in-a-cultural-hiroshima/ | February 2nd, 2018 We live in a cultural Hiroshima There is a point in time in which the brain starts filtering the images... |
leandroherrero.com/back-to-the-daily-date/ | February 1st, 2018 Back to the Daily Date. It’s been a while. Having a gap in the writing daily date helps to gain perspec... |
leandroherrero.com/announcing-mobilize-masterclass-a-bluepri... | January 15th, 2018 Announcing: MOBILIZE! Masterclass; a blueprint for social movements Happy New Year! Daily Thoughts will... |
leandroherrero.com/and-ill-see-you-all-back-in-the-new-year/ | December 14th, 2017 And I’ll see you all back in the New Year! It has been an intense year in many aspects. I am grateful ... |
leandroherrero.com/being-friends-with-the-unread-books-the-a... | December 13th, 2017 The conspiracy of the books in my library. This is a straight quote from Nassim Taleb (Fooled by Rando... |
leandroherrero.com/the-pancake-revolution-in-management-miss... | December 12th, 2017 The Pancake Revolution in management missed some details Flat organizations, part of the Pancake Revol... |
leandroherrero.com/amateurs-borrow-professionals-steal/ | December 11th, 2017 Amateurs borrow, professionals steal The phrase is from John Lennon who stole it from TS Elliott (‘ama... |
leandroherrero.com/do-visionary-leaders-nominate-non-visiona... | December 8th, 2017 Do visionary leaders nominate non-visionary successors? Hardly a question I can answer with statistics,... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-have-two-guys-who-think-the-same-f... | December 6th, 2017 If you have two guys who think the same, fire one of them I must have heard this for the first time fro... |
leandroherrero.com/what-do-a-flipchart-a-dinosaurs-kids-toy-... | December 5th, 2017 What do a flipchart, a kid’s dinosaurs toy, and a simulation software have in common? Donald Winnicot... |
leandroherrero.com/the-absurd-and-the-alien-as-sources-of-se... | December 4th, 2017 The absurd and the alien as sources of serious enlightenment In the old days of medical school and psyc... |
leandroherrero.com/10-shifts-in-the-remarkable-organization-... | December 1st, 2017 10 shifts in the Remarkable Organization in the making ( and Santa wishes ideas) In preparation for San... |
leandroherrero.com/warning-your-people-operating-system-is-n... | November 30th, 2017 Warning: your people operating system is no longer supported. Upgrade! Some organizations want agility... |
leandroherrero.com/a-type-of-project-team-member-called-the-... | November 29th, 2017 A type of project team member called ‘The Visitor’ The Visitor is a full time member of a project team... |
leandroherrero.com/bezos-did-not-say-anything-about-the-size... | November 28th, 2017 Bezos did not tell us anything about the size of the pizzas. So some organizations cook very, very lar... |
leandroherrero.com/try-to-have-no-work-life-balance-the-more... | November 27th, 2017 Try to have no work-life balance. The more you lose the balance, the more you’ll enjoy it. This is of ... |
leandroherrero.com/a-refresh-of-viral-change-in-a-30-minutes... | November 23rd, 2017 A refresh of Viral Change in a 30 minutes video. I have recorded this for an HR and Communications con... |
leandroherrero.com/santa-is-too-big-for-our-chimney/ | November 22nd, 2017 Santa is too big for our chimney There is a moment in the life of our kids in which they start questio... |
leandroherrero.com/project-management-is-a-state-of-mind-big... | November 21st, 2017 Project management is a state of mind. Big Picture people must have it as well. Project management is ... |
leandroherrero.com/slow-change-fast-change-mobilizing-people... | November 20th, 2017 Slow Change, Fast change. Mobilizing people: the alternative view ( 1 of 3) Whether in society or ins... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-5/ | November 19th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Activism Happy Weekend Daily Thoughts Subscribers! Here is a compilation of 3 of ... |
leandroherrero.com/they-changed-they-did-well-because-they-w... | November 17th, 2017 ‘They changed, they did well, because they were ready for it’. This piece of conventional wisdom is al... |
leandroherrero.com/a-mobilizing-platform-is-the-human-operat... | November 16th, 2017 A mobilizing platform is the human operating system of the company. You need to install your HOS I sai... |
leandroherrero.com/large-scale-mobilization-of-people-needs-... | November 15th, 2017 Large scale mobilization of people needs a small scale set of orchestrators. It works in society and i... |
leandroherrero.com/15-things-to-look-for-in-a-culture/ | November 14th, 2017 15 things to look for in a culture In the last weeks, for a number of reasons, I have had lots of conv... |
leandroherrero.com/spreading-the-word-and-unleashing-a-movem... | November 13th, 2017 Spreading the word and unleashing a movement. Guest blogger Spreading the word and unleashing a moveme... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-4/ | November 12th, 2017 End of Week Summary Welcome back Subscribers! In case you are not aware, posting of Daily Thoughts r... |
leandroherrero.com/leave-your-sandals-at-the-door/ | November 10th, 2017 Leave your sandals at the door This is the request we made at the beginning of a Viral Change™ program... |
leandroherrero.com/get-on-the-phone-its-personal/ | November 9th, 2017 Get on the phone. It’s personal. In the era of digital semi anonymity, personal contact wins. In the er... |
leandroherrero.com/design-thinking-is-bullshit/ | November 8th, 2017 ‘Design thinking is bullshit’ I did not say that. Natasha Jen did. She is a designer who has given some... |
leandroherrero.com/teamocracies-are-tired-networkracies-win-... | November 7th, 2017 Teamocracies are tired, networkracies win the day. For as long as anybody can remember in management h... |
leandroherrero.com/and-they-all-gave-one-day-of-their-holida... | November 6th, 2017 And they all gave one day of their holidays. A true story. A health care worker is truly struggling to ... |
leandroherrero.com/pause-recap-reflect-see-you-on-november-6... | October 18th, 2017 Pause, recap, reflect: See you on November 6th Dear Subscriber My team has been posting for a while, se... |
leandroherrero.com/the-tyranny-of-the-small-things-2/ | October 6th, 2017 The tyranny of the small things Grandiose plans get sabotaged by small things. Many years ago, I was inv... |
leandroherrero.com/my-last-employee-engagement-model-77-acti... | October 5th, 2017 My last Employee Engagement model. (7/7): Activists on the payroll. In this model, the employee (1) is a... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-as-morally-imperative... | October 4th, 2017 Employee Engagement as morally imperative. (6/7) A forgotten model? Here is a ‘very novel’ concept. Empl... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-models-continue-57-th... | October 3rd, 2017 Employee Engagement Models continue (5/7): ‘The Investors metaphor’. This is model 4 of the series. The... |
leandroherrero.com/more-on-employee-engagement-47-the-cause-... | October 2nd, 2017 More on Employee Engagement (4/7): ‘The Cause’. Engagement with the company or within the company? This ... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-3/ | October 1st, 2017 End of Week Summary Happy Weekend to all our readers Today we are taking another look at activism and gr... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-week-and-debunking-co... | September 30th, 2017 Employee Engagement week ( and debunking) continues. (3/7): The Happy Cows model This is model 2 in t... |
leandroherrero.com/debunking-the-myths-of-employee-engagemen... | September 29th, 2017 Debunking the Myths of Employee Engagement (2/7): Giving employees a voice. So, now we have a choir. ... |
leandroherrero.com/debunking-the-myths-of-employee-engagemen... | September 28th, 2017 Debunking the Myths of Employee Engagement: a land of Emperors with No Clothes. (1/7) The six models ... |
leandroherrero.com/will-the-last-employee-in-command-and-con... | September 26th, 2017 Will the last employee in Command and Control Inc/Ltd/Plc/SA please turn off the lights? (But have a ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-clouds-move-to-follow-me-the-traffic-... | September 22nd, 2017 The clouds move to follow me; the traffic lights go green when I move These two statements represent ... |
leandroherrero.com/build-your-own-employee-engagement-argume... | September 21st, 2017 Build your own Employee Engagement argument for free. You can’t go wrong Here are three baskets full ... |
leandroherrero.com/this-is-a-non-smoking-flight-2/ | September 19th, 2017 This is a non-smoking flight If you are a frequent flight traveller, as I am for business reasons, yo... |
leandroherrero.com/the-rolling-luggage-paradox-2/ | September 18th, 2017 The Rolling Luggage Paradox I owe this to Nassim Taleb (‘Fooled by Randomness’ (2007), ‘The Black Swa... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-2/ | September 17th, 2017 End of Week Summary Happy Weekend to all our Readers This week we have decided to take another look a... |
leandroherrero.com/the-last-thing-i-need-is-creativity-2/ | September 16th, 2017 The last thing I need is creativity Henry Ford is quoted to have said ‘why is it every time I ask for... |
leandroherrero.com/we-are-so-good-at-crisis-2/ | September 15th, 2017 We are so good at crisis! Many clients have expresed this thought over the years: ‘Leandro, we are so... |
leandroherrero.com/3-versions-of-speed-2/ | September 14th, 2017 3 versions of speed Andrew Grove, ex Intel This business about speed has its limits. Brains don’s spe... |
leandroherrero.com/never-try-to-teach-a-pig-to-sing-it-waste... | September 13th, 2017 ‘Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig’ Robert Anson Heinlein (... |
leandroherrero.com/the-three-magic-words-transparency-clarit... | September 12th, 2017 The three ‘magic’ words: transparency, clarity and fairness These three organizational ‘magic words’ ... |
leandroherrero.com/make-your-trade-offs-transparent-2/ | September 11th, 2017 Make your trade off(s) transparent In my experience, people can understand budget cuts, but there are... |
leandroherrero.com/5379-2/ | September 10th, 2017 End of Week Summary Happy Weekend to all our Readers This week we have decided to take another look a... |
leandroherrero.com/to-learn-how-to-create-a-culture-of-custo... | September 9th, 2017 To learn how to create a culture of customer focus, use one Disclaimer: I don’t have shares in the com... |
leandroherrero.com/i-can-prove-anything-in-management-thinki... | September 8th, 2017 I can prove anything in management thinking. Watch me! I can’t remember where I saw this. This is part... |
leandroherrero.com/never-sell-your-time-2/ | September 7th, 2017 Never sell your time A friend of mind, a great artist, posted his latest challenge in Facebook. He ha... |
leandroherrero.com/when-necessary-use-words-2/ | September 6th, 2017 When necessary use words Saint Francis of Assisi is a 13th Century figure revered as a Saint by the Ca... |
leandroherrero.com/stop-press-candidate-interviewed-by-authe... | September 5th, 2017 Stop press: Candidate interviewed by authentic people A recent senior hire in a client company comment... |
leandroherrero.com/empowerment-the-muddle-the-wrong-conversa... | September 4th, 2017 Empowerment: the muddle. The wrong conversation, until you start unpacking the concept and dismantling... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary/ | September 3rd, 2017 End of Week Summary Happy Weekend to all our Readers This week we have decided to take another look at... |
leandroherrero.com/we-have-a-communication-problem-is-not-al... | September 2nd, 2017 ‘We have a communication problem’ is not always a good start. ‘Lack of communication’ or ‘a communica... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-as-morally-imperative... | September 2nd, 2017 Employee Engagement as morally imperative. (6/7) A forgotten model? Here is a ‘very novel’ concept. Em... |
leandroherrero.com/in-the-war-for-attention-within-your-comp... | September 1st, 2017 In the War for Attention within your company, you may need a communication ceasefire Our faith in comm... |
leandroherrero.com/nothing-new-under-the-sun-take-off-your-s... | August 31st, 2017 ‘Nothing new under the sun’ ? Take off your sun glasses and stop the Valium Often you see people in orga... |
leandroherrero.com/the-dunbar-number-and-mad-lean-numbers-a-... | August 30th, 2017 ‘The Dunbar Number’ and ‘Mad Lean Numbers’: a question of the right critical mass of people to make thin... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-want-to-increase-employee-engageme... | August 30th, 2017 If you want to increase employee engagement and employee satisfaction, increase your company performance... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-have-anything-to-do-with-developin... | August 28th, 2017 If you have anything to do with developing leaders don’t kid yourself. These ones had never gone, and on... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-some-thoughts-on-beha... | August 27th, 2017 End of week Summary – some thoughts on behavioural change & culture Happy Long Weekend to all our Reader... |
leandroherrero.com/there-must-be-a-better-way-i-have-good-ne... | August 26th, 2017 There must be a better way (I have good news) There must be a better way than having 200 consultants lan... |
leandroherrero.com/innovation-great-but-i-am-not-in-charge-o... | August 25th, 2017 Innovation? Great, but I am not in charge of it! Years ago I was talking to a client, a Senior VP in the... |
leandroherrero.com/we-need-the-aliens-everybody-needs-aliens... | August 23rd, 2017 We need the aliens. Everybody needs aliens. Smart aliens who can ask questions and open Pandora boxes fo... |
leandroherrero.com/jeff-bezos-assures-amazon-employees-that-... | August 22nd, 2017 ‘Jeff Bezos assures Amazon Employees that HR is working 100 Hours a week to address their complaints’ (t... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-needed-to-remember-only-one-classi... | August 21st, 2017 If you needed to remember only one classification of people: ‘external and internal locus of control’ Th... |
leandroherrero.com/a-behavioural-epidemic-cant-be-fought-fro... | August 18th, 2017 A behavioural epidemic can’t be fought from within. It needs a behavioural counter-epidemic to take over... |
leandroherrero.com/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-worl... | August 17th, 2017 “There are two types of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data sets” What t... |
leandroherrero.com/iconic-leadership-the-illusion-of-copying... | August 16th, 2017 Iconic leadership: the illusion of copying a one off Whilst the holidays roll on, here is a continuation... |
leandroherrero.com/last-in-my-holiday-readings-here-is-the-p... | August 15th, 2017 Last in my holiday readings. Here is the plot. A glitch in the system yesterday meant there was a duplic... |
leandroherrero.com/httpsleandroherrero-comthe-3-grand-ds-dir... | August 14th, 2017 The 3 Grand Ds (‘Direction, Discovery and Destiny’), have also their 3 little personal and powerful ‘d’ ... |
leandroherrero.com/thttpsleandroherrero-comthe-best-question... | August 11th, 2017 The best question is the one which has no answer Good Morning! Here is the last of our series of three ... |
leandroherrero.com/httpsleandroherrero-comi-takes-only-one-q... | August 10th, 2017 It takes only one question to know about your model of leadership (and there is always an alternative qu... |
leandroherrero.com/my-contradictions-are-my-friends-and-they... | August 9th, 2017 My contradictions are my friends, and they come with me as leader We are revisiting leadership this week.... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-social-movements-3/ | July 30th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Social Movements Happy weekend! To finish our week of recaps on Social Movement rel... |
leandroherrero.com/reinventing-management-is-reinventing-the... | July 28th, 2017 Reinventing management is reinventing the skill set. It’s urgent, and the answers are elsewhere, not in tr... |
leandroherrero.com/12-simple-rules-of-social-change-organiza... | July 27th, 2017 12 simple rules of social change, organizational (culture) or societal (2 of 2) Continuing my revised 12 l... |
leandroherrero.com/12-simple-rules-of-social-change-organiza... | July 26th, 2017 12 simple rules of social change, organizational (culture) or societal (1 of 2) The second of this week’s ... |
leandroherrero.com/hooked-on-tactics-from-macro-social-movem... | July 25th, 2017 Hooked on tactics: from macro-social movements to inside the organization. As Dr Leandro Herrero is away, ... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-time-to-review/ | July 23rd, 2017 End of Week Summary: Time to Review Happy weekend to all our readers! This week we decided to look back ... |
leandroherrero.com/people-who-like-this-also-like-that-like-... | July 20th, 2017 Organizations have their own ‘People who like this, also like that’. Their ideology (idea-Logic) may be to... |
leandroherrero.com/10-types-of-people-who-challenge-the-stat... | July 19th, 2017 10 types of people who challenge the status quo in the organization. The art of dissenting (1/2) Part 1 of... |
leandroherrero.com/builders-build-and-build-problem-solvers-... | July 17th, 2017 Builders build, and build. Problem solvers solve, and need more problems. Choose. Unless we call ‘problem’... |
leandroherrero.com/the-myth-that-everybody-needs-to-be-invol... | July 15th, 2017 The myth that everybody needs to be involved in ‘the change’ This is an obvious desideratum. But very ofte... |
leandroherrero.com/bottom-up-is-not-more-workshops-at-the-bo... | July 14th, 2017 ‘Bottom up’ is not more workshops at the bottom. That is just a migration of the top-down to a lower level... |
leandroherrero.com/micro-behaviours-plus-peer-to-peer-equals... | July 10th, 2017 Micro-behaviours plus peer-to-peer equals social change dynamite Serous behavioural change? Start with mic... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-behavioural-change/ | July 9th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Behavioural Change Happy weekend to our readers! Behavioural Change is pivotal to al... |
leandroherrero.com/work-life-balance-the-on-off-switch-is-br... | July 7th, 2017 Work-life balance: the on-off switch is broken, and they don’t make them any more. Forget work-life balance... |
leandroherrero.com/it-has-taken-me-one-whole-year-to-underst... | July 6th, 2017 It has taken me so long to understand why they are so slow! They love ‘concrete’! (Ideas made of concrete?)... |
leandroherrero.com/the-fastest-and-best-way-to-build-a-creat... | July 5th, 2017 The fastest and best way to build a creative culture: all revealed now An old favourite revisited – first p... |
leandroherrero.com/accountability-holes-desert-spaces-orphan... | July 3rd, 2017 Accountability holes? Desert spaces? Orphan ideas? Buy the tent, occupy the street. Any organization has ac... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-3-favourites-3/ | July 2nd, 2017 End of Week Summary: 3 Favourites Happy weekend to all Daily Thoughts readers! Unbelievably we have have re... |
leandroherrero.com/the-health-care-delivery-onion-system-doe... | July 1st, 2017 The health-care-delivery Onion System does not need Big Consulting but small common sense. Maybe that’s the... |
leandroherrero.com/there-are-good-leaders-excellent-leaders-... | June 30th, 2017 There are Good Leaders, Excellent Leaders, and Gold Leaders.This is what Gold looks like The third post in... |
leandroherrero.com/if-leadership-in-organizations-followed-s... | June 29th, 2017 If leadership in organizations followed some ‘activism rules’; not standard management logic. Here is one ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-wolf-pack-and-leadership-the-lessons/ | June 28th, 2017 The wolf pack and leadership : the lesson(s) Over the next few days, I will be revisiting some of my favou... |
leandroherrero.com/the-minority-tyranny-in-the-organization/ | June 27th, 2017 The minority tyranny in the organization Nassim Taleb’s piece in Medium about ten months ago entitled The ... |
leandroherrero.com/sharing-thoughts-being-carriers-and-why-t... | June 26th, 2017 Sharing thoughts, being carriers, and why there are no idiots anymore. I have described before the role of... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-culture/ | June 25th, 2017 End of Week Summary: some thoughts on culture Happy weekend to all Daily Thoughts Readers, and apologies f... |
leandroherrero.com/feed-back-loop-management-strategy-is-not... | June 24th, 2017 Feed back loop management strategy is not strategic. Excuse my language. Steve Richards’ ‘The Rise of the... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-something-only-you-can-do-be-you... | June 21st, 2017 There is something only you can do: be yourself. Everything else can be outsourced. There is something onl... |
leandroherrero.com/mindfulness-the-new-solution-oh-sorry-i-f... | June 20th, 2017 Mindfulness, the new solution. Oh, sorry, I forgot, what’s the problem? Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, a... |
leandroherrero.com/backstage-leadership-is-key-to-collective... | June 16th, 2017 Backstage Leadership™ is key to collective leadership, a cornerstone of the modern organisation I believe ... |
leandroherrero.com/an-audience-is-not-a-community-a-communit... | June 14th, 2017 An audience is not a community. A community is not a team Below is a popular post from last year which we ... |
leandroherrero.com/organization-math-compilation-and-admin-n... | June 12th, 2017 Organization Math Compilation. Admin note: We would like to apologize for the disruption in the past few d... |
leandroherrero.com/organization-maths-3-of-3-mathew-effects-... | June 7th, 2017 Organization maths (3 of 3). Matthew Effects, and a summary In previous Daily Thoughts (here and here) I w... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-a-new-world-currency-with-its-tr... | June 5th, 2017 There is a new world currency, with its traders and its own economy. And it’s not money. It’s hard to write... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-3-favourites-2/ | June 3rd, 2017 End of week Summary: 3 Favourites Happy weekend everyone! This is the Daily Thoughts support team calling! ... |
leandroherrero.com/organizations-arithmetic-continues-part-2... | June 2nd, 2017 Organization’s arithmetic continues Part 2 (of 3). Sorry to be a pain but, how many have the real power? Ye... |
leandroherrero.com/training-is-to-addition-what-culture-chan... | June 1st, 2017 Training is to addition what culture change is to multiplication. Organization’s arithmetic Part 1 (of 3) S... |
leandroherrero.com/a-thousand-and-one-blogs-now-i-need-you/ | May 31st, 2017 A thousand and one blogs. Now I need you Yes, I’ve reached that quota. They are all in the website and, inc... |
leandroherrero.com/bullshit-re-gaining-academic-recognition-... | May 30th, 2017 Bullshit re-gaining academic recognition. Now, not a simple outburst but a formal topic of intellectual int... |
leandroherrero.com/confidence-vulnerability-trust-my-kingdom... | May 26th, 2017 Confidence, vulnerability, trust: my kingdom for a good theory. In the meantime, I’ll see these when I see ... |
leandroherrero.com/absurdity-the-trade-and-a-couple-of-solut... | May 25th, 2017 Absurdity: the trade, and a couple of solutions Many years ago I met somebody at a conference. He was one o... |
leandroherrero.com/manchester-we-cry-a-call-to-all-competent... | May 24th, 2017 Manchester, we cry. Calling all competent ex-terrorists It’s just simply impossible to go business as usual... |
leandroherrero.com/the-disruption-religion-misses-the-point-... | May 22nd, 2017 The Disruption Religion misses the point: what will not change, and how we can capitalize on it. (2 of 2) I... |
leandroherrero.com/change-management-most-important-announce... | May 21st, 2017 Change management most important announcement: this will not change (1 of 2) The change management industry... |
leandroherrero.com/the-glass-always-half-empty-people-never-... | May 19th, 2017 The glass-always-half-empty people never bother to fill it in Entire organizations are kept alive and kicki... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-summary-organization-architecture/ | May 18th, 2017 Weekly Summary: Organization Architecture Welcome to this week’s summary (a bit earlier than usual!) Here... |
leandroherrero.com/good-leaders-are-a-bit-of-corporate-anthr... | May 15th, 2017 Good leaders are a bit of corporate anthropologists, without the six months in Tanzania. Good leaders are ... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-peer-to-peer-influenc... | May 13th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Peer-to-peer influence Happy weekend to all our Daily Thoughts readers! This week, som... |
leandroherrero.com/the-4-hats-of-leadership-a-review/ | May 12th, 2017 The 4 hats of leadership: a review I am reviewing an old pots on our 4 Hats leadership. The trouble with th... |
leandroherrero.com/talk-like-an-organizational-and-cultural-... | May 11th, 2017 Talk like an organizational and cultural expert. Money back guarantee. Back in 2015 I wrote this. In the co... |
leandroherrero.com/10-principles-behind-culture-behind-emplo... | May 9th, 2017 10 principles behind culture, behind ‘Employer Branding’, and behind anything that has to do with the DNA of... |
leandroherrero.com/the-best-contribution-that-neurosciences-... | May 8th, 2017 The best contribution that Neurosciences can make to Management and Leadership is to leave the room I have t... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-social-movements-2/ | May 7th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Social Movements Happy weekend to our readers! Here at Daily Thoughts HQ, social move... |
leandroherrero.com/tribes-in-the-organization-managing-by-se... | May 4th, 2017 Tribes in the organization: Managing by Segmenting Around (part 3 of 3) If you followed the two previous Dai... |
leandroherrero.com/tribes-in-the-organization-seeing-the-wor... | May 3rd, 2017 Tribes in the organization: seeing the world in segments, one character at a time . The Big 40 (part 2 of 3)... |
leandroherrero.com/tribes-in-the-organization-seeing-the-wor... | May 2nd, 2017 Tribes in the organization: seeing the world in segments, one character at a time (part 1 of 3) This almost ... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-3-favourites/ | April 30th, 2017 End of Week Summary: 3 Favourites! Happy weekend Daily Thoughts Readers! As we reach the end of another... |
leandroherrero.com/i-have-to-be-honest-look-how-many-things-... | April 28th, 2017 I have to be honest: look how many things around are wrong. But let’s be positive. My son, I’ll be honest... |
leandroherrero.com/todays-daily-thought-is-completely-stolen... | April 27th, 2017 Today’s Daily Thought is completely stolen. My best proud robbery in 10 lines. The original is here: TED... |
leandroherrero.com/many-cultural-change-efforts-fail-out-of-... | April 26th, 2017 Many cultural change efforts fail out of a mathematical mistake Originally published a few months ago, I ... |
leandroherrero.com/a-team-is-not-a-meeting-the-best-team-is-... | April 25th, 2017 A team is not a meeting. The best team is the one that does not need to meet. Almost. A dangerous metasta... |
leandroherrero.com/bezos-day-one-is-a-good-place-to-be-line-... | April 24th, 2017 Bezo’s Day One is a good place to be. Line stolen (again) with thanks Jeff Bezos. Amazon’s CEO, has been ... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-trust/ | April 22nd, 2017 End of Week Summary: Trust Happy weekend to all our readers! Here at The Chalfont Project and Daily Thoug... |
leandroherrero.com/the-enemy-is-most-likely-to-be-within/ | April 20th, 2017 The enemy is most likely to be within Looking outside is great. Looking inside is not a good idea. It lea... |
leandroherrero.com/12-things-your-organization-needs-the-wor... | April 19th, 2017 12 Things your organization needs. The world circa 2017 Deal with /learn to navigate in ambiguity and unp... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-storytelling/ | April 16th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Storytelling Happy Easter to all our Daily Thoughts readers! We hope you are having ... |
leandroherrero.com/change-management-theories-have-only-inte... | April 11th, 2017 Change management theories have only interpreted the organizational world. The point however is to actual... |
leandroherrero.com/the-power-of-absurdity-in-fighting-absurd... | April 10th, 2017 The power of absurdity in fighting absurdity. We should use more of it. A couple of years ago, a client o... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-behavioural-change-pa... | April 9th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Behavioural Change (part 2) Happy weekend! Welcome to part 2 of our look at behaviour... |
leandroherrero.com/plateau-is-the-enemy-hard-work-the-remedy... | April 7th, 2017 Plateau is the enemy. Hard work the remedy. Out of plateau the priority. The secret of success revealed: i... |
leandroherrero.com/social-daily-thoughts-two-recent-ones-to-... | April 6th, 2017 Social Daily Thoughts? Two recent ones to discuss with somebody. Still in pause mode, here is a reflectio... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-are-in-pause-mode-for-a-fe... | April 5th, 2017 Daily Thoughts are in pause mode for a few days. But we are close to the 1000 Daily Thoughts in the librar... |
leandroherrero.com/many-reorganizations-based-upon-structura... | April 3rd, 2017 Many reorganizations based upon ‘structural problems’ have a name and surname behind We often hear the nee... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-behavioural-change-pa... | April 2nd, 2017 End of Week Summary: Behavioural Change Happy weekend to all our Daily Thoughts readers! This week at we h... |
leandroherrero.com/the-inevitability-principle-is-inevitably... | March 31st, 2017 The Inevitability Principle is inevitably wrong. Leaders must avoid it. Years ago, political scientist F... |
leandroherrero.com/here-is-another-elephant-in-the-managemen... | March 30th, 2017 Employee satisfaction/engagement surveys: The Chicken Version. This is what they may look like with their... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-be-prescriptive-just-tell-me-what-to... | March 29th, 2017 Don’t be prescriptive, just tell me what to do Or the curious phenomenon of not wanting something that yo... |
leandroherrero.com/what-i-really-really-want/ | March 27th, 2017 What I really, really want? Somebody asked a group of senior IT people about to buy a whole new software ... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-performance/ | March 26th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Performance Hello Daily Thoughts Readers! We hope you are all having an enjoyable an... |
leandroherrero.com/the-red-traffic-light-logic/ | March 24th, 2017 The Red Traffic Light Logic I used to have a paranoiac patient who tried to explain to me all the time he... |
leandroherrero.com/change-the-world-maybe-one-world-at-a-tim... | March 23rd, 2017 Change the world, maybe one world at a time. But with a plan. My recent Daily Thought (I’m now of an age ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-negative-inventory-manager-is-a-toxic... | March 22nd, 2017 The Negative Inventory Manager is a toxic manager, an organizational health hazard. There is a type of ma... |
leandroherrero.com/im-now-of-an-age-when-i-only-want-to-work... | March 21st, 2017 I’m now of an age when I only want to work with people who want to change the world And still I get lots ... |
leandroherrero.com/our-best-days-are-yet-to-come-our-proudes... | March 20th, 2017 ‘Our best days are yet to come. Our proudest moments are yet to be. Our most glorious achievements are j... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-viral-change/ | March 19th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Viral Change Happy Sunday to all Daily Thoughts readers! This week, The Chalfont Pro... |
leandroherrero.com/the-51-week-problem/ | March 17th, 2017 The 51 week problem. I got this insight from one of our Viral Change™ clients in the health care sector.... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-no-cost-to-being-and-the-roi-is-... | March 16th, 2017 There is no cost to being, and the ROI is pretty good. The cost of authenticity, of being yourself, is z... |
leandroherrero.com/the-most-dangerous-character-in-the-organ... | March 14th, 2017 The most dangerous character in the organization’s plot: The Self Proclaimed Saviour. The Self Proclaimed... |
leandroherrero.com/an-enlightened-top-leadership-is-sometime... | March 13th, 2017 An enlightened top leadership is sometimes a fantastic alibi for a non-enlightened management to do what... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-3-of-our-favourites/ | March 12th, 2017 End of Week Summary: 3 of our Favourites! Hello from the Daily Thoughts team! Here at HQ, we can’t quite ... |
leandroherrero.com/from-mess-to-clarity-in-two-paths-the-rat... | March 10th, 2017 From mess to clarity in two paths: the rational and the effective. Type One: This is messy. Accountabilit... |
leandroherrero.com/behave-or-i-will-360-you/ | March 9th, 2017 Behave or I will 360 you Ever since glorious Michael O’Leary CEO of Ryanair was told to control himself an... |
leandroherrero.com/the-real-risk-is-not-to-be-risky-enough/ | March 8th, 2017 The real risk is not to be risky enough. Is this risky enough? The modern risk manager says. This question... |
leandroherrero.com/the-insurgent-wins/ | March 7th, 2017 The insurgent wins. The insurgent strategy may be called. It is applicable to politics and also to busines... |
leandroherrero.com/7-rules-to-negotiate-and-lead-and-control... | March 6th, 2017 7 Rules to negotiate and lead ( and control your destiny). Number 5 is the tricky one. Control the conver... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-innovation/ | March 5th, 2017 End of Week Summary: 3 Daily Thoughts on Innovation Happy weekend from Daily Thoughts HQ! This week we wan... |
leandroherrero.com/organizations-the-enemy-within-33-what-th... | March 3rd, 2017 Organizations: The Enemy Within (3/3). What the real enemies look like. My final topic of these 3 parts: ... |
leandroherrero.com/organizations-the-enemy-within-23-what-th... | March 1st, 2017 Organizations: The Enemy Within (2/3). What the real enemies look like. How to look for the enemy? It is t... |
leandroherrero.com/organizations-the-enemy-within-13-there-i... | February 27th, 2017 Organizations: The Enemy Within (1/3). There is no ‘war on talent’ When years ago McKinsey consultants... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-leadership/ | February 26th, 2017 End of week Summary: 3 on Leadership Happy weekend from Daily Thoughts support team at The Chalfont Pr... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-trust-armchair-critics-reformers-and... | February 25th, 2017 Don’t trust armchair critics, reformers, and broadcasters of leadership who don’t know what a dry clea... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-dont-know-where-you-are-going-any-... | February 24th, 2017 ‘If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there’. But if you are stuck deciding, ... |
leandroherrero.com/its-the-journey-not-the-milk-and-honey/ | February 23rd, 2017 It’s the journey, not the milk and honey. I am revisiting an old Daily Thought of 3 years ago as a re... |
leandroherrero.com/rewarding-collaboration-by-reinforcing-in... | February 22nd, 2017 Rewarding collaboration by reinforcing individual contributions is management’s decaffeinated espresso... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-brands-are-behavioural-they-hav... | February 21st, 2017 Corporate brands are behavioural. They have always been, but no much spoken about. Brand (identity), w... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-a-colossal-world-replay-of-the-a... | February 20th, 2017 There is a colossal world replay of the Asch’ conformity experiment, and you are part of it. It’s 1950... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-building-remarkable-o... | February 19th, 2017 Sunday’s little refresh: Building Remarkable Organizations Hi, this is the support team of the Daily T... |
leandroherrero.com/we-must-resist-the-tripadvisorization-of-... | February 17th, 2017 We must resist the tripadvisorization of human relationships in the organization. Random, semi-connect... |
leandroherrero.com/speak-like-an-organizational-expert-actua... | February 16th, 2017 Speak like an organizational expert. Actually to fool everybody is not that difficult A year and a hal... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-need-to-parachute-help-send-builde... | February 15th, 2017 If you need to parachute help, send builders, not problem solvers Parachuting help is daily life in le... |
leandroherrero.com/what-is-your-world-view-surely-this-must-... | February 14th, 2017 What is your world view? Surely, this must be the new greeting. (Alt-greeting?) I propose this as the ... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-initiatives-are-born-and-die-an... | February 13th, 2017 Corporate initiatives are born and die. And the reasons are seldom lack of goals. I can’t get rid of t... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-backstage-leadership/ | February 12th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Backstage Leadership Hello from Daily Thoughts HQ! This week we have gathered tog... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-always-room-for-uniqueness-even-... | February 11th, 2017 There is always room for uniqueness, even in the most standardized management process. What would it t... |
leandroherrero.com/the-organizational-structure-vs-what-is-r... | February 9th, 2017 The organizational structure vs what is really going on. Or the loneliness of an organization chart. Th... |
leandroherrero.com/solidarity-as-a-form-of-organizational-cu... | February 8th, 2017 Solidarity as a form of organizational culture is both a soft label and a secret weapon. At some people... |
leandroherrero.com/five-fast-track-to-hopelessness-in-the-or... | February 7th, 2017 Five fast track to hopelessness in the organization. Little cure afterwards. Prevention is the only ser... |
leandroherrero.com/clues-to-mobilize-people-inside-the-corpo... | February 3rd, 2017 Clues to mobilize people inside the corporate tent, come from outside that tent. People reading these D... |
leandroherrero.com/where-is-home-a-serious-managment-questio... | February 2nd, 2017 Where is home? A serious management question to employees I am (in) IT, I work for X (company) I work f... |
leandroherrero.com/from-protest-to-action-from-voice-to-acti... | February 1st, 2017 From protest to action, from voice to action. On TV and in the organization. Protests all over the worl... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-dont-lead-via-peer-to-peer-network... | January 31st, 2017 Peer to Peer networks are the strongest force of action First published in November, here is an insight... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-preach-diversity-practice-it-start-w... | January 30th, 2017 Don’t preach diversity, practice it. Start with mundane process rules. In the day when Tim Crook, Apple... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-activism/ | January 29th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Activism Happy weekend from Daily Thoughts HQ! This week’s summary focuses on Acti... |
leandroherrero.com/if-the-poem-management-version-circa-2017... | January 28th, 2017 ‘If’, the poem. (Management version circa. 2017) If instead of a company, you had and led a community. ... |
leandroherrero.com/thank-god-for-management-stereotypes-they... | January 27th, 2017 Thank God for management stereotypes. They solve many of our thinking problems (for lousy managers, tha... |
leandroherrero.com/thinking-abdicated/ | January 26th, 2017 Thinking abdicated There are many situations in organization and corporate life when either the collect... |
leandroherrero.com/martin-luther-kings-i-have-a-dream-was-no... | January 24th, 2017 Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ was not in the script. Most of what is very good comes from disc... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-preach-diversity-practice-it-start-w... | January 23rd, 2017 Don’t preach diversity, practice it. Start with mundane process rules. In the day when Tim Crook, Apple... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-grammar-could-learn-from-obamas... | January 23rd, 2017 Corporate grammar could learn from Obama’s spelling guidelines “This isn’t a period, it’s a comma, in t... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-peer-to-peer-influenc... | January 22nd, 2017 End of Week Summary: Peer-to-Peer Influence Hello and happy weekend from Daily Thoughts HQ! Welcome to ... |
leandroherrero.com/along-came-a-spider/ | January 20th, 2017 Along came a spider. (Friday 20.01.17 AD, 45th President of the USA, Inauguration Day) Conscious that t... |
leandroherrero.com/in-people-like-us-we-trust-others-must-tr... | January 19th, 2017 In ‘people like us’ we trust, others must try harder, and leaders should go to the optometrist. Edelma... |
leandroherrero.com/is-leadership-so-elusive-or-only-in-the-h... | January 17th, 2017 Is leadership so elusive? Or only in the hands of academics? A recent publication around the Mighty Dav... |
leandroherrero.com/archaeologists-usually-dont-build-houses-... | January 16th, 2017 Archaeologists usually don’t build houses. We have lots of archaeologists in the payroll Over years of ... |
leandroherrero.com/end-of-week-summary-social-movements/ | January 15th, 2017 End of Week Summary: Social Movements Hi! This is the Daily Thoughts Support Team speaking. We hope you... |
leandroherrero.com/the-daily-me-information-bubbles-and-keep... | January 14th, 2017 The Daily Me, information bubbles, and keeping sane. We naturally retreat to comfort zones. If we didn’... |
leandroherrero.com/bold-bold-leadership-moves-pay-off-they-c... | January 13th, 2017 Bold leadership pays off. It can also be killed by those who are highly paid to be professionally afrai... |
leandroherrero.com/obamas-farewell-speech-has-calls-to-actio... | January 12th, 2017 Obama’s farewell speech has calls to actions relevant to organizations. Most can be summarised: take ch... |
leandroherrero.com/quick-self-test-on-guts-to-call-out-non-c... | January 11th, 2017 Quick self-test on guts to call out non-compliance. I’d like you to do this quick exercise: Part 1. Rea... |
leandroherrero.com/thought-leadership-is-making-people-think... | January 10th, 2017 Thought leadership is making people think, or there is no much thought or leadership. Maybe journalisti... |
leandroherrero.com/the-only-change-worth-changing-for-the-go... | January 9th, 2017 The only change worth changing, is people’s lives. Why are we shy to say it? Business organizations have... |
leandroherrero.com/weekly-summary-critical-thinking/ | January 8th, 2017 Week end Summary: Truth, Rumours and Dragon’s Den. A critical thinking trio Welcome to 2017 and the firs... |
leandroherrero.com/trust-is-mostly-horizontal-our-organizati... | January 7th, 2017 Trust is (mostly) horizontal. Our organizations are (mostly) vertical. No wonder… ‘People like me’ is a ... |
leandroherrero.com/behaviours-are-the-syntax-of-the-organiza... | January 6th, 2017 Behaviours are the syntax of the organization. Values are the grammar. Your space in the world is the st... |
leandroherrero.com/when-i-hear-this-is-a-culture-of-consensu... | January 5th, 2017 When I hear ‘this is a culture of consensus’, my Trouble Detector starts blipping Organizations can have... |
leandroherrero.com/forward-to-the-past-if-this-is-what-your-... | January 4th, 2017 Forward to the Past: If this is what your brand-new strategy smells like, do the honourable thing. Kill ... |
leandroherrero.com/happy-new-year-good-to-see-you-again-just... | January 3rd, 2017 Happy New Year! Good to see you again. Just checking in. Back at 08:00 GMT, my alarm clock, with ideas ... |
leandroherrero.com/best-of-daily-thoughts-2016-countdown-the... | December 31st, 2016 Best Of Daily Thoughts 2016 Countdown: The Top 3 Thanks to all those who voted for their favourite Dai... |
leandroherrero.com/the-best-of-daily-thoughts-2016-countdown... | December 30th, 2016 The Best Of Daily Thoughts 2016 Countdown 10-4 Thanks to all those who voted for their favourite Daily... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-run-up-to-end-of-the-year-... | December 23rd, 2016 Daily Thoughts run up to end of the year (5/5) Forget robust and forget the tanks. It’s guerrilla and ... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-run-up-to-end-of-the-year-... | December 22nd, 2016 Daily Thoughts run up to end of the year (4/5) If you are not in crisis, reboot. Declare inflection po... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-run-up-to-end-of-the-year-... | December 21st, 2016 Daily Thoughts run up to end of the year (3/5) The real readiness trick is behavioural. The rest is co... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-run-up-to-end-of-the-year-... | December 20th, 2016 Daily Thoughts run up to end of the year (2/5) Readiness is the new capability (just don’t ask what fo... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-run-up-to-end-of-the-year-... | December 19th, 2016 Daily Thoughts run up to end of the year (1/5) You never let a crisis go to waste This is the famous q... |
leandroherrero.com/3-daily-thoughts-on-culture/ | December 17th, 2016 3 Daily Thoughts on: Culture In the second of our Daily Thoughts summaries this week, I focus on Organ... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-on-leadership/ | December 16th, 2016 3 Daily Thoughts on: Leadership Many of you have told us that a regular summary of Daily Thoughts’ pos... |
leandroherrero.com/the-leader-is-not-an-answerphone/ | December 14th, 2016 The leader is not an answerphone. Or a help-desk. In our Viral Change™ Programmes, members of the comm... |
leandroherrero.com/the-curious-case-of-management-bad-sync-t... | December 12th, 2016 The curious case of management bad sync: the video and the audio don’t match This is a pattern that I ... |
leandroherrero.com/no-revolutions-here-we-are-corporate-is-c... | December 10th, 2016 No revolutions here, we are corporate. Is corporate life shielded in the Era of the Unpredictable? Her... |
leandroherrero.com/management-may-be-getting-a-free-upgrade-... | December 9th, 2016 Management may be getting a free upgrade. To leadership. It’s time to review these categories. The curr... |
leandroherrero.com/the-truth-will-set-you-free-the-bible-say... | December 8th, 2016 ‘The truth will set you free’, the Bible says. Using a Baloney Detection Kit will keep you sane. It’s o... |
leandroherrero.com/this-time-is-personal-actually/ | December 7th, 2016 This time it’s personal, actually. A fairly constant finding in political science experimentation (and ... |
leandroherrero.com/my-soft-stufftest-results-3-plus-3-minus-... | December 6th, 2016 My soft stuff/test results: 3 Plus, 3 Minus, 3 Grr! I have found myself in full philosophical mode, tak... |
leandroherrero.com/bonkers-is-the-new-black-new-management-i... | December 5th, 2016 Bonkers is the new black. New management ideas for the NHS are that kind of black. According to The Tel... |
leandroherrero.com/preach-your-values-all-the-time-when-nece... | December 4th, 2016 Preach your values all the time, when necessary use words This is plagiarism, of course. I am stealing ... |
leandroherrero.com/five-spaces-that-the-organizational-leade... | December 2nd, 2016 Five spaces that the organizational leader needs to design and nurture What about the leader as a desig... |
leandroherrero.com/the-self-induced-complexity-kingdom-sick-... | December 1st, 2016 The Self-Induced Complexity Kingdom (SICK) in organizations looks sometimes like a conspiracy We all li... |
leandroherrero.com/he-quick-win-win-theory-and-tactics-often... | November 28th, 2016 The ‘quick win-win’ theory, and tactics, often lead to people being put off quickly One of the most co... |
leandroherrero.com/if-there-are-no-nurses-i-dont-want-to-be-... | November 27th, 2016 ‘If there are no nurses, I don’t want to be part of your revolution’ This is Rule number 13 of the jus... |
leandroherrero.com/what-about-a-little-epidemic-of-generosit... | November 26th, 2016 What about a little epidemic of generosity in our organizations? From all human qualities and types of... |
leandroherrero.com/a-tsunami-of-navel-gazing-force-11-is-imp... | November 25th, 2016 A tsunami of navel-gazing, force 11, is impacting business, society and politics. And individual ident... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-scaffolding-lets-try-this-ment... | November 24th, 2016 Leadership scaffolding. Let’s try this mental model Leadership can be taught, of course, but not in th... |
leandroherrero.com/three-daily-thoughts-for-a-quick-catch-up... | November 23rd, 2016 Three Daily Thoughts for a quick catch up and reflection Hi there! There is a pause in Daily Thoughts ... |
leandroherrero.com/no-more-change-please-we-need-change-abil... | November 22nd, 2016 No more change please, we need change-ability. ‘Lasting capacity’ must be a keyword for change managem... |
leandroherrero.com/sustainable-competitive-advantage-or-disa... | November 21st, 2016 Sustainable? Competitive advantage or disadvantage? There was a time, not long ago, when people got fe... |
leandroherrero.com/here-is-the-good-news-good-values-transla... | November 20th, 2016 Here is the good news: good values, translated into behaviours, are contagious. How do you make values... |
leandroherrero.com/your-mental-frame-as-defined-by-words-wil... | November 17th, 2016 Your mental frame, as defined by words, will dictate your actions. Even your values. Words are dictat... |
leandroherrero.com/wicked-problems-bad-news-prevent/ | November 15th, 2016 Wicked Problems? Bad news. Prevent. This is my compiled list of characteristics of a Wicked Problem. T... |
leandroherrero.com/agency-won-the-us-election-leaders-of-all... | November 14th, 2016 ‘Agency’ won the US election. Leaders of all sorts, politics and not, take note. “Agency’ is the word ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-birth-of-behavioural-politics-and-big... | November 13th, 2016 The birth of Behavioural Politics? (And Big Data has gone to the doctor for a check up). What is happe... |
leandroherrero.com/the-answer-to-trumpism-get-involved-call-... | November 11th, 2016 The answer to Trumpism: get involved, call out the in-human, the non-truth. Start inside the organizat... |
leandroherrero.com/ive-seen-another-black-swan-and-its-blond... | November 10th, 2016 I’ve seen another Black Swan and it’s Blonde. And he has grabbed America by the polls. And I’ve seen i... |
leandroherrero.com/give-them-an-a-then-ask-them-to-justify-i... | November 8th, 2016 Give them an A. Then ask them to justify it. Wonderful orchestra conductor, music educator and leadersh... |
leandroherrero.com/rumours-in-the-organization-spread-faster... | November 7th, 2016 Rumours in the organization spread faster than light. Find your shelter and scrutinize. Then, call them... |
leandroherrero.com/defeatism-and-cynicism-are-two-toxic-sist... | November 6th, 2016 Defeatism and cynicism are two toxic sisters that need to be challenged. Any second of silence is a ter... |
leandroherrero.com/running-organizations-like-a-permanent-dr... | November 5th, 2016 Running organizations like a permanent Dragons’Den is not my idea of good management. Yes, we are in th... |
leandroherrero.com/25-facets-of-a-project-leader-in-a-large-... | November 4th, 2016 25 facets of a Project Leader in a large organization (spoiled for identity choices) There you are. Thi... |
leandroherrero.com/what-do-i-do-with-a-resistant-manager-fin... | November 3rd, 2016 What do I do with a resistant manager? Find five non resistant colleagues, then… A CEO asked me recentl... |
leandroherrero.com/best-practices-is-dead-and-benchmarking-i... | November 2nd, 2016 Best Practices is dead, and Benchmarking is not feeling very well. I think that current life cycle of a... |
leandroherrero.com/news-headline-about-you-three-years-from-... | October 31st, 2016 News headline about you three years from now. Try this in a group. Agree. Then start seducing people. (... |
leandroherrero.com/how-do-we-lead-try-not-to-start-with-it-d... | October 30th, 2016 How do we lead? Try not to start with ‘it depends’, please. (Split personality used to be a disorder, b... |
leandroherrero.com/and-he-took-the-patient-to-see-his-cattle... | October 29th, 2016 And he took the patient to see his cattle, and the patient progressed very well. Amongst the fascinatin... |
leandroherrero.com/my-well-intentioned-food-fed-my-well-inte... | October 27th, 2016 My well intentioned food fed my well intentioned thoughts. How weird. In my job as an organization arch... |
leandroherrero.com/self-us-and-now-the-very-old-uncomfortabl... | October 25th, 2016 ‘Self, us and now’: the very old, uncomfortable trio for a modern look at leadership. Hillel the Elder,... |
leandroherrero.com/the-two-in-trays-time-will-solve-and-time... | October 24th, 2016 The two in-trays: ‘Time will solve’ and ‘Time has solved’. And some gods to take care of. It would be n... |
leandroherrero.com/exercise-50-people-vote-on-jumping-off-a-... | October 23rd, 2016 Exercise: 100 people vote on jumping off a cliff. 48 say no; 52 say yes. The majority wins and collecti... |
leandroherrero.com/and-suddenly-there-are-lots-of-black-swan... | October 21st, 2016 And suddenly there are lots of Black Swans around! What are we supposed to do? The Black Swan theory sa... |
leandroherrero.com/re-structuring-to-force-collaboration-is-... | October 20th, 2016 Re-structuring to force collaboration, is likely to create more anxiety than collaboration. Structural ... |
leandroherrero.com/irrelevance-survival-average-good-or-ahea... | October 19th, 2016 Irrelevance, survival, average, good, or ahead of the game? Buying tickets for the latter. I’ve been in... |
leandroherrero.com/the-single-self-test-one-question-i-care-... | October 18th, 2016 The single self-test, one question, I care about. I have a simple self-test to deal with the question o... |
leandroherrero.com/do-corporate-habits-shape-the-morals-of-o... | October 13th, 2016 Do corporate habits shape the morals of our families? Not a long time ago, we would have considered the... |
leandroherrero.com/the-corporate-mille-feuille-layers-of-ini... | October 12th, 2016 The corporate mille-feuille. Layers of initiatives don’t touch each other In a large company, what do a... |
leandroherrero.com/agree-conceptually-in-values-then-abandon... | October 11th, 2016 Agree conceptually on values, then abandon the labels as fast as you can and focus on their behavioural... |
leandroherrero.com/do-competence-based-management-and-leader... | October 10th, 2016 Do competence-based management and leadership systems create better managers or leaders? (Sorry for the... |
leandroherrero.com/much-that-looks-sexual-hides-deeper-truth... | October 9th, 2016 Much that looks sexual, hides deeper truths about human relationships. So we must travel behind the head... |
leandroherrero.com/the-year-of-the-peer-one-of-us-people-lik... | October 7th, 2016 The year of the peer (one of us, people like me, my horizontal tribe) If I were the one in charge of dec... |
leandroherrero.com/the-ordinary-irrationals/ | October 6th, 2016 The Ordinary Irrationals These are us, you and me. Ok, apologies for calling you ordinary . But it’s not... |
leandroherrero.com/what-kind-of-association-what-you-think-y... | October 5th, 2016 What kind of association? What you think you are, where others see you, and where you may end up This is... |
leandroherrero.com/thinking-leadership-in-terms-of-legacy-th... | October 4th, 2016 Thinking leadership in terms of legacy. There will be one Big L, small l, legacy is the long term outcom... |
leandroherrero.com/why-getting-rid-of-inefficient-processes-... | October 3rd, 2016 Why getting rid of inefficient processes in the organization is so hard. Anthropology explains it. I hav... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-physics-the-first-law/ | October 1st, 2016 Organizational Physics. The First Law. I am back with a favourite theme: hierarchies and power The first... |
leandroherrero.com/business-discovers-the-social-movement-la... | September 30th, 2016 Business discovers the ‘social movement’ language. I hope we don’t corporatize it. A social movement ... |
leandroherrero.com/when-your-organization-not-only-has-leade... | September 29th, 2016 When your organization not only has good leadership but is a Leadership Lab, a live School for Leader... |
leandroherrero.com/speak-from-a-position-of-strength-not-of-... | September 28th, 2016 Speak from a position of strength, not of arrogance. But do you really know what that position is? Kn... |
leandroherrero.com/prolonged-agony-in-reorganizations-is-sim... | September 25th, 2016 Prolonged agony in reorganizations, is simply bad management Reorganisations often follow these pha... |
leandroherrero.com/diversity-and-inclusion-needs-more-divers... | September 24th, 2016 ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ needs more diverse thinking. If people could take out their PC hat, deeper ... |
leandroherrero.com/in-the-organization-human-capital-interve... | September 23rd, 2016 In the organization, human capital interventions need to be split into those which scale and those wh... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-language-shapes-the-tribe-good-... | September 22nd, 2016 Corporate language shapes the tribe. Good or bad, you are stuck with it. The language of behaviours i... |
leandroherrero.com/the-descartes-legacy-the-tyranny-of-bipol... | September 19th, 2016 The Descartes legacy. The tyranny of bipolar thinking is always upon us. One of us or one of them. Li... |
leandroherrero.com/the-non-stratgey-strategy-is-now-a-mainst... | September 18th, 2016 The ‘Non Strategy’ strategy is now a mainstream concept worth studying. And we have a benchmark. Imag... |
leandroherrero.com/the-whats-the-strategy-question-after-six... | September 16th, 2016 The ‘what’s the strategy’ question after six months of having one. A strategy review and implementati... |
leandroherrero.com/happiness-in-the-organization-is-an-outco... | September 15th, 2016 Happiness in the organization is an outcome not an input. Prescribing happiness is a behavioural nons... |
leandroherrero.com/the-cult-of-issues-the-culture-in-which-a... | September 14th, 2016 The cult of issues. The culture in which airtime is dominated by problems and where navel-gazing is k... |
leandroherrero.com/weird-western-educated-industrialised-ric... | September 13th, 2016 WEIRD Western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic. It’s our management education crafted i... |
leandroherrero.com/leave-it-with-me-is-a-magic-behaviour-spo... | September 12th, 2016 ‘Leave it with me’ is a magic behaviour. Spontaneous ‘jumping in’ and help, if widespread, is like wi... |
leandroherrero.com/the-courage-to-listen-because-it-might-ta... | September 10th, 2016 The courage to listen: because it might take us to conclusions different form the ones we have alread... |
leandroherrero.com/orphan-grenades-the-worse-form-of-friendl... | September 9th, 2016 Orphan grenades: the worse form of friendly fire in the organization. Some examples. We have a problem... |
leandroherrero.com/the-zeus-of-management-is-a-god-called-th... | September 8th, 2016 The Zeus of Management is a god called They. If we needed a handy god in organizational life, somebody... |
leandroherrero.com/post-truth-era-organizational-life-please... | September 7th, 2016 Post-Truth Era: organizational life, please close the windows; stay indoors. Several articles in the B... |
leandroherrero.com/your-opinion-your-input-or-your-expertise... | September 6th, 2016 Your opinion, your input or your expertise, please. Or just talking. 4 different things we often mix u... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-disengagement-2-of-2-a-cheap-exp... | September 5th, 2016 Employee Disengagement (2 of 2). A cheap experiment to test your test. Following on yesterday’s Daily ... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-disengagement-is-far-more-intere... | September 4th, 2016 Employee Disengagement is far more interesting than Employee Engagement. And they are not a mirror. Th... |
leandroherrero.com/4-types-of-company-cultures-in-their-jour... | September 3rd, 2016 4 types of company cultures in their journeys under internal or external pressures. Stealing from Netw... |
leandroherrero.com/perfection-of-planning-is-a-symptom-of-de... | September 2nd, 2016 ‘Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay’. Winning by making less errors, and other digressions. ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-garbage-problem-in-organizations/ | September 1st, 2016 The garbage collection problem (in organizations) Analogy stolen from the brilliant The Systems Bible ... |
leandroherrero.com/beyond-the-change-method-the-long-term-mo... | August 30th, 2016 Beyond the ‘change method’: the long term Mobilizing Platform I wrote a couple of days ago that the trad... |
leandroherrero.com/the-secret-of-success-revealed-the-pc-ans... | August 29th, 2016 The secret of success revealed. The PC answer is passion. The prosaic truth is hard work. I’ve written m... |
leandroherrero.com/the-end-of-the-one-off-change-management-... | August 27th, 2016 The end of the One Off Change Management Method. The traditional model of change is the one I call ‘dest... |
leandroherrero.com/i-am-going-to-vote-vs-will-you-please-vot... | August 26th, 2016 I am going to vote vs. will you please vote. The organizational lessons from political campaigning ( and... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-in-organizations-is-about-mobi... | August 25th, 2016 Leadership in organizations is about mobilizing people. The leader is a ‘Social Arsonist’ “A good organi... |
leandroherrero.com/no-hiding-leadership-we-are-the-ones-weve... | August 23rd, 2016 No hiding leadership: ‘We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek’ I often u... |
leandroherrero.com/some-company-cultures-are-works-of-fictio... | August 22nd, 2016 Some company cultures are works of fiction. Some leadership teams harrypotter a narrative that nobody el... |
leandroherrero.com/donald-trump-does-not-worry-me-his-suppor... | August 21st, 2016 Donald Trump does not worry me. His supporters’ true colours do. I am not worried about Donald Trump. Af... |
leandroherrero.com/for-any-organizational-solution-we-bring-... | August 20th, 2016 For any organizational solution, we bring along extra problems. The system always kicks back. Attention ... |
leandroherrero.com/be-computationally-kind-to-others-give-th... | August 19th, 2016 Be computationally kind to others. Give them less choices. Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths are the aut... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-the-way-of-the-cat-and-the-way... | August 18th, 2016 Leadership: The way of the Cat and the way of the Monkey There are two ways carry a baby – in ancient Hi... |
leandroherrero.com/values-dont-pre-exist-their-behaviours-do... | August 17th, 2016 Values don’t pre-exist, their behaviours do, then values are born. E.g: there is no such a thing as kind... |
leandroherrero.com/listen-troops-ive-got-good-news-the-compa... | August 16th, 2016 Listen, people. I’ve got good news! The company is now fully prepared for the past This is my rephrasing... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-and-the-art-of-managing-disapp... | August 15th, 2016 Leadership and the art of managing disappointments A less spoken feature of great leadership is the art ... |
leandroherrero.com/gone-fishing-well-not-quite-in-the-meanti... | August 3rd, 2016 Gone fishing. Well, not quite. In the meantime… Daily Thoughts will be back soon after a break. In the me... |
leandroherrero.com/a-few-daily-thoughts-you-may-want-to-catc... | July 29th, 2016 A few Daily Thoughts you may want to catch up with Daily Thoughts have a short summer break. In the mean... |
leandroherrero.com/blair-leading-and-the-discussion-i-did-no... | July 28th, 2016 Blair, leading, and the discussion I did not intend to have Daily Thoughts have a short summer break. In... |
leandroherrero.com/have-your-big-white-board-of-distractions... | July 26th, 2016 Have your Big White Board of Distractions in front. Keep your list very fresh. Then, execute the strategy.... |
leandroherrero.com/dr-kate-grange-r-i-p-hello-my-name-is-lea... | July 25th, 2016 Dr Kate Grange, R.I.P. Hello, my name is Leandro Herrero Dr Kate Grange has died. Terminally ill from canc... |
leandroherrero.com/two-types-of-exiled-executives-nostalgic-... | July 24th, 2016 Two types of Exiled Executives: Nostalgic and Nomadic The nostalgic executive, refers constantly to the pa... |
leandroherrero.com/zoology-language-in-management-the-organi... | July 23rd, 2016 Zoology language in management. The organization as a zoo? Have you ever thought of this? We speak Zoology... |
leandroherrero.com/here-we-go-again-another-month-another-em... | July 22nd, 2016 Here we go again. Another month another Employee Engagement revelation and another Confirmation Bias ‘The ... |
leandroherrero.com/cultural-fit-non-negotiable-compatible-dr... | July 21st, 2016 Cultural fit = non negotiable + compatible dreams Is cultural fit a question of hiring (or converting peop... |
leandroherrero.com/inquiring-inquisitive-and-restless-minds-... | July 19th, 2016 Inquiring, inquisitive and restless minds: positions permanently open in your organization. If you were to... |
leandroherrero.com/uncertainty-vulnerability-and-control-are... | July 18th, 2016 Uncertainty, vulnerability and control are the three sisters dominating our lives. There are hundreds of p... |
leandroherrero.com/the-most-powerful-leadership-instructions... | July 17th, 2016 The most powerful leadership instructions are the ones that are unsaid And that can be good or bad. Usuall... |
leandroherrero.com/in-management-of-change-as-in-leadership-... | July 16th, 2016 In management of change, as in leadership of organizations, ‘every day is Election Day’ ‘Everyday is Elect... |
leandroherrero.com/human-behaviour-laws-are-unfair-positive-... | July 15th, 2016 Human behaviour laws are unfair. Positive or negative consequences are disproportionate to the causes. Get... |
leandroherrero.com/the-operating-system-of-the-company-shape... | July 14th, 2016 The ‘operating system’ of the company shapes people’s behaviours and this may take over ‘culture’ We influ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-yellow-life-jacket-communication-prob... | July 13th, 2016 The Yellow Life jacket Communication Problem in organizations. May I have your attention, please. If any b... |
leandroherrero.com/shifting-the-narrative-one-of-the-finest-... | July 12th, 2016 Shifting the narrative: one of the finest roles of leadership One of the fundamental roles of leadership i... |
leandroherrero.com/my-updated-20-rules-of-leadership/ | July 11th, 2016 My updated 20 Rules of Leadership I review my 20 rules of Leadership every few months. I have published th... |
leandroherrero.com/what-they-dont-teach-you-in-business-scho... | July 10th, 2016 What they don’t teach you in Business Schools about financial management: managing resources you don’t own... |
leandroherrero.com/the-19th-century-great-man-theory-of-hist... | July 9th, 2016 The 19th Century Great Man Theory of history is still well alive in our understanding of leadership in orga... |
leandroherrero.com/compelling-narrative-and-truth-are-of-cou... | July 8th, 2016 Compelling narrative and truth are, of course, two different things. Leadership must make them inseparable ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-blairs-fundamental-error-of-leadershi... | July 7th, 2016 The ‘Blair’s Fundamental Error’ of leadership (it’s not political) In the day in which the Cilcot Inquiry o... |
leandroherrero.com/every-corpse-on-everest-was-once-an-extre... | July 6th, 2016 ‘Every Corpse on Everest was once an extremely motivated person’ I don’t know where this comes from but it’... |
leandroherrero.com/find-your-own-performance-recipe-today-th... | July 5th, 2016 Find your own performance recipe. Today, the life cycle of a Best Practice is a week Organizational perform... |
leandroherrero.com/we-are-all-hr-so-wed-better-upgrade-ourse... | July 4th, 2016 We are all HR. So, we’d better upgrade ourselves. A lot of HR is deja vu HR is a function. Well, hardly one... |
leandroherrero.com/no-single-discipline-has-the-answer-anymo... | July 3rd, 2016 No single discipline has the answer anymore. There is no escape. Read and re-skill like mad. Whether you ar... |
leandroherrero.com/creating-a-gender-and-race-diversity-and-... | July 2nd, 2016 Creating a Gender and Race, Diversity and Inclusion programme? A culture of Diversity-Full-Stop will be you... |
leandroherrero.com/how-to-create-collaboration-parachute-peo... | June 30th, 2016 How to create collaboration? Parachute people who collaborate a lot. Collaboration is behavioural, not a p... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-ask-people-for-input-they-will-exp... | June 29th, 2016 If you ask people for input they will expect you do something with it, not to disappear in limbo That is t... |
leandroherrero.com/where-are-all-these-people-coming-from-fo... | June 28th, 2016 Where are all these people coming from for the meeting? Their previous, unrelated meetings have the key fo... |
leandroherrero.com/imperfect-data-imperfect-instructions-low... | June 27th, 2016 Imperfect data, imperfect instructions, low predictability, high trust: just a model for business (from bo... |
leandroherrero.com/the-room-was-filled-with-smoke-no-windows... | June 27th, 2016 The room was filled with smoke, no windows, I had to leave. The day I deleted my LinkedIn post for the fir... |
leandroherrero.com/certainty-or-reduced-uncertainty-we-all-c... | June 24th, 2016 Certainty! Or reduced uncertainty! We all can practise it. No rocket science, just zero cost behavioural s... |
leandroherrero.com/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-killers-... | June 23rd, 2016 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Killers (in the organization) 1. Postpone. Some great killers postpone ev... |
leandroherrero.com/what-is-the-point-probably-the-best-answe... | June 22nd, 2016 What is the point? Probably the best answer is when ‘there isn’t any’. For sixteen days in June, people co... |
leandroherrero.com/in-organizations-self-inflicted-pain-and-... | June 21st, 2016 In organizations, self-inflicted pain and negative thinking are not personal. The infection works like pas... |
leandroherrero.com/id-love-to-run-this-experiment-in-a-hospi... | June 20th, 2016 I’d love to run this experiment in a hospital. Reported in many places: The noise levels of some Intensive... |
leandroherrero.com/built-to-what-2/ | June 15th, 2016 Built to what? It always amazes me how much of the real purpose of the organization is often unsaid, assum... |
leandroherrero.com/heroic-corporate-stories-build-motivation... | June 14th, 2016 Heroic corporate stories build motivation for a future. Routine stories of achievement show that the futur... |
leandroherrero.com/sustainable-but-not-too-much-is-the-best-... | June 13th, 2016 ‘Sustainable but not too much’ is the best state of the healthy organization Sustainability of change, of ... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-change-is-corporate-rafting-and... | June 12th, 2016 Corporate Change is Corporate Rafting. And Heraclitus knew a thing or two about rivers (tip: change is not... |
leandroherrero.com/people-who-perform-and-live-in-formal-org... | June 11th, 2016 People who perform and live in Formal Org Land, and people who have make/break power: two different lists ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-new-classics-of-management-2-of-2/ | June 10th, 2016 The New Classics of Management (2 of 2) Following on yesterday’s proposition, the new disciplines of manag... |
leandroherrero.com/the-new-classics-of-management-1-of-2/ | June 9th, 2016 The New Classics of Management. (1 of 2) Amongst the challenges that management in the 21st Century has, wh... |
leandroherrero.com/from-vuca-with-love-your-hr-toolkits-have... | June 8th, 2016 From VUCA with love: your HR toolkits have expired; those versions are not supported anymore (try eBay) VUC... |
leandroherrero.com/the-stopping-rule-in-organizations-where-... | June 7th, 2016 The Stopping Rule in organizations, where the meaning of life may be 37 In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Ga... |
leandroherrero.com/its-cool-to-think-its-not-cool-to-do-crap... | June 6th, 2016 It’s cool to think. It’s not cool to do crap things. (2) Can we think better in ‘Employee Engagement’? An u... |
leandroherrero.com/there-are-always-trade-offs-if-you-or-you... | June 5th, 2016 There are always trade offs. If you or your people have a plan, a great plan, without trade off in it, it’s... |
leandroherrero.com/one-problem-one-visit-my-primary-care-phy... | June 3rd, 2016 ‘One problem, one visit’. My primary care physician’s screen in the waiting room says. I am revolted. My Ge... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-no-readiness-go-go-go-people-wil... | June 2nd, 2016 There is no ‘readiness’. Go, go, go; people will get ready. There was a time, I am told, when before starti... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-let-tuesdays-be-shaped-by-mondays/ | June 1st, 2016 Dont let Tuesdays be shaped by Mondays Many people have asked me repeatedly which ones of my Daily Thoughts... |
leandroherrero.com/the-benign-dictatorship-of-the-feed-back-... | May 31st, 2016 The Benign Dictatorship of the Feed Back Form You’ve just been to a concert in the Great Hall of your city.... |
leandroherrero.com/the-pilgrimage-to-the-top-of-the-leadersh... | May 30th, 2016 The pilgrimage to the top of the Leadership Mountain to ask for permission, blessings and a bit of gratific... |
leandroherrero.com/an-extra-dose-of-certainty-is-not-always-... | May 28th, 2016 To decrease uncertainty is not always difficult. These examples show the big difference. Read the following... |
leandroherrero.com/competing-on-mistakes/ | May 27th, 2016 Competing on mistakes. I have referred several times to Charles Munger, investor, critical thinker, ‘librar... |
leandroherrero.com/its-cool-to-think-its-not-cool-to-do-crap... | May 26th, 2016 It’s cool to think. It’s not cool to do crap things. I am borrowing this line from Obama’s speech at Rutger... |
leandroherrero.com/within-us-between-us-and-around-us-the-on... | May 25th, 2016 Within us, between us and around us. The only 3 chapters of Psychology and the only 3 modules of leadership... |
leandroherrero.com/thanks-for-your-email-a-proper-robot-woul... | May 24th, 2016 Thanks for your email. A proper robot would have done better. Dear Mr Herrero. I have been trying to contac... |
leandroherrero.com/why-people-with-leadership-traits-dont-be... | May 23rd, 2016 Why people ‘with leadership traits’ don’t become leaders. Waiting for the other half of the article. Jack W... |
leandroherrero.com/most-good-clues-about-the-culture-of-the-... | May 22nd, 2016 Most good clues about the culture of the organization can be found in the invisible, the unsaid. This is wh... |
leandroherrero.com/always-attacking-the-roots-of-problems-is... | May 21st, 2016 Always attacking ‘the roots of problems’ is not necessarily the best route. That traditional logic is unfor... |
leandroherrero.com/bring-the-aliens/ | May 19th, 2016 Bring the aliens. The others are too familiar with the solution ‘Familiarity breeds contempt’, the proverb ... |
leandroherrero.com/small-steps-small-wins-against-an-acceler... | May 18th, 2016 Small steps, small wins against an accelerated reality. Sensible strategy or a suicidal note? ‘I am convinc... |
leandroherrero.com/if-we-wear-earplugs-the-annoying-noise-of... | May 17th, 2016 If we wear earplugs, the annoying noise of the organization would disappear and, life would much better. A ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-secret-weapon-of-digital-transformati... | May 16th, 2016 The secret weapon of digital transformation revealed: human judgement. In doubt, ask Facebook An unexpected... |
leandroherrero.com/every-word-that-she-says-is-a-lie-includi... | May 15th, 2016 ‘Every word that she says is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’. The Post-Truth Era is upon us. I’ve learned ... |
leandroherrero.com/why-i-will-be-back-to-the-hotel-with-a-ba... | May 14th, 2016 Why I will be back to the hotel with a bad experience and a long email, but not to another in which I got a... |
leandroherrero.com/what-the-brain-teaches-us-about-consumer-... | May 13th, 2016 What the brain teaches us about consumer behaviour. Fascinating. Neuroscientists at the Advance Brain Resea... |
leandroherrero.com/inefficiencies-frustrations-and-unhappine... | May 12th, 2016 Inefficiencies, frustrations and unhappiness? In the right path to growth, congratulations. A good article ... |
leandroherrero.com/management-upside-down-global-is-local-le... | May 11th, 2016 Management upside down: global is local, leadership goes grassroots, top is at the bottom, and traditional ... |
leandroherrero.com/can-we-agree-on-these-rules-since-life-is... | May 10th, 2016 Can we agree on these rules? Since life is short, I thought I would suggest some etiquette for our collabor... |
leandroherrero.com/you-can-only-change-the-culture-if-you-ha... | May 9th, 2016 You can only change ‘the culture’ if you have ‘one’. Otherwise, the problem and the answer are both plural. ... |
leandroherrero.com/what-do-you-do-with-that-guy-who-does-not... | May 8th, 2016 What do you do with that guy who does not want change and/or is very negative? Option 1: You try to convince... |
leandroherrero.com/digital-transformation-the-new-clothes-fo... | May 6th, 2016 Digital Transformation: the new clothes for the enterprise, and something fundamental is missing An in depth... |
leandroherrero.com/most-of-im-just-doing-my-job-people-are-n... | May 5th, 2016 Most ‘I’m just doing my job’ people, are not doing their jobs Every morning in my neighbourhood there is a s... |
leandroherrero.com/culture-is-in-the-a-list-the-one-where-wo... | May 4th, 2016 Culture is in the A list, the one where ‘work’ sits. Not in the B list (‘when I have time, after A’) Culture... |
leandroherrero.com/the-logic-of-speed-yoga-and-organizationa... | May 3rd, 2016 The logic of speed yoga, and organizational clocks Have you heard of speed yoga? Me neither. Although Mr Goo... |
leandroherrero.com/the-focus-on-the-annual-employee-engageme... | May 2nd, 2016 The focus on the annual Employee Engagement/Satisfaction Survey as the climax of organizational understandin... |
leandroherrero.com/i-want-builders-not-problem-solvers-not-f... | May 1st, 2016 I want builders, not problem solvers, not flow-chart artists. I also don’t want bystanders, people who give ... |
leandroherrero.com/produce-as-many-bad-ideas-as-you-can-the-... | April 30th, 2016 Produce as many bad ideas as you can. The statistics will be in your favour and a very good idea will com... |
leandroherrero.com/the-new-employees-who-never-left-their-pr... | April 29th, 2016 The new employees who never left their previous one Have you noticed how many employees seem to be in ‘on... |
leandroherrero.com/rule-3-systematic-use-of-sweeping-general... | April 28th, 2016 Rule #3: Systematic use of sweeping generalizations is reason for dismissal OK, a bit harsh, but this is ... |
leandroherrero.com/hbr-says-culture-is-not-the-culprit-and-b... | April 27th, 2016 HBR says culture is not the culprit, and, by the way, you can’t fix it. Yes we can. Harvard Business Revi... |
leandroherrero.com/human-and-leadership-can-get-on-and-grow-... | April 26th, 2016 ‘Human’ and ‘leadership’ can go together by inviting our demons for dinner. If leadership is a praxis (se... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-is-an-amoral-praxis-how-about-... | April 25th, 2016 Leadership is an amoral praxis. How about this to start a conversation? Any label that could be equally a... |
leandroherrero.com/managerially-educated-template-rich-model... | April 24th, 2016 Managerially educated, template rich, model expert. And now what? Ah! That hernia! I have come to the con... |
leandroherrero.com/the-zeus-strategy-de-aggregating-the-prob... | April 23rd, 2016 The Zeus strategy: de-aggregating the problem Plato told us in his Symposium that humans were originally ... |
leandroherrero.com/fixed-ideas-from-a-guest-blogger-who-know... | April 21st, 2016 Fixed ideas. From a guest blogger who knows. ‘In the long run my observations have convinced me that some... |
leandroherrero.com/a-new-word-for-corporate-life-de-corporat... | April 20th, 2016 A new word for corporate life: de-corporatization. In my world, ‘corporate’ is synonymous of big structur... |
leandroherrero.com/unchallenged-little-nastiness-is-killing-... | April 19th, 2016 Unchallenged little nastiness is killing entire cultures. Those people in the corridor and the cafeteria ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-infuriating-pope-francis-style-of-lea... | April 18th, 2016 The infuriating Pope Francis style of leadership: he actually does things. What’s wrong with this guy? Po... |
leandroherrero.com/how-we-cope-with-new-environments-the-old... | April 17th, 2016 How we cope with new environments. The ‘old’ and the ‘young’ extremes of our humanity Old people who move... |
leandroherrero.com/behaviours-competing-for-airtime-what-win... | April 16th, 2016 Behaviours are always competing for airtime. What wins may not be what you expect. There are very few rul... |
leandroherrero.com/in-empowerment-terms-be-careful-what-you-... | April 15th, 2016 In empowerment terms, be careful what you are asking for, you might get it. The project team has been com... |
leandroherrero.com/the-problem-with-too-many-decisions-pushe... | April 14th, 2016 The problem with too many decisions pushed up to the top of the organization usually lies with those at t... |
leandroherrero.com/we-are-all-traders-of-comfort-no-matter-t... | April 13th, 2016 We are all traders of comfort, no matter the degree of uncertainty in our worlds A specialist nephrologis... |
leandroherrero.com/8-ways-to-sabotage-the-organization/ | April 12th, 2016 8 ways to sabotage the organization. Lessons from the Pre-CIA ‘Simple Sabotage Field Manual’ (declassifie... |
leandroherrero.com/looking-for-statesmanship-in-the-state-an... | April 11th, 2016 Looking for ‘Statesmanship’, in the State and in the Organization For me, the quality of statesmanship in... |
leandroherrero.com/oh-mental-frames-how-easy-to-create-miser... | April 10th, 2016 Oh, mental frames! How easy to create misery! ‘Let’s be real and aware of the current budget realities’ i... |
leandroherrero.com/certainty-is-addictive-leaders-handle-wit... | April 8th, 2016 Certainty is addictive. Leaders, handle with care. I’ve come across by chance a short video interview with... |
leandroherrero.com/customer-centric-how-about-starting-with-... | April 7th, 2016 Customer centric? How about starting with manners. Revolution, really. Manners is an old fashion concept. ... |
leandroherrero.com/this-blog-is-not-interesting-its-about-la... | April 6th, 2016 This blog is not interesting. It’s about language. OK, the real title of this post is ‘Landscapes of ideas... |
leandroherrero.com/bye-bye-annual-performace-management/ | April 5th, 2016 Bye-bye, annual Performace Management. It was just a little over a year that I wrote that annual Performan... |
leandroherrero.com/protest-platforms-are-hardly-learning-one... | April 4th, 2016 Protest platforms are hardly learning ones. Engagement surveys and events feed back are often anything but... |
leandroherrero.com/exotics-in-the-payroll-anthropology-excur... | April 3rd, 2016 Exotics in the payroll. Anthropology excursions into corporate life. ‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for... |
leandroherrero.com/why-and-how-some-initiatives-scale-and-ot... | April 2nd, 2016 Why and how some initiatives scale and others get lost in oblivion ‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for a... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-is-still-number-one-no-matter-... | April 1st, 2016 Leadership is still number one, no matter what thousand rankings say. ‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode fo... |
leandroherrero.com/management-as-campaigning-so-much-to-lear... | March 31st, 2016 Management as campaigning. So much to learn from ‘outside our box’ ‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for ... |
leandroherrero.com/innovation-still-the-holy-grail-of-manage... | March 30th, 2016 Innovation: still the Holy Grail of management. ‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for a few days.. You ma... |
leandroherrero.com/speaking-up-an-old-friend-always-to-be-in... | March 29th, 2016 Speaking up: an old friend always to be invited. ‘Daily Thoughts’ is in pause mode for a few days. Here i... |
leandroherrero.com/we-as-a-team-may-actually-not-need-a-team... | March 28th, 2016 ‘We, as a team’, may actually not need a team. As some of us punctuate this time of the year (Happy Easte... |
leandroherrero.com/the-conference-tribes-talking-to-themselv... | March 27th, 2016 ‘The conference”: Tribes talking to themselves Who goes to HR conferences? HR people. Who goes to Communi... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-go-to-abilene-nobody-wants-to/ | March 26th, 2016 Don’t go to Abilene. Nobody wants to. Jerry B Harvey’s 1974 article “The Abilene Paradox: The Management ... |
leandroherrero.com/organizations-dont-learn-people-do-someti... | March 25th, 2016 Organizations don’t learn. People do. Sometimes too much. So where does company memory come in? The moder... |
leandroherrero.com/the-collective-as-a-bad-sum-when-collabor... | March 24th, 2016 The collective as a bad sum. When collaboration becomes co-recreation and the sum is smaller than the par... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-thrillers-little-apocalyps... | March 23rd, 2016 Organizational thrillers, little apocalypses and skies not quite falling: another random day at the offic... |
leandroherrero.com/we-are-all-generation-s-screenagers-clumb... | March 22nd, 2016 We are all Generation S (screenagers) climbing up the singularity curve. There is an anecdote in a recent... |
leandroherrero.com/no-more-teams-please-we-need-to-team-up/ | March 21st, 2016 No more teams, please, we need to team-up. The prestigious publication ‘The Economist’ has published an a... |
leandroherrero.com/the-leader-as-a-blank-screen-on-which-oth... | March 20th, 2016 The leader as a blank screen, on which others project. In his 2003 book ‘The Audacity of Hope’, Barack Ob... |
leandroherrero.com/recruited-by-an-algorithm-unheard-in-a-cr... | March 19th, 2016 Recruited by an algorithm, unheard in a crowed market, competing for attention: know the rules and your s... |
leandroherrero.com/mindfulnes-the-new-solution-oh-sorry-i-fo... | March 18th, 2016 Mindfulness, the new solution. Oh, sorry, I forgot, what’s the problem? Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, ... |
leandroherrero.com/trends-predictions-and-hunches-in-the-art... | March 17th, 2016 Trends, predictions and hunches, in the art of avoiding more mistakes than others. We often tend to mista... |
leandroherrero.com/an-amazing-new-tool-for-the-new-business-... | March 16th, 2016 An amazing new tool for the new business environment revealed. Experiment. Not kidding. Once upon a time ... |
leandroherrero.com/and-the-frog-said-next-time-buy-yourslef-... | March 15th, 2016 And the frog said, next time buy yourself a thermometer The old tale of ‘Boiling Frogs’ says that there a... |
leandroherrero.com/the-truth-will-set-you-free-and-speaking-... | March 14th, 2016 ‘The truth will set you’ free, and speaking up will always win The Biblical ‘the truth will set you free’... |
leandroherrero.com/at-some-threshold-improvements-become-dan... | March 12th, 2016 At some threshold, ‘improvements’ become dangerous ‘Continuous improvement’ is part of the management fur... |
leandroherrero.com/top-leadership-needs-to-role-model-lead-b... | March 11th, 2016 Top leadership needs to role model, lead by example and live the values. Now that we have said it, can we... |
leandroherrero.com/the-hellomynameis-campaign-deserves-all-a... | March 10th, 2016 The #hellomynameis campaign deserves all attention and support I have had today the privilege of meeting ... |
leandroherrero.com/management-is-political-campaigning-insid... | March 9th, 2016 ‘Management’ is political campaigning inside. Leadership is winning campaigns Warning: This statement will... |
leandroherrero.com/a-3-point-leadership-strategy-for-your-tr... | March 8th, 2016 A 3 point leadership strategy for your transformation, small t, big T. In caricature, this is a 3 point st... |
leandroherrero.com/customer-centrism-sees-a-revival-will-we-... | March 7th, 2016 Customer-centrism sees a revival. Will we now miss netroots-centrism? Excuse my language. Ah, the customer... |
leandroherrero.com/the-first-edition-of-viral-change-is-10-y... | March 6th, 2016 The first edition of Viral Change is 10 year old this year? We have only started.We are going to celebrate... |
leandroherrero.com/what-is-the-model-of-the-world-in-this-or... | March 5th, 2016 What is the ‘model of the world’ in this organization? Paraphrasing ( better, stealing from) American anth... |
leandroherrero.com/my-unlikely-reflection-on-my-unplanned-st... | March 4th, 2016 My unlikely reflection on my unplanned stop at a Michelin star restaurant When travelling today, I found m... |
leandroherrero.com/thesaurus-based-value-and-behaviours-syst... | March 3rd, 2016 Thesaurus – based value and behaviours systems are meaningless, exhausted and cheap. Let’s start somewhere... |
leandroherrero.com/what-am-i-building-the-21st-century-leade... | March 2nd, 2016 What am I building? The 21st Century leader says. Where am I going? Some leaders used to say. There is a t... |
leandroherrero.com/scale-or-not-scale-this-is-the-shakespear... | March 1st, 2016 Scale or not scale? This is the Shakespearean culture question. Behavioural /cultural shaping in organizat... |
leandroherrero.com/safe-to-talk-need-to-talk-must-talk-team-... | February 29th, 2016 Safe to talk, need to talk, must talk. Team meetings and airtime. Leading a meeting for the purpose of... |
leandroherrero.com/when-everything-pushes-forward-disruptive... | February 28th, 2016 When everything pushes forward, disruptive innovation may also entail going backwards A short piece in... |
leandroherrero.com/all-that-must-be-spontaneous-must-be-engi... | February 27th, 2016 All that must be spontaneous, must be engineered. OK, at least you a reading. Thanks. The organization... |
leandroherrero.com/social-change-is-no-longer-alien-to-execu... | February 26th, 2016 ‘Social Change’ is no longer alien to Executive and Leadership Development. These are social and ‘at s... |
leandroherrero.com/an-alternative-competence-system-for-an-a... | February 25th, 2016 An alternative competence system for an alternative HR. Ignore at your peril. 10 key behavioural compe... |
leandroherrero.com/how-can-i-think-out-of-the-box-i-cant-fin... | February 24th, 2016 How can I think out of the box? I can’t find the door Our box is incredibly sophisticated. It has the ... |
leandroherrero.com/a-culture-of-x-is-one-where-x-is-part-of-... | February 23rd, 2016 A culture of X is one where X is part of the normal conversation. What is a normal conversation? Well,... |
leandroherrero.com/3-ways-to-use-digital-inside-the-organiza... | February 22nd, 2016 3 ways to use ‘Digital’ inside the organization. The trouble with wrong expectations. Model 1. The tec... |
leandroherrero.com/leaders-dealers-and-dreamers/ | February 21st, 2016 Leaders, Dealers and Dreamers. Leaders. They drive the agenda, the agenda is not driving them. They dr... |
leandroherrero.com/possibly-the-most-important-tribe-in-the-... | February 20th, 2016 Possibly the most important tribe in the organization is The Brokers. Each large or not that large org... |
leandroherrero.com/the-missing-word-in-the-famous-margaret-m... | February 19th, 2016 The missing word in the famous Margaret Mead quote “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, comm... |
leandroherrero.com/if-i-were-the-ceos-speechwriter-for-a-day... | February 18th, 2016 If I were the CEO’s speechwriter for a day, this is the speech I would pass on. Don’t look at us, at t... |
leandroherrero.com/joining-a-cause-vs-being-employed-can-you... | February 16th, 2016 ‘Joining a cause’, vs. ‘being employed’. Can you articulate the reason for your enterprise? From time ... |
leandroherrero.com/strong-thinkers-are-critical-thinkers-cri... | February 15th, 2016 Strong thinkers are critical thinkers. Critical thinking can be embedded in the culture. Strong thinki... |
leandroherrero.com/reacting-on-spot-and-responding-in-agilit... | February 14th, 2016 Reacting on spot, and responding in agility mode can be engineered and role-modelled. Organizations ne... |
leandroherrero.com/i-wouldnt-hire-anybody-who-is-likely-to-f... | February 13th, 2016 I wouldn’t hire anybody who is likely to follow the job description. The job description is dead. It i... |
leandroherrero.com/built-to-what-dare-to-ask-your-people-and... | February 12th, 2016 Built to what? Dare to ask your people, and open a little Pandora box. More than 20 years ago, Jerry I... |
leandroherrero.com/reclaiming-the-human-values-language-for-... | February 11th, 2016 Reclaiming the human values language for the corporate world Well known Conservative American columnis... |
leandroherrero.com/3-types-of-leadership-dialects-you-are-su... | February 10th, 2016 Leadership dialects: you are supposed to join a party, but don’t get an invitation The language of lea... |
leandroherrero.com/problem-three-appears-when-we-treat-compl... | February 7th, 2016 ‘Problem Three’ appears when we treat complexity with more complexity. Many organizations breed it. The... |
leandroherrero.com/engagement-empowerment-and-ownership-cult... | February 6th, 2016 Engagement, empowerment and ownership culture meet in one single point. Obvious, simple, and incredibly... |
leandroherrero.com/after-change-you-need-a-period-of-stabili... | February 5th, 2016 After change you need a period of stability and consolidation’, a last Century employee said. After th... |
leandroherrero.com/habits-have-no-meaning-they-create-it-sta... | February 4th, 2016 Habits have no meaning, they create it. Start with behaviours, get meaning In my organizational consult... |
leandroherrero.com/sceptical-people-and-enemies-of-change-ne... | February 3rd, 2016 ‘Sceptical people and enemies of change need to be sidelined’. Really? We all have our share of ‘diffic... |
leandroherrero.com/the-soft-stuff-and-the-hard-stuff-conveni... | February 2nd, 2016 The soft stuff, and the hard stuff. Convenient split, but unreal. Leadership is neither hard not soft T... |
leandroherrero.com/customer-obsession-disorder-is-gaining-gr... | February 1st, 2016 ‘Customer Obsession Disorder’ is gaining ground. Bad idea. Perhaps because costumer focus was not enoug... |
leandroherrero.com/a-lot-of-trumpeted-customer-centrism-is-c... | January 30th, 2016 A lot of trumpeted customer-centrism is company-centrism, or us-centrism, disguised as costumer and wit... |
leandroherrero.com/critical-thinking-is-up-in-the-list-of-sk... | January 29th, 2016 Critical Thinking is up in the list of skills in the 2020 Davos shopping list. If anything, I have a pr... |
leandroherrero.com/the-myth-that-only-change-at-the-top-can-... | January 27th, 2016 The myth that only change at the top can ensure change within the organisation. Sure, you need change a... |
leandroherrero.com/big-changes-requires-big-actions-is-a-myt... | January 26th, 2016 ‘Big changes requires big actions’ is a myth based upon the wrong maths. At the very least, a wrong sta... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-must-be-fought-... | January 25th, 2016 ‘There is nothing I can do’ must be fought before it becomes collective belief. Feeling trapped, is at ... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-loyalty-is-a-plural-leadership-i... | January 23rd, 2016 Employee loyalty is a plural. Leadership is the host of that plurality, always an irrational mix What s... |
leandroherrero.com/15-things-to-look-for-in-a-corporate-cult... | January 22nd, 2016 15 things to look for in a corporate culture if you were a corporate anthropologist (or not) No what it... |
leandroherrero.com/a-desk-is-a-dangerous-place-from-which-to... | January 21st, 2016 “A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.” John Le Carre, British ex secret intelligen... |
leandroherrero.com/tell-me-what-you-want-to-prove-and-ill-gi... | January 20th, 2016 Tell me what you want to prove and I’ll give you the name of a company. Consoled only by having bought ... |
leandroherrero.com/state-of-the-enterprise-address-summary-r... | January 19th, 2016 State of the Enterprise Address Summary: Rethinking in progress. I don’t think ‘rethinking the enterpri... |
leandroherrero.com/the-organization-is-not-a-grand-bazar-a-t... | January 18th, 2016 The organization is not a Grand Bazaar. A transactional model of the firm is a trap. Leaders should get... |
leandroherrero.com/have-you-heard-the-one-about-the-three-en... | January 17th, 2016 Have you heard the one about the three envelopes? There is a whole Theory of Management behind. This is... |
leandroherrero.com/entrepreneurs-volunteers-and-soldiers-abo... | January 16th, 2016 Entrepreneurs, volunteers, and soldiers: about the human fabric of the enterprise 2016 Entrepreneurs de... |
leandroherrero.com/will-disruptive-innovation-go-backwards/ | January 15th, 2016 Will disruptive innovation go backwards? Probably we will not go back to the telegraph, but when everyt... |
leandroherrero.com/this-follows-that-that-has-caused-this-of... | January 14th, 2016 ‘This follows that; that has caused this’. Of course we don’t think like that! Not your company, anyway... |
leandroherrero.com/forget-what-they-say-observe-what-they-do... | January 13th, 2016 ‘Forget what they say, observe what they do’. The ‘uniqueness paradox’ revisited. A bit. Some people in... |
leandroherrero.com/us-and-them-and-us-with-them-from-politic... | January 10th, 2016 ‘Us and them’, and ‘us with them’. From politics to day to day management, Identity is a hot topic. And... |
leandroherrero.com/this-best-kept-secret-jumpstart-will-save... | January 9th, 2016 This best kept secret jumpstart will save you months of pain in people and team reorg and alignment. The... |
leandroherrero.com/the-einstein-solution-on-the-curious-phen... | January 8th, 2016 The Einstein Solution: on the curious phenomenon of how the challenges left on the desk before the break... |
leandroherrero.com/invitation-the-year-of-bullshit-detection... | January 7th, 2016 Invitation: The year of Bullshit Detection I declare myself allowed to use the word bullshit, which offi... |
leandroherrero.com/efficiency-efficacy-and-effectiveness-the... | January 6th, 2016 Efficiency, Efficacy and Effectiveness: the triplets of Management (and the risk of dating the wrong sis... |
leandroherrero.com/when-the-intensity-of-the-discussion-is-i... | January 5th, 2016 When the intensity of the discussion is inversely correlated with the importance of the issue, or direct... |
leandroherrero.com/possibilities-581/ | January 4th, 2016 Possibilities! @ 581 I want to start 2016 Daily Thoughts with this word. Possibilities. This is Daily Th... |
leandroherrero.com/a-very-happy-christmas-to-all-subscribers... | December 23rd, 2015 A very happy Christmas to all subscribers of the Daily Thoughts Happy Christmas! Daily Thoughts is i... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-go-into-pause-mode-580-dai... | December 20th, 2015 Daily Thoughts goes into pause mode. 580 Daily Thoughts later, we are going for a bit of maintenance. ... |
leandroherrero.com/part-2-management-the-evolution-of-the-sp... | December 19th, 2015 (Part 2) Management: The Evolution of the Species. 12 kind of people you need to find, seduce, hire an... |
leandroherrero.com/management-the-evolution-of-the-species-1... | December 18th, 2015 Management: The Evolution of the Species. 12 kind of people you need to find, seduce, hire and create ... |
leandroherrero.com/9-features-of-the-informal-organization-t... | December 17th, 2015 10 reasons why leaders need to focus on the (un-managing of the) informal organization Our traditiona... |
leandroherrero.com/volkswagen-vw-apparently-needs-to-change-... | December 16th, 2015 Volkswagen (VW) apparently ‘needs to change its mindset’. Has anybody ever seen a mindset? The German ... |
leandroherrero.com/collaborating-across-borders-needs-one-th... | December 15th, 2015 Collaborating across borders needs one thing: borders There is a romantic view of the organization tha... |
leandroherrero.com/you-can-have-any-colour-of-leadership-as-... | December 14th, 2015 ‘You can have any colour of leadership as long as it is white’. This is our “Ford translation’ in orga... |
leandroherrero.com/the-formula-about-what-to-do-when-leaders... | December 13th, 2015 The formula about what to do when ‘leadership does not get it’, finally revealed. There are always peo... |
leandroherrero.com/3-inconvenient-truths-about-leadership-an... | December 12th, 2015 3 Inconvenient truths about leadership and change (1) If the top leadership of the company does not le... |
leandroherrero.com/empowerment-is-an-output-only-if-you-can-... | December 11th, 2015 Empowerment is an output. Only if you can visualize it, you can craft it. Employee empowerment is an o... |
leandroherrero.com/in-praise-of-tension-consensus-as-permane... | December 10th, 2015 In praise of tension. Consensus as permanent state in the organization, is collective coma. The troubl... |
leandroherrero.com/my-10-unreasonable-non-negotiable-circa-2... | December 9th, 2015 My 10 unreasonable non-negotiable, circa 2016. Since I spend a considerable amount of my client work ti... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-time-out-the-survey-h... | December 8th, 2015 Employee Engagement time out! ‘The survey’ has no clothes. Back to thinking, could you believe it? ‘It ... |
leandroherrero.com/a-man-without-a-smiling-face-must-not-ope... | December 7th, 2015 “A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.” Chinese proverb that is, what else? I wish we coul... |
leandroherrero.com/calling-the-activists-calling-you/ | December 6th, 2015 Calling the Activists. Calling you. I started these Daily Thoughts about 565 days ago, give or take, or... |
leandroherrero.com/we-are-building-vs-we-are-solving-one-sha... | December 5th, 2015 ‘We are building’ vs. ‘We are solving’. One shapes your future, the other fixes the past. Facts: abysma... |
leandroherrero.com/we-love-organizational-diagnosis-in-techn... | December 4th, 2015 We love organizational diagnosis in Technicolor charts. We love the organizational solutions waiting fo... |
leandroherrero.com/a-problem-with-decision-making-is-almost-... | December 3rd, 2015 ‘A problem with decision making’ is almost never a problem with making decisions. Here are 3 scenarios.... |
leandroherrero.com/10-performance-appraisal-questions-of-you... | December 2nd, 2015 10 Performance Appraisal questions of yourself with yourself : the examined life of the manager. Socrat... |
leandroherrero.com/bring-in-the-buffers-noise-amplifier-peop... | December 1st, 2015 Bring in the Buffers. Noise Amplifier people create loud tsunamis from a drop of questions in the organ... |
leandroherrero.com/given-answers-go-back-to-see-the-solidity... | November 30th, 2015 Given answers, go back to see the solidity of the questions before you adopt them. If anybody tells yo... |
leandroherrero.com/defining-ourselves-by-what-we-are-against... | November 29th, 2015 Defining ourselves by what we are against, does not advance the cause of the for. I have always been a... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-let-the-expression-this-is-just-busi... | November 28th, 2015 Don’t let the expression ‘this is just business’ be a synonymous for inhuman. Business? Not in my name... |
leandroherrero.com/stuck-is-the-worse-status-worse-than-bein... | November 27th, 2015 Stuck is the worse status. Worse than being wrong. You are stuck when confronted with dilemmas. Maybe ... |
leandroherrero.com/3-kinds-of-people-you-need-to-replace-for... | November 26th, 2015 3 kinds of people you need to replace; 3 kinds of people you need. Development Plan done. Three bad ne... |
leandroherrero.com/7-platitudes-in-organizational-life-in-ne... | November 25th, 2015 7 Platitudes in Organizational Life, in need of a very loud ‘really?’ Louder! And some debunking. We c... |
leandroherrero.com/jet-skiing-management-vs-scuba-diving-man... | November 22nd, 2015 Jet Skiing Management vs. Scuba Diving Management The writer Nicholas Carr said about the influence of... |
leandroherrero.com/leaders-as-architects-how-to-build-the-ho... | November 21st, 2015 Leaders as architects: how to build the house, page one. The closest thing to designing and building a... |
leandroherrero.com/i-love-apple-i-hate-apple-could-the-discu... | November 20th, 2015 I love Apple, I hate Apple: could the discussion on culture be slightly more elevated? An article on t... |
leandroherrero.com/the-goal-of-some-management-concepts-shou... | November 19th, 2015 The ultimate goal of ‘Employee Engagement’, or ‘Change Management’, is their early retirement, not to ... |
leandroherrero.com/millenials-have-in-common-their-age-the-r... | November 18th, 2015 Millenials have in common their age. The rest is more about the world we all are in, the meal we have ... |
leandroherrero.com/counter-fundamentalism-secret-weapon-is-y... | November 17th, 2015 Counter-fundamentalism secret weapon is yet to be deployed fully. Homo Sapiens drops bombs. Homo Imita... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-marry-a-summary-youll-breed-bullet... | November 16th, 2015 If you marry a summary, you’ll breed bullet points. Life becomes much easier, if hardily real. ‘The ex... |
leandroherrero.com/change-management-forgotten-statement-thi... | November 15th, 2015 ‘Change management’ forgotten statement: this will not change ‘Change management’ usually forgets a vi... |
leandroherrero.com/the-thoughts-are-with-paris/ | November 14th, 2015 The thoughts are with Paris The thoughts are with Paris Liberté, égalité, fraternité Liberty, equali... |
leandroherrero.com/10-alternative-questions-on-culture/ | November 13th, 2015 10 alternative questions on Culture and Engagement. This is my alternative to the Gallup 12. You can d... |
leandroherrero.com/give-me-a-good-practice-and-i-will-create... | November 12th, 2015 Give me a good practice and I will create a good theory to explain it. Even a good philosophy and a di... |
leandroherrero.com/leaders-who-have-little-control-on-things... | November 11th, 2015 Leaders who have little control on things, but who think they have a lot of it, are the ones who fear ... |
leandroherrero.com/stop-press-the-c-suite-people-and-top-lea... | November 10th, 2015 Stop press: The C-suite people, and top leadership, major problem revealed. For CEOs, CFOs, CHROs, and... |
leandroherrero.com/common-people-doing-uncommon-things-toget... | November 9th, 2015 Common people doing uncommon things together: a plain language definition of the organization. Peter Dr... |
leandroherrero.com/a-10-line-street-social-dictionary-to-nav... | November 8th, 2015 A 10 line Street Social Dictionary to navigate your social business and avoid fooling yourself with mis... |
leandroherrero.com/is-technology-transforming-management-lif... | November 7th, 2015 Is technology transforming (management) life? Is it good or bad? Is this the best you can do with a que... |
leandroherrero.com/a-rain-dance-is-a-ritual-for-me-work-for-... | November 6th, 2015 ‘A rain dance is a ritual for me, ‘work’ for the one who dances’ I wish I remember the Anthropology boo... |
leandroherrero.com/winning-by-failures-and-mistakes/ | November 5th, 2015 Winning by failures and mistakes The person who fails the most wins Seth Godin dixit. Investors who mak... |
leandroherrero.com/dear-exec-looking-for-change-what-would-y... | November 4th, 2015 Dear exec looking for ‘change’. What would you do if told you these things? If I told you that you have... |
leandroherrero.com/the-curious-case-of-the-3-look-alike-wand... | November 3rd, 2015 The curious case of the 3 look-alike wandering sisters, and the risks of mistaken identity. These are 3... |
leandroherrero.com/when-the-organization-goes-into-permanent... | November 2nd, 2015 When the organization goes into permanent rehearsal mode, learns to rehearse, not to perform. We spent ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-management-party-not-that-kind-of-par... | November 1st, 2015 The management party (not that kind of party). Don’t stop the music ‘Management’ is like a cocktail par... |
leandroherrero.com/new-people-bring-in-new-ideas-keep-it-as-... | October 31st, 2015 ‘New people bring in new ideas’. Keep it as a hypothesis How many times I’ve seen in my clients the hig... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-tribes-intellectual-ghettos-and... | October 30th, 2015 Corporate tribes, intellectual ghettos, and open windows policies We talk a lot about silos in organiza... |
leandroherrero.com/4-types-of-generosity-in-the-workplace-2-... | October 29th, 2015 4 types of generosity in the workplace. 2 with epidemic potential. Four types: The generosity of the tr... |
leandroherrero.com/may-i-introduce-you-to-our-worse-enemy-th... | October 28th, 2015 May I introduce you to our worse enemy? The word average Random thoughts: People content with average a... |
leandroherrero.com/has-employee-engagement-undergone-moral-s... | October 27th, 2015 Has employee engagement undergone moral surgery? No matter how disguised, how avoided, how much of othe... |
leandroherrero.com/10-ways-to-fool-everybody-as-organization... | October 26th, 2015 10 ways to fool everybody as an organization expert. They guarantee some attention and all have been tr... |
leandroherrero.com/all-thoughts-come-out-of-silence-leadersh... | October 25th, 2015 All thoughts come out of silence. Leadership development may turn out to be free after all. Perhaps one... |
leandroherrero.com/trust-in-3-models-trust-me-its-simple/ | October 24th, 2015 Trust in 3 models. Trust me, it’s simple There are three major sources of trust generation. Everything ... |
leandroherrero.com/faqs-to-myself-about-organizational-life/ | October 23rd, 2015 FAQs to myself (about organizational life) In my work as Organization Architect, I deal with clients of... |
leandroherrero.com/the-leader-with-seven-faces-a-model-of-le... | October 22nd, 2015 The Leader with Seven Faces. A model of leadership that requires a mirror. As far back as 2006, it feel... |
leandroherrero.com/the-waiting-for-the-barbarians-school-of-... | October 21st, 2015 The ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ school of Change Management. Amongst the beautiful poems that Constant... |
leandroherrero.com/the-6-stages-of-management-teams-the-orig... | October 20th, 2015 The 6 stages of Management Teams. The Origin and Evolution of these Species in one page. Stage 1: The A... |
leandroherrero.com/from-political-movements-to-innovation-in... | October 19th, 2015 From political movements to innovation in the company, stuff happens in the fringes, whilst the core fe... |
leandroherrero.com/from-values-to-non-negotiable-behaviours-... | October 18th, 2015 From Values to Non-negotiable Behaviours. Continuing the reframing of the company steering system. (3 o... |
leandroherrero.com/homeland-fiasco-lesson-for-my-friends-in-... | October 18th, 2015 ‘Homeland’ fiasco lesson for my friends in Corporate Communications. The facts: the American TV series ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-organizational-logic-the-basic-people... | October 17th, 2015 The Organizational Logic: the basic people algorithms that steer the navigation. Reframing the company ... |
leandroherrero.com/an-obligatory-chemistry-lesson-for-leader... | October 17th, 2015 An obligatory Chemistry lesson for leaders. AKA thermostat management. We often use the term ‘chemistry... |
leandroherrero.com/10-reasons-why-you-should-retire-passion-... | October 16th, 2015 10 reasons why you should retire ‘Passion’ from your value system Passion is an emotion, or set of emot... |
leandroherrero.com/the-world-is-flat-leadership-is-global-an... | October 15th, 2015 The world is flat, leadership is global, and I want to go home. Where is home? Ask this question to an ... |
leandroherrero.com/value-conversation-or-cost-conversation-o... | October 14th, 2015 Value conversation or cost conversation? One departure, two avenues, several destinations. “Nowadays pe... |
leandroherrero.com/reclaiming-conversations-in-an-alone-toge... | October 13th, 2015 Reclaiming Conversations in an Alone Together world In a study conducted with Fortune 100 companies, an... |
leandroherrero.com/value-systems-should-be-aspirational-and-... | October 12th, 2015 Value systems should be aspirational and behavioural, not just a shopping list of the values or behavio... |
leandroherrero.com/the-great-man-model-of-leadership-is-well... | October 11th, 2015 The ‘Great Man’ model of leadership is well and alive, despite largely exaggerated accounts of its deat... |
leandroherrero.com/my-spell-check-changes-methodology-to-myt... | October 10th, 2015 My spell check changes ‘methodology’ to ‘mythology’ automatically. Are the gods telling me something? M... |
leandroherrero.com/empowerment-the-muddle-the-wrong-conversa... | October 9th, 2015 Empowerment: the muddle. The wrong conversation, until you start unpacking the concept and dismantling t... |
leandroherrero.com/the-leadership-team-tipping-point-the-arr... | October 8th, 2015 The leadership team tipping point: the arrow points South. Some top management teams and leadership team... |
leandroherrero.com/the-top-leaders-are-not-specific-they-don... | October 7th, 2015 ‘The top leaders are not specific, they don’t tell us what they expect’. This is very good news. Talking... |
leandroherrero.com/q-whats-the-best-innovation-in-medicine-i... | October 6th, 2015 Q: ‘What’s the best innovation in Medicine in recent years? A: ‘The chair’ That’s how Gregorio Maranon p... |
leandroherrero.com/leaders-need-to-challenge-inevitability-b... | October 5th, 2015 It may not be inevitable. It may be that people believe it is inevitable. Grab the script. Change the sc... |
leandroherrero.com/reclaim-the-non-utilitarian-conversation-... | October 3rd, 2015 Reclaim the non-utilitarian conversation in the organization. It has the greatest utility. We have made ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-training-ex-machina-delusion-beware-o... | October 2nd, 2015 The ‘Training ex Machina’ delusion. Beware of training solutions for all seasons. In the old Greek trage... |
leandroherrero.com/benchmarking-deviance-inside-the-organiza... | October 1st, 2015 Benchmarking deviance inside the organization. A few years ago, community workers for the Save the Child... |
leandroherrero.com/company-vs-community-digging-the-roots-of... | September 30th, 2015 Company vs. Community. Digging the roots of words for a possible reunion. Company: Where companions a... |
leandroherrero.com/a-gordian-knot-brigade-in-each-organizati... | September 29th, 2015 A Gordian Knot Brigade in each organization. All swords on deck. Get the best minds and hearts people... |
leandroherrero.com/trust-is-an-unfair-affair-dont-apply-line... | September 28th, 2015 Trust is an unfair affair. Don’t apply linear arguments. All trust that is solid can melt in the air.... |
leandroherrero.com/the-theory-of-the-bad-apples-role-in-colo... | September 27th, 2015 The Bad Apples Theory on colossal business fiascos. (It’s the basket, stupid!) Volkswagen has declare... |
leandroherrero.com/psst-i-am-playing-john-cages-433-as-part-... | September 26th, 2015 Shhh! I am playing John Cage’s 4’33 as part of my leadership development. In an unusual break between... |
leandroherrero.com/the-call-me-peter-school-of-leadership/ | September 25th, 2015 The ‘Call me Peter’ School of leadership. I am reconstructing here a fictitious reply from a middle-s... |
leandroherrero.com/disruptive-innovation-like-charity-starts... | September 24th, 2015 Disruptive innovation, like charity, starts at home. Your mind and your people, that is. The rest is ... |
leandroherrero.com/talk-the-walk-note-from-the-editor-it-act... | September 23rd, 2015 Talk the walk (Note from the editor: it actually means in that order) Walk the talk’ is being consist... |
leandroherrero.com/i-am-in-favour-of-consultants-entering-th... | September 22nd, 2015 I am in favour of consultants entering the temple of the Social Sciences provided they take off their... |
leandroherrero.com/good-thinking-same-thinking-a-case-of-pro... | September 21st, 2015 Good thinking, same thinking: a case of process reengineering without thinking reengineering. Poor Am... |
leandroherrero.com/nothing-new-under-the-sun-take-off-your-s... | September 20th, 2015 ‘Nothing new under the sun’ ? Take off your sun glasses and stop the Valium Often you see people in o... |
leandroherrero.com/we-need-the-aliens-everybody-needs-aliens... | September 19th, 2015 We need the aliens. Everybody needs aliens. Smart aliens who can ask questions and open Pandora boxes... |
leandroherrero.com/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-worl... | September 18th, 2015 “There are two types of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data sets” Wha... |
leandroherrero.com/being-proud-of-my-company-x-cant-be-legis... | September 17th, 2015 Being proud of (my company X) can’t be legislated or fabricated. It’s an outcome, a by-product. You c... |
leandroherrero.com/history-is-constructed-the-leaders-legacy... | September 16th, 2015 History is constructed. The leader’s legacy is not retrospective. We build it daily, so we’d better t... |
leandroherrero.com/management-by-invitation-unbundle-reporti... | September 15th, 2015 Management: by invitation. Unbundle reporting lines and management teams Corporate grade, reporting l... |
leandroherrero.com/7-ways-to-get-away-form-the-team-meeting-... | September 14th, 2015 7 Ways to get away form the ‘team = meeting’ trap and establish ‘Team365’. I explained yesterday that... |
leandroherrero.com/in-the-name-of-names-the-cause-for-renami... | September 12th, 2015 In the name of names: the cause for renaming in the organization There is a debate, not only here i... |
leandroherrero.com/create-inflection-points-when-you-dont-ne... | September 11th, 2015 Create inflection points when you don’t need one. It’s better than waiting for the inflection points ... |
leandroherrero.com/i-want-companies-with-post-traumatic-stre... | September 10th, 2015 I want companies with Post Traumatic Strength Disorder. Untreated. Nasim Taleb’s Antifragile book has... |
leandroherrero.com/scalable-or-not-scalable-that-is-the-ques... | September 9th, 2015 Scalable or not scalable. That is the question. Traditional management has focused on interventions th... |
leandroherrero.com/the-best-organizational-model-is-the-one-... | September 8th, 2015 The best organizational model is the one that has more than one under the roof Command and control man... |
leandroherrero.com/the-incumbent-always-loses-first-that-may... | September 7th, 2015 ‘The incumbent always loses first’. That may be a winning strategy In Double Down: Game Change 2012, t... |
leandroherrero.com/3-self-sabotage-mecanisms-in-organization... | September 6th, 2015 3 self-sabotage mechanisms in organizations. Organizations, like organisms, have embedded mechanisms o... |
leandroherrero.com/being-compelled-to-react-does-not-make-yo... | September 5th, 2015 Being compelled to react, does not make you good leader. The clue, and the winning, is in the number o... |
leandroherrero.com/my-top-5-leadership-questions-at-the-top-... | September 4th, 2015 My top 5 Leadership questions at the top of the agenda. Here are my top five, from my organizational ... |
leandroherrero.com/organizational-decluttering-a-crusade-in-... | September 3rd, 2015 Organizational Decluttering: A crusade in waiting that may need you as leader Einstein said, “I soon l... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-needed-to-remember-only-one-classi... | September 2nd, 2015 If you needed to remember only one classification of people: ‘external and internal locus of control’ ... |
leandroherrero.com/jeff-bezos-assures-amazon-employees-that-... | September 1st, 2015 ‘Jeff Bezos assures Amazon Employees that HR is working 100 Hours a week to address their complaints’ ... |
leandroherrero.com/management-is-analogue-communication-is-d... | August 31st, 2015 Management is analogue. Communication is digital. Have two desks. A recent book by ex-Microsoft research... |
leandroherrero.com/the-tyranny-of-the-moment-liberating-lead... | August 29th, 2015 ‘The tyranny of the moment’. Liberating Leaders Wanted. Thomas Hylland Eriksen is a Norwegian Anthropo... |
leandroherrero.com/the-open-plan-office-may-be-a-prison-with... | August 28th, 2015 The Open Plan Office may be a prison with invisible hanging posters: ‘You will collaborate’ Who needs wa... |
leandroherrero.com/performance-appraisals-the-5-reasons-why-... | August 27th, 2015 Performance Appraisals: the 5 reasons why it’s so hard to change them or get rid of them Only when you s... |
leandroherrero.com/how-to-make-change-sustainable-this-quest... | August 26th, 2015 ‘How to make change sustainable?’ This question needs a warning in the label: ‘but not too much?’ ‘Susta... |
leandroherrero.com/decouple-discussion-and-decision-making-i... | August 25th, 2015 Decouple discussion and decision-making. Inject a buffer. Relax, it’s not a sin. Empirically, it works. ... |
leandroherrero.com/googles-new-parents-alphabet-is-not-a-com... | August 24th, 2015 Google’s modern family, ‘alphabet’, is not a company but a platform of incubators (one more incubated th... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-is-back-the-24th-of-august... | August 17th, 2015 Daily Thoughts is back the 24th of August: just checking in. Daily Thoughts is back the 24th of August, ... |
leandroherrero.com/antifragility-powered-by-viral-change-tm/ | August 16th, 2015 Antifragility: powered by Viral Change TM Si (Sisan Si Alhir) has organised a webinar in which Leandro H... |
leandroherrero.com/complexity-another-short-summer-reading-l... | August 6th, 2015 Complexity: another short, summer reading list from Daily Thoughts Whilst Daily Thoughts is still in paus... |
leandroherrero.com/simplicity-a-summer-reading-list-from-the... | August 4th, 2015 Simplicity: a summer reading list from the Daily Thoughts collection Whilst Daily Thoughts is on holiday ... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-is-on-holiday-but-we-can-k... | August 1st, 2015 Daily Thoughts is on holiday. But we can keep ourselves connected Thanks for you daily following via emai... |
leandroherrero.com/10-ingredients-to-cook-your-strategy/ | July 31st, 2015 10 ingredients to cook your strategy List your competitors, then, compare yourself with a different list... |
leandroherrero.com/the-tragedy-of-the-obvious-part-2-the-obv... | July 30th, 2015 The Tragedy of the Obvious, part 2. The obvious things in ‘management of change’ (and still we can’t see t... |
leandroherrero.com/the-tragedy-of-the-obvious/ | July 29th, 2015 The Tragedy of the Obvious A man was leading a caravan of donkeys and crossing the border almost every day... |
leandroherrero.com/the-unsaid-and-unsayable-are-at-the-deepe... | July 28th, 2015 The unsaid and unsayable are at the deeper layers of culture When trying to understand a culture, there wi... |
leandroherrero.com/segment-segment-segment-add-these-three-w... | July 27th, 2015 Segment, segment, segment. Add these three words to the dictionary of Internal Communications. If you look... |
leandroherrero.com/like-fish-in-the-water-is-the-real-employ... | July 26th, 2015 ‘Like fish in the water’ is the real employee engagement. I don’t think Employee Engagement is a score fol... |
leandroherrero.com/the-unintended-consequences-of-a-well-int... | July 25th, 2015 The unintended consequences of a well intended decision Short reflection, again, for the slow-down period ... |
leandroherrero.com/grasps-the-facts-misses-the-meaning-the-l... | July 24th, 2015 ‘Grasps the facts, misses the meaning’: The Leadership Dyslexia upon us Did we ever, ever have more facts ... |
leandroherrero.com/seducing-minds-versus-hiring-people-just-... | July 23rd, 2015 Seducing minds, versus hiring people. Just imagine. I like the word seducing when referring to working for... |
leandroherrero.com/nevel-gazing-nombrilisme-in-french-sounds... | July 22nd, 2015 Navel gazing (Nombrilisme in French, sounds much better) is constant in the organization. The issue is not... |
leandroherrero.com/its-still-day-one-the-wining-philosophy-o... | July 21st, 2015 It’s still Day One: the wining philosophy of Day Two and Day Two Thousand Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, has a... |
leandroherrero.com/with-more-time-this-post-would-be-shorter... | July 20th, 2015 With more time, this post would be shorter With more time, the report would be shorter, the powerpoint fil... |
leandroherrero.com/we-ourselves-are-the-biggest-exporters-of... | July 19th, 2015 We, ourselves are the biggest exporters of problems to the organizations we work for. The great Spanish ph... |
leandroherrero.com/i-fail-by-my-circumstances-i-succeed-by-m... | July 18th, 2015 I fail by my circumstances, I succeed by my great disposition. (‘Don’t challenge it, it works for me’) The... |
leandroherrero.com/the-many-me-inside-me-need-some-discovery... | July 17th, 2015 The many ‘me’ inside Me need some discovery: have a go. They all seem to come for dinner. Continuing the c... |
leandroherrero.com/your-most-important-list-of-personal-asse... | July 16th, 2015 Your most important list of personal assets. Take time. Now? There are may ways to list our own assets. An... |
leandroherrero.com/what-do-these-have-in-common-designing-or... | July 15th, 2015 What do these have in common? Designing organizations, aquariums and fish soups. Commenting on the communi... |
leandroherrero.com/we-work-with-them-very-closely-we-are-ver... | July 14th, 2015 We work with them very closely, we are very familiar with each other, that is why perhaps we don’t know ea... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-transplant-or-import-a-successful-ma... | July 13th, 2015 Don’t transplant or import a successful management model; reverse engineer it, then pause. There is a grea... |
leandroherrero.com/aspiration-the-healthy-restlessness-of-th... | July 12th, 2015 Aspiration: the healthy restlessness of the ‘Is there a better way?’ Complacency is always a risk, more so... |
leandroherrero.com/13-fixed-23-fuzzy-try-this-organizational... | July 11th, 2015 1/3 fixed, 2/3 fuzzy: try this organizational diet for a culture of empowerment and ownership. Imagine a n... |
leandroherrero.com/the-change-method-is-dead-long-live-the-m... | July 10th, 2015 The ‘change method’ is dead, long live the method. Ok, the method never dies, because ‘it’s a trick used t... |
leandroherrero.com/a-culture-of-ownership-when-you-dont-own-... | July 9th, 2015 A culture of ownership when you don’t own the company (or even when you do) It has always been a Great Hypo... |
leandroherrero.com/what-i-learnt-from-the-monks-a-little-ant... | July 8th, 2015 What I learnt from the monks: a little anthropology of leadership and space in one page. My friends, monks... |
leandroherrero.com/entering-as-a-question-mark-leaving-as-a-... | July 7th, 2015 Entering as a question mark, leaving as a period We all were born as questions. The old saying that ‘childr... |
leandroherrero.com/measurement-the-dogma-dare-to-critically-... | July 6th, 2015 Measurement: the Dogma. Here are 10 critical thinking principles. The following are not the same: What you ... |
leandroherrero.com/stickiness-the-highest-inconvenient-manag... | July 5th, 2015 Stickiness: the highest, inconvenient management challenge. Managers are good at messaging and communicat... |
leandroherrero.com/the-4-leadership-hats-in-the-modern-organ... | July 4th, 2015 The 4 leadership hats in the modern organization. The trouble with the talking about leadership is that we ... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-rate-me-ill-rate-you/ | July 3rd, 2015 If you rate me, I’ll rate you We rate hotels and restaurants in Tripadvisor, we now can rate doctors and te... |
leandroherrero.com/the-company-that-gets-better-and-better-a... | July 2nd, 2015 The company that gets better and better after disruption, disorder or chaos. Nassim Taleb Antifragile conce... |
leandroherrero.com/what-do-you-do-in-a-room-full-of-smoke-ap... | July 1st, 2015 What do you do in a room full of smoke? Apply the same to mental pollution. Open the windows. Ok, it’s not ... |
leandroherrero.com/most-likely-the-answers-are-in-the-room/ | June 30th, 2015 Most likely, the answers are in the room At the beginning of our Viral Change™ programmes, moons ago, we w... |
leandroherrero.com/the-cost-of-doing-something-versus-the-co... | June 29th, 2015 The cost of doing something versus the cost of not doing it. The second half is often missing. Confronted ... |
leandroherrero.com/chose-your-problems-before-they-chose-you... | June 28th, 2015 Chose your problems, before they chose you. We never solve problems; it’s a question of working on the bes... |
leandroherrero.com/lets-see-what-that-data-says-the-texas-sh... | June 27th, 2015 ‘Let’s see what that data says’. The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy lives on. Probably we will never be short ... |
leandroherrero.com/time-to-retire-the-hr-business-partner-co... | June 26th, 2015 Time to retire the ‘HR Business Partner’ concept, if HR wants to ever make it to the high table. The Busin... |
leandroherrero.com/darling-what-are-your-expectations-today-... | June 25th, 2015 Darling, what are your expectations today? Or why do we talk Martian in business? There is a ‘meeting expe... |
leandroherrero.com/games-or-rituals-anthropology-inside-the-... | June 24th, 2015 Games or Rituals? Anthropology inside the company has valuable things to say. Organizational anthropology ... |
leandroherrero.com/manage-the-inevitable-lead-the-unpredicta... | June 23rd, 2015 Manage the inevitable, lead the unpredictable, allow yourself to do both I’ve written several times about ... |
leandroherrero.com/william-hague-and-angeline-jolie-5-millio... | June 22nd, 2015 William Hague and Angeline Jolie 5 million rape Summit was an expensive flash mob Data obtained by newspap... |
leandroherrero.com/i-challenge-you-with-this-quiz-when-appli... | June 21st, 2015 I challenge you with this quiz, when applied to your own organization. There are about 200 people in the o... |
leandroherrero.com/the-initiative-often-lets-personal-commit... | June 20th, 2015 The ‘initiative’ often lets personal commitment off the hook ‘For every problem, the Victorians have a bui... |
leandroherrero.com/i-want-to-import-this-act-of-kindness-int... | June 19th, 2015 I want to import this ‘act of kindness’ into business life I know of a brilliant medical doctor who, in fr... |
leandroherrero.com/blasting-middle-management-is-a-sign-of-l... | June 18th, 2015 Blasting middle management is a sign of leadership incompetence For years, middle management has been targ... |
leandroherrero.com/from-us-and-them-to-us-with-them-dont-kil... | June 17th, 2015 From ‘us and them’ to ‘us with them’. Don’t kill the ‘us’ on behalf of a fictitious ‘global’. I sometimes ... |
leandroherrero.com/some-working-places-are-non-places-with-t... | June 16th, 2015 Some working places are ‘non-places’, with the inspiration of Isolation Clinical Units Working in a ‘non-p... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-is-a-social-concept-not-an-ind... | June 15th, 2015 Leadership is a social concept, not an individual trait. But we are fascinated by the individual stock. Le... |
leandroherrero.com/we-have-no-time-people-and-there-is-plent... | June 14th, 2015 ‘We have no time’ people and ‘There is plenty of time’ people, share the same sixty minute hour. We all kn... |
leandroherrero.com/from-airplane-cabin-temperature-control-w... | June 13th, 2015 From airplane cabin temperature control: warmer to sleep, colder to awake. A culture thermostat lesson for... |
leandroherrero.com/consider-culture-before-attending-this-me... | June 12th, 2015 Consider culture before attending this meeting ( with thanks to ‘Consider the environment before printing’... |
leandroherrero.com/5-things-very-successful-leaders-have-in-... | June 11th, 2015 5 things very successful leaders have in common 1. They don’t read blogs entitled ‘5 things very successfu... |
leandroherrero.com/the-leader-who-said-make-your-numbers-ins... | June 10th, 2015 The leader who said ‘make your numbers’ instead of ‘have a good trip back’ A friend of mind remembers one ... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-is-always-a-line-with... | June 9th, 2015 ‘Employee engagement’ is always a line with missing words. Engagement with what? Whom? When I classified Em... |
leandroherrero.com/mondays-shape-tuesdays-if-you-could-just-... | June 8th, 2015 Mondays shape Tuesdays. If you could just fast forward… Winston Churchill said, referring to the Houses of ... |
leandroherrero.com/compatible-dreams-the-non-negotiable-the-... | June 7th, 2015 Compatible Dreams + The Non Negotiable = The Journey (AKA the Company) In a massive street demonstration fo... |
leandroherrero.com/culture-story-business-card-halo-effect/ | June 6th, 2015 Culture = story = business card = halo effect. I don’t copy and paste in my blogs, little or a lot. But tod... |
leandroherrero.com/the-process-and-the-outcome-married-just-... | June 5th, 2015 The Process and The Outcome: married, just friends, or it’s complicated? So you have The Process and The Ou... |
leandroherrero.com/the-uk-labour-party-malaysian-airlines-an... | June 4th, 2015 The UK Labour Party, Malaysian Airlines and ‘I am Really Stuck Inc’, they all need Reboot! not ‘Navel-Gazin... |
leandroherrero.com/more-on-our-own-organizational-magnetism-... | June 3rd, 2015 The curious case of Castro and the Pope. Or maybe not. I wrote yesterday that magnetism should be incorpor... |
leandroherrero.com/magnetic-places-are-priceless-run-your-ow... | June 2nd, 2015 Magnetic Places are priceless. Run your own ‘People-in-the-queue’ Test. To lead a Magnet Place (‘I’d love t... |
leandroherrero.com/pilot-or-pastor-from-the-no-nonsense-fran... | June 1st, 2015 Pilot or pastor? From the No-nonsense Francis School of Leadership Pope Francis has done it again. I mean, ... |
leandroherrero.com/we-should-have-done-and-too-bad-we-didnt-... | May 31st, 2015 ‘We should have done’ and ‘too bad we didn’t’. Don’t push the self-suffocating , negative button The cart... |
leandroherrero.com/the-organizations-collective-self-belief-... | May 30th, 2015 The organization’s collective self-belief is often hidden. Leaders need to hear the unsaid. Some organisati... |
leandroherrero.com/the-hard-sell-of-a-big-theme-supported-by... | May 29th, 2015 The hard sell of a big theme supported by dubious, incoherent but dramatically presented evidence he Britis... |
leandroherrero.com/in-company-clicktivism-not-an-elevated-fo... | May 28th, 2015 In-company clicktivism, not an elevated form of engagement Clicktivism is a form of digital /online engagem... |
leandroherrero.com/the-zappos-inmates-running-the-asylum-tak... | May 27th, 2015 The Zappos inmates running the asylum, take two.Warning: this post contains flashes of cut-and-paste organi... |
leandroherrero.com/employees-dont-need-voice-they-were-born-... | May 26th, 2015 Employees don’t need ‘Voice’. They were born with one. Employee Voice is an alibi for lazy Employee Engagem... |
leandroherrero.com/zappos-without-the-zapatos-not-all-inmate... | May 25th, 2015 Zappos without the zapatos: not all inmates want to take over the asylum. Zappos, (from zapatos, Spanish fo... |
leandroherrero.com/the-company-global-one-culture-does-not-e... | May 24th, 2015 The Company Global One Culture does not exist. But pretending that it does holds us together. The so called... |
leandroherrero.com/status-unfinished-the-perfect-state-of-a-... | May 23rd, 2015 Status Unfinished: the perfect state of a healthy organization is beta The perfect state of a healthy organ... |
leandroherrero.com/you-make-sense-is-the-greatest-compliment... | May 22nd, 2015 ‘You make sense’, is the greatest compliment in the era of non-sense-making I have explained to a client th... |
leandroherrero.com/culture-secret-in-one-line-people-look-up... | May 21st, 2015 Culture secret in one line: people look up, and people look sideways. And also down. As simple as easily di... |
leandroherrero.com/there-will-always-be-hierarchy-power-and-... | May 20th, 2015 There will always be hierarchy, power and rituals in the organization. The question is how smart we are to ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-indecision-is-final-keep-calm-and-wai... | May 19th, 2015 The indecision is final. Keep calm and wait for the next. A previous Daily Thought about decisions mentione... |
leandroherrero.com/that-great-new-hire-welcome-with-fanfare-... | May 18th, 2015 That great new hire, welcome with fanfare, saviour of the team, is leaving. Oh well! Despite being repeated... |
leandroherrero.com/always-explain-the-trade-off-there-is-alw... | May 17th, 2015 Always explain the trade off. There is always one, and people can always understand it Many problems with d... |
leandroherrero.com/good-silos-bad-silos-is-like-good-cholest... | May 16th, 2015 Good silos, bad silos is like good cholesterol and bad cholesterol It could be argued that ‘silos’ are part... |
leandroherrero.com/mathematize-the-9-things-you-need-to-know... | May 15th, 2015 Mathematize: the 9 things you need to know about things that start with numbers Mathematizable thinking is ... |
leandroherrero.com/walking-emergencies-in-the-payroll/ | May 14th, 2015 Walking Emergencies in the payroll Years ago, when in corporate life and corporate payroll (yes, I was, bef... |
leandroherrero.com/most-likely-the-problem-is-not-knowing-so... | May 13th, 2015 Most likely the problem is not ‘knowing’. So, (1) re-training is a distraction; (2) Behaving is the issue; ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-twentypercenters/ | May 12th, 2015 The Twentypercenters It is said that in any organization, 20% of the people do 80% of the work. I often thi... |
leandroherrero.com/the-last-thing-you-need-is-a-robust-susta... | May 11th, 2015 The last thing you need is a robust, sustainable culture. Next time you use ‘sustainable’, add ‘but not too... |
leandroherrero.com/the-brutal-power-of-the-analogy-as-a-shor... | May 10th, 2015 The brutal power of the analogy as a shortcut to the road of Unthinking Paul Krugman, professor, journalist... |
leandroherrero.com/there-have-been-losers-in-the-uk-general-... | May 9th, 2015 There have been losers in the UK General Election and none of them are a political party. There have been cl... |
leandroherrero.com/powered-by-viral-change-tm-a-social-trans... | May 8th, 2015 ‘Powered by Viral Change TM‘: a Social Transformation Platform for the organization of the 21st Century Vira... |
leandroherrero.com/no-list-of-the-best-treats-of-x-or-the-10... | May 7th, 2015 No list of ‘The best treats of X’ or ‘The 10 habits of Y’ surprises me anymore. 1. These 9 features (below) ... |
leandroherrero.com/listening-is-more-than-being-silent-learn... | May 6th, 2015 Listening is more than being silent. Learn to spot the listener, and call out the ones who pretend. There is... |
leandroherrero.com/steal-ideas-implant-with-caution-observe-... | May 5th, 2015 Steal ideas, implant with caution, observe, tweak, observe again, never close your eyes. Innovation and rene... |
leandroherrero.com/the-battle-for-what-the-uk-general-electi... | May 4th, 2015 The battle for what? The UK General Election has an accounting narrative. My post Charlie Hebdo election pla... |
leandroherrero.com/trophy-employees-their-sugar-company-and-... | May 3rd, 2015 Trophy employees, their sugar company and its useful idiots In any organization they are positive deviants (... |
leandroherrero.com/we-are-both-saying-the-same-with-differen... | May 2nd, 2015 ‘We are both saying the same with different words’. No, we are not. Groupthink arrives when the group agrees... |
leandroherrero.com/the-halo-effect-of-a-budget-cut-thinking-... | May 1st, 2015 The halo effect of a budget cut: thinking postponed A budget cut is a budget cut. Everybody recognises one w... |
leandroherrero.com/single-track-thinking-the-road-to-a-sure-... | April 30th, 2015 Single track thinking, the road to a sure end (if your don’t care whether it’s the right end or the wrong... |
leandroherrero.com/will-enterprise-social-networks-fail-in-t... | April 29th, 2015 Will ‘Enterprise Social Networks’ fail in the same way as ‘Knowledge Management’ did? It’s behaviours, st... |
leandroherrero.com/some-companies-are-run-as-a-permanent-foc... | April 28th, 2015 Some companies are run as a Permanent Focus Group In some organizations, daily life and the day to day me... |
leandroherrero.com/take-over-a-grey-area-adopt-an-orphan-pro... | April 27th, 2015 Take over a grey area, adopt an orphan project, sponsor an idea in exile The Business English language (y... |
leandroherrero.com/some-restructuring-does-not-seem-part-of-... | April 26th, 2015 Some restructuring does not seem part of the solution. Bigger problems continue to appear. And the Fire B... |
leandroherrero.com/2-real-cases-of-business-surrealism/ | April 25th, 2015 2 real cases of Business Surrealism We offered a client unlimited support for a project, for a fixed cost... |
leandroherrero.com/the-corrosion-of-logic-from-why-what-how-... | April 24th, 2015 The corrosion of logic: from ‘why-what-how’, to ‘how, what, maybe why’. There was a time when the logic o... |
leandroherrero.com/the-problem-is-that-all-we-say-is-that-th... | April 23rd, 2015 The problem is that all we say is that ‘the problem is’. There is no ‘and’. We need to improve communicat... |
leandroherrero.com/too-too-land-is-a-prison-and-too-too-mana... | April 22nd, 2015 Too-too land is a prison and too-too managers are its guards. This is what life there looks like. The com... |
leandroherrero.com/the-key-viral-change-principles/ | April 21st, 2015 The 15 key Viral Change™ principles I have asked many times to list them. Here they are: 1. There is no c... |
leandroherrero.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-powerful... | April 20th, 2015 The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘Powerful Oversimplifications’ ‘Powerful oversimplifications’ was the t... |
leandroherrero.com/another-week-another-mckinsey-report-anot... | April 19th, 2015 Another week, another McKinsey report, another ‘sharing of results’. OMG, we can do better. I wrote befor... |
leandroherrero.com/five-structures-in-search-of-a-corporate-... | April 18th, 2015 Five ‘structures’ in search of a corporate space. Leaders, this is your homework. These are ‘functions’... |
leandroherrero.com/our-real-worlds-and-their-avatars-managem... | April 17th, 2015 Our real worlds and their avatars: management beware. In the words of a pioneer of Psychology, we’d be be... |
leandroherrero.com/my-stockholm-airport-syndrome/ | April 17th, 2015 My Stockholm (airport) Syndrome Arriving at the clean and clinical Stockholm airport, my pre-booked taxi ... |
leandroherrero.com/karaoke-management-consulting/ | April 15th, 2015 Karaoke management consulting Is this what people want? Singing along what the Big Gurus have provided? M... |
leandroherrero.com/the-returning-bomber-paradox-a-case-of-re... | April 14th, 2015 The Returning Bomber Paradox: a case of reframing the problem. More on Critical Thinking. In WWII there w... |
leandroherrero.com/invert-always-invert-a-fundamental-zero-c... | April 13th, 2015 ‘Invert, always invert’: a fundamental, zero-cost, unstuck management technique Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi,... |
leandroherrero.com/bring-character-back/ | April 12th, 2015 Bring ‘character’ back. We call it character assassination for a reason. It’s the ultimate attack. The at... |
leandroherrero.com/i-dont-think-you-know-what-you-are-talkin... | April 11th, 2015 Hang on, I thought lions… This is a quote repeated hundred times, attributed to hundred people, reproduce... |
leandroherrero.com/the-market-of-second-hand-thoughts-is-flo... | April 10th, 2015 The market for Second Hand Thoughts is flourishing, never been so huge. But outsourcing your mind is the ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-end-of-management-not-the-end-of-mana... | April 9th, 2015 The End of Management, not the end of managing. Here I go again. In the organization, ‘people mobilization... |
leandroherrero.com/the-sokal-syndrome-intellectual-nudity-in... | April 8th, 2015 The “Sokal Syndrome”: Intellectual nudity, Intellectual Impostures, Mind Grafitters and Airport Books Busi... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-language-needs-a-transfusion-of... | April 7th, 2015 Corporate language needs a transfusion of humanity. It can be done. Corporate speak is of course tribal. S... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-culture-start-with-subcultures-... | April 6th, 2015 Corporate culture? Start with subcultures, find the tribes, and look for the unwritten rules of their dyna... |
leandroherrero.com/diversity-is-not-a-ratio/ | April 5th, 2015 Diversity is not a ratio. Wow! A woman at the helm! I still remember, vaguely, the first time I heard in o... |
leandroherrero.com/busy-ness-is-either-a-symptom-a-warning-o... | April 4th, 2015 Busy-ness is either a symptom, a warning, or a serious disease. Never a healthy state. Busyness could be a... |
leandroherrero.com/memorable-is-beautiful-exceeding-expectat... | April 3rd, 2015 ‘Memorable’ is beautiful. ‘Exceeding expectations’ is sad, tired, and as charismatic as a dead fish Meetin... |
leandroherrero.com/does-the-distinction-leader-manager-need-... | April 2nd, 2015 Does the distinction ‘leader-manager’ need to be retired? I dare to suggest. I must confess I have always ... |
leandroherrero.com/alibi-to-keep-the-status-quo-we-are-a-reg... | April 1st, 2015 Alibi to keep the status quo: ‘We are a regulated industry’ Amongst my clients I have a good representatio... |
leandroherrero.com/eight-basic-contradictions-in-organizatio... | March 31st, 2015 Nine basic contradictions in organizational life. Ignore at your peril. Mastering healthy tension between... |
leandroherrero.com/science-advance-by-a-series-of-funerals-a... | March 30th, 2015 Science advances by a series of funerals. And some management practices are not feeling very well. ‘Scien... |
leandroherrero.com/benchmarking-as-a-health-hazard-cause-of-... | March 29th, 2015 Benchmarking as a health hazard. Cause of managers severe neck pain confirmed Benchmarking is a rear-mirr... |
leandroherrero.com/i-gave-money-to-one-of-two-equally-noble-... | March 28th, 2015 I gave money to one of two equally noble fundraising efforts. Why? I don’t’ like robots. Same experience ... |
leandroherrero.com/my-20-rules-of-leadership-following-exten... | March 27th, 2015 My 20 Rules of Leadership, ‘following extensive research’ (inside my mind) These are my 20 Rules of Leade... |
leandroherrero.com/change-management-harvard-you-have-a-prob... | March 26th, 2015 Change management: Harvard, you have a problem I am picking on Harvard because John Kotter is prof Emerit... |
leandroherrero.com/ad-absurdum-but-it-may-work/ | March 25th, 2015 Ad absurdum, but it may work A man is walking alongside the road with a bag of rice and throwing rice out... |
leandroherrero.com/the-new-york-times-announces-the-new-edit... | March 24th, 2015 The New York Times announces the new editor of The Guardian: ‘The Guardian Picks a Woman as its editor’ C... |
leandroherrero.com/what-if-its-genuine-a-disruptive-question... | March 23rd, 2015 ‘What if it’s genuine?’ A disruptive question in a paranoid era when the assumption is deception. Politic... |
leandroherrero.com/the-company-as-a-machine-a-90s-ideology-s... | March 22nd, 2015 The company as a machine: a 90’s ideology still alive today. This is number 2 in the list of Idea-Logic s... |
leandroherrero.com/the-idea-logic-ideology-of-a-company-1-bu... | March 21st, 2015 The Idea-Logic (ideology) of a company. (1) Business as war. Companies, as large or not so large social g... |
leandroherrero.com/the-slack-advantage-the-minute-the-future... | March 20th, 2015 The slack advantage: ‘The minute the future becomes unpredictable, efficiency can become your enemy’. I w... |
leandroherrero.com/managing-by-the-short-term-numbers-what-i... | March 19th, 2015 Managing by ‘the short term numbers’: what I learnt many years ago from a screen on the wall A McKinsey a... |
leandroherrero.com/lead-in-poetry-manage-in-prose/ | March 18th, 2015 Lead in Poetry, manage in Prose. I am of course paraphrasing Mario Cuomo’s ‘You campaign in poetry; you g... |
leandroherrero.com/20-years-of-experience-or-1-year-of-exper... | March 17th, 2015 20 years of experience, or 1 year of experience repeated 20 times? It was a cruel joke form the times of ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-moral-choices-of-leadership-courtesy-... | March 16th, 2015 The moral choices of leadership, courtesy of Pedro, my taxi driver in Panama I broke my antisocial tradit... |
leandroherrero.com/articulating-your-core-belief-system-plus... | March 15th, 2015 Articulating your core belief system, plus finding your ‘Space in the world’. The re-framing of the compa... |
leandroherrero.com/beyond-mission-and-vision-and-the-rest-re... | March 12th, 2015 Beyond mission and vision …and the rest. Reframing the company steering system in 2015. (1 of 5) Many com... |
leandroherrero.com/in-god-we-trust-others-bring-data-since-a... | March 11th, 2015 Since anything can be translated into numbers, the possibilities of being fooled are immense. The late St... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-have-two-guys-who-think-the-same-f... | March 10th, 2015 ‘If you have two guys who think the same, fire one of them’ As many provocative quotes go, the caricature... |
leandroherrero.com/the-working-from-home-distracting-discuss... | March 9th, 2015 The ‘Working from home’, distracting discussion. Is working from home ‘a matter of trust’? The Guardian su... |
leandroherrero.com/the-company-culture-is-its-operating-syst... | March 8th, 2015 The company culture is its operating system. It may need upgrades. The company culture is its operating sy... |
leandroherrero.com/strategy-governed-by-the-starting-point-n... | March 7th, 2015 Strategy: governed by the starting point, not the endpoint. (King’s College War Studies 1, Michael Porter ... |
leandroherrero.com/i-dread-robust-and-sustainable-cultures/ | March 6th, 2015 I dread ‘robust’ and ‘sustainable’ cultures. Culture is a double-edge sword. On one hand, it can host the ... |
leandroherrero.com/gm-hr-thats-right-genetically-modified-hu... | March 5th, 2015 Two way in vivo fertilization Human Resources – Business. The 2015 Protocol. I remember the time when I wa... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-is-one-year-old-today-blow... | March 4th, 2015 Daily Thoughts is one year old today! Blow the candle with me. Today, exactly one year ago, I started the ... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-want-to-revenge-someone-prepare-tw... | March 3rd, 2015 “If you want to revenge someone, prepare two graves”. On leadership and digging. This is one of the many p... |
leandroherrero.com/community-organizing-1-harvard-mba-nil/ | March 2nd, 2015 Community Organizing 1, Harvard MBA nil. When Uber, the ride-on-demand business growing across the world, ... |
leandroherrero.com/a-man-can-put-up-with-almost-any-how-if-h... | March 1st, 2015 ‘A man can put up with almost any how if he has a why’ That was Nietzsche on change management! It goes to... |
leandroherrero.com/the-hour-of-radical-management-thinking-t... | February 28th, 2015 The hour of Radical Management Thinking. The lines are open. The hour has come. Radical is the word. F... |
leandroherrero.com/critical-thinking-self-test-a-10-point-he... | February 27th, 2015 Critical Thinking self-test. A 10 point health check for your organization, and yourself If any of the... |
leandroherrero.com/management-education-as-sorcery-just-plag... | February 26th, 2015 Management (Education) as Sorcery? Just plagiarizing a dead professor. Over the years, I have learnt ... |
leandroherrero.com/standing-out-standing-for-sameness-and-di... | February 25th, 2015 Standing out, standing for, sameness and differentiation. Just thinking aloud Let me elevate the quest... |
leandroherrero.com/my-friends-the-monks-secret-weapon-the-as... | February 24th, 2015 My friends, the monks, secret weapon: the asterisk. I want 2015 Leadership with tons of them. My best ... |
leandroherrero.com/trivialising-management-recipes-wont-get-... | February 23rd, 2015 Trivialising management recipes won’t get us anywhere. ‘Having fun’ comes at the top of the ridiculous... |
leandroherrero.com/but-what-do-they-think-what-do-they-want-... | February 22nd, 2015 But what do they think? What do they want us to do? Why don’t they just tell us? In my consulting work... |
leandroherrero.com/scott-adamsdilbert-things-that-passion-in... | February 21st, 2015 Scott Adams/Dilbert thinks that ‘passion’ in business success is overrated. He has a point. ‘Passion’ ... |
leandroherrero.com/gods-answer-to-somebody-who-complained-to... | February 20th, 2015 God’s answer to somebody who complained to Him that he did not win the lottery: ‘Buy that damned ticke... |
leandroherrero.com/the-only-employee-questionnaire-youll-eve... | February 19th, 2015 The only Employee Questionnaire you’ll ever need. Copyright policy: please use, copy, distribute, forw... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-surveys-be-careful-wh... | February 18th, 2015 Employee Engagement Surveys: Be careful what you ask for, you might get it. There are two opposite and... |
leandroherrero.com/hr-competence-systems-need-two-things-a-d... | February 17th, 2015 HR competence systems need two things: a diet, and a dose of honesty Medium and big organizations tend... |
leandroherrero.com/seeking-unpredictable-answers/ | February 16th, 2015 Seeking unpredictable answers. We spend too much time seeking predictable answers. They are not necess... |
leandroherrero.com/power-creates-serious-optical-problems-it... | February 15th, 2015 Power creates serious optical problems. It makes you blind. It does it in the family, in the church, i... |
leandroherrero.com/choosing-between-honest-arrogance-and-hyp... | February 14th, 2015 Choosing between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility ‘Early in life I had to chose between hone... |
leandroherrero.com/introducing-behaviours-by-the-back-door-t... | February 13th, 2015 Introducing behaviours by the back door. The ‘culture of feed back’ example There are many ways to int... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-read-this-post-its-not-really-intere... | February 12th, 2015 Don’t read this post, it’s not really interesting Did you hear me? Yes you did, but you are reading it... |
leandroherrero.com/five-inconvenient-truths-aka-what-doesnt-... | February 11th, 2015 Five inconvenient truths (AKA what doesn’t matter) about creating an organizational culture (Create a ... |
leandroherrero.com/a-cheat-sheet-to-create-a-social-movement... | February 10th, 2015 A Cheat Sheet to create a social movement (Tip = to shape organizational culture, since both are the s... |
leandroherrero.com/pope-francis-description-of-the-15-diseas... | February 9th, 2015 Pope Francis description of the 15 diseases of the Catholic Church administration apparatus (Curia) say... |
leandroherrero.com/one-disruptive-culture-shift-five-outcome... | February 8th, 2015 One Disruptive Culture Shift, five Outcomes. At least. The 30/30 to 3/3 ‘unreasonable shift’. Imagine t... |
leandroherrero.com/research-is-a-google-search-repeated-homi... | February 7th, 2015 Research is a Google search repeated. ‘Hominem unius Google timeo’ (you may need to Re-Google this) If ... |
leandroherrero.com/10-reasons-why-you-should-scrap-annual-pe... | February 6th, 2015 10 reasons why you should scrap annual performance appraisals. Pick one. 1: The ‘annual’ measurement is... |
leandroherrero.com/culture-change-is-not-long-and-difficult-... | February 5th, 2015 Culture change is not long and difficult. This myth is self-perpetuated. This emperor has no clothes. T... |
leandroherrero.com/time-to-bring-in-a-77th-brigade-to-corpor... | February 4th, 2015 Time to bring in a 77th Brigade to Corporate, Internal and External communications. Whilst the British ... |
leandroherrero.com/out-of-the-box-in-the-box-what-box-we-nee... | February 3rd, 2015 Out of the box, in the box, what box? ‘We-need-to-talk-about-boxes’ and other useful personality profil... |
leandroherrero.com/if-skimming-is-the-new-reading-critical-t... | February 2nd, 2015 If skimming is the new reading, critical thinking in organizations will become even harder. Start your ... |
leandroherrero.com/backstage-leadership-is-key-to-collective... | February 1st, 2015 Backstage Leadership™ ‘ is key to collective leadership, a cornerstone of the modern organization I bel... |
leandroherrero.com/a-heroic-culture-is-a-sick-culture-if-the... | January 31st, 2015 A heroic culture is a sick culture. If the company can only be run on heroic mode, call the doctor. But... |
leandroherrero.com/richard-branson-says-complexity-is-our-en... | January 30th, 2015 Richard Branson says ‘Complexity is our enemy’. He is wrong. The only enemy of complexity is in our min... |
leandroherrero.com/the-organization-it-may-be-complex-but-it... | January 29th, 2015 The organization? It may be complex but it does not have to be complicated. Some simple critical thinki... |
leandroherrero.com/the-3-45-pm-syndrome-diagnosis-and-treatm... | January 28th, 2015 The 3.45 pm syndrome: diagnosis and treatment, free of charge. The 3.45 pm syndrome goes as follows. Yo... |
leandroherrero.com/a-small-company-is-not-a-big-company-in-s... | January 27th, 2015 A small company is not a big company in small. In the growth from small to big, the trouble is in the m... |
leandroherrero.com/organizing-mobilizing-engaging-harvard-bu... | January 26th, 2015 Organizing, mobilizing, engaging: Harvard Business School or 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? My choice is cle... |
leandroherrero.com/customer-memo-to-corporate-not-in-my-name... | January 25th, 2015 Customer memo to corporate: Not in my name. We do so many things on behalf of the customers! Or becaus... |
leandroherrero.com/slow-tired-unexpected-crashes-nor-enough-... | January 24th, 2015 Slow, tired, unexpected crashes, not enough memory, poor battery: I mean your company, not your laptop.... |
leandroherrero.com/the-curious-practice-of-taking-responsibi... | January 23rd, 2015 The curious practice of ‘taking responsibility’ in the form of resigning and passing the monkey This a ... |
leandroherrero.com/critical-thinking-in-the-organization-is-... | January 22nd, 2015 Critical thinking in the organization is fitness, health and fresh air, all in one. The difference betw... |
leandroherrero.com/memo-to-mr-jack-welchs-about-his-10-lesso... | January 21st, 2015 Memo to Mr Jack Welch’s about his ‘10 lessons in leadership’. Dear Mr Welch: I have never been very fon... |
leandroherrero.com/note-to-internal-communications-people-oc... | January 20th, 2015 Note to Internal Communications people: occupy the (corporate) streets. The Communications function in ... |
leandroherrero.com/organizing-mobilizing-orchestrating-socia... | January 19th, 2015 Organizing, mobilizing, orchestrating: these are ‘Managing’, 2015 version. When people form the US Repu... |
leandroherrero.com/speed-or-quality-critical-thinking-or-fas... | January 18th, 2015 Speed or quality; critical thinking or fast decisions: the OR is today unaffordable. Back in 1994, Jim... |
leandroherrero.com/there-are-off-the-shelf-accounting-packag... | January 17th, 2015 There are off-the-shelf accounting packages to buy and use. There can’t be such a thing as an off-the-s... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-is-not-a-hr-topic-its-also-not... | January 16th, 2015 Leadership is not a HR topic. It’s also not outsource-able. You are stuck with it. Imagine this stateme... |
leandroherrero.com/10-ways-to-slow-poisoning-an-organization... | January 15th, 2015 10 Ways to slow poisoning an organization (part 4 &5 /5) More plots, end of story Previously in 10 Ways... |
leandroherrero.com/10-ways-to-slow-poisoning-an-organization... | January 14th, 2015 More plots in the script library: 10 Ways to slow poisoning an organization (part 3/5) Previously in ’1... |
leandroherrero.com/10-ways-to-slow-poisoning-an-organization... | January 13th, 2015 10 Ways to slow poisoning an organization (part 2/5) More scripts and plots Previously in ’10 ways to s... |
leandroherrero.com/10-ways-to-slow-poisoning-an-organization... | January 12th, 2015 10 Ways to slow poisoning an organization (part 1/5) First plots. This is in part a self-test. I wrot... |
leandroherrero.com/2015-number-one-leadership-asset-self-cri... | January 11th, 2015 2015 Number one leadership asset: self-criticism. Number two: unlearning. Number three… Charles Munger ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-linked-in-half-paradox-is-connecting-... | January 10th, 2015 The Linked In half-paradox is connecting with people already connected with you. But the strength of co... |
leandroherrero.com/the-trouble-with-happiness-in-business-ul... | January 9th, 2015 The trouble with ‘happiness’ in business: ultimate goal or oil for the machine? None of the above? Or no... |
leandroherrero.com/if-looks-like-a-bell-curve-it-must-be-a-h... | January 8th, 2015 ‘It looks like a Bell Curve. It must be a HR Performance Appraisal’. Not in this Century. Normal distrib... |
leandroherrero.com/trespasses-will-be-recruited-a-four-word-... | January 7th, 2015 Trespasses will be recruited: a four-word strategy in the Battle of Ideas Societal issues, clash of ideo... |
leandroherrero.com/create-fast-innovation-spaces-kindle-idea... | January 6th, 2015 Create fast innovation spaces: kindle ideas in your own Lab126 We are social animals. We live in spaces,... |
leandroherrero.com/one-single-behavior-can-create-a-revoluti... | January 5th, 2015 One single behavior can create a revolution. It would work both, inside and outside the company. This is... |
leandroherrero.com/leaving-the-year-behind-i-see-the-next-on... | December 24th, 2014 Leaving the year behind, I see the next one full of shared possibilities. Merry Christmas! ‘The un-exa... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-still-the-elusive-friend-that-... | December 23rd, 2014 Leadership: still the elusive friend that refuses management captivity. Daily Thoughts are back in ful... |
leandroherrero.com/thoughts-on-de-cluttering-for-the-christm... | December 22nd, 2014 Thoughts on (de) cluttering, for the Christmas pause Daily Thoughts full steam version is back on the ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-daily-thoughts-will-resume-in-january... | December 21st, 2014 The ‘Daily Thoughts’ will resume in January, but, daily thinking does not go on holiday. Two notes on ... |
leandroherrero.com/a-pause-to-take-some-space-walking-the-ta... | December 20th, 2014 A pause to create some space (walking the talk!) But the conversation is still going. Happy holidays!... |
leandroherrero.com/the-ocd-enterprise-is-not-surprisingly-de... | December 19th, 2014 The OCD enterprise is, not surprisingly, depressed. The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is one of ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-best-question-is-the-one-which-has-no... | December 18th, 2014 The best question is the one which has no answer Recently, I keep finding myself going back all the ti... |
leandroherrero.com/will-the-last-employee-in-command-and-con... | December 17th, 2014 Will the last employee in Command and Control Inc/Ltd/Plc/SA please turn off the lights? (But have a g... |
leandroherrero.com/the-clouds-move-to-follow-me-the-traffic-... | December 16th, 2014 The clouds move to follow me; the traffic lights go green when I move These two statements represent a... |
leandroherrero.com/the-pharma-company-that-forgot-to-display... | December 15th, 2014 The pharma company that forgot to display its purpose A few months ago, I was in the lobby of a global... |
leandroherrero.com/the-3-grand-ds-direction-discovery-and-de... | December 14th, 2014 The 3 Grand Ds (‘Direction, Discovery and Destiny’), have also their 3 little personal and powerful ‘d... |
leandroherrero.com/what-psychoanalysis-taught-me-about-root-... | December 13th, 2014 What psychoanalysis taught me about root causes: the comfort of finding them is not matched by the qua... |
leandroherrero.com/i-make-my-best-clients-restless-i-make-th... | December 12th, 2014 I make my best clients restless. I make the others comfortable My work as organization architect entai... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-something-only-you-can-do-be-you... | December 11th, 2014 There is something only you can do: be yourself. Everything else can be outsourced. There is something... |
leandroherrero.com/i-takes-only-one-question-to-know-about-y... | December 10th, 2014 It takes only one question to know about your model of leadership (and there is always an alternative ... |
leandroherrero.com/memo-to-all-corporate-supporting-function... | December 9th, 2014 Memo to all corporate supporting functions: You are fired. Reapply now. Lines are open Memo to all func... |
leandroherrero.com/to-be-a-better-leader-take-a-holiday-from... | December 8th, 2014 To be a better leader, take a holiday from yourself The space of your Self is occupied. By you. This is... |
leandroherrero.com/entrepreneurial-start-up-spirit-can-i-hav... | December 7th, 2014 ‘Entrepreneurial, start-up spirit’: Can I have one of these, please? Many people, and certainly many of... |
leandroherrero.com/human-resources-and-people-in-the-payroll... | December 6th, 2014 Human Resources and People in the Payroll, not the same thing anymore. An insightful report from the De... |
leandroherrero.com/a-culture-of-x-is-not-the-same-as-a-cultu... | December 5th, 2014 A ‘culture of X’ is not the same as a culture of ‘training on X’. Safety is a good example Organization... |
leandroherrero.com/the-single-bad-apple-behavioural-theory-c... | December 4th, 2014 The Single Bad Apple behavioural theory: careless about statistical logic At the end of the summer, I h... |
leandroherrero.com/leaderships-hearing-problems/ | December 3rd, 2014 Leadership’s hearing problems ‘And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who c... |
leandroherrero.com/build-your-own-employee-engagement-argume... | December 2nd, 2014 Build your own Employee Engagement argument for free. You can’t go wrong. Here are three baskets full o... |
leandroherrero.com/external-consultants-and-internal-manager... | December 1st, 2014 External consultants and internal managers share the same four-step ladder of engagment with others. Wh... |
leandroherrero.com/the-healing-smell-of-a-corporate-bonfire-... | November 30th, 2014 The healing smell of a corporate bonfire. (The Hernan Cortes Exit strategy). The British retailer Mark... |
leandroherrero.com/the-keep-moving-strategy-always-wins/ | November 29th, 2014 The ‘Keep Moving’ strategy always wins. A while ago, I was told an anecdote about an MBA student who r... |
leandroherrero.com/the-who-does-what-and-the-who-knows-what-... | November 28th, 2014 The ‘who-does-what’ and the ‘who-knows-what’ models of the organization, lead to different worlds. If ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-company-as-an-information-highway-man... | November 27th, 2014 The company as an information highway? Managers as regulators of information traffic The organization ... |
leandroherrero.com/visit-the-google-graveyard-and-pay-your-r... | November 26th, 2014 Visit the Google graveyard and pay your respects If you go to the Orkut page within Google, you get th... |
leandroherrero.com/what-you-said-was-so-confused-that-one-co... | November 25th, 2014 ‘What you said was so confused that one could not tell whether it was nonsense or not’. This phrase is... |
leandroherrero.com/post-hoc-fallacies-but-damn-good-stories/ | November 24th, 2014 Management ‘post-hoc fallacies’, but damn good stories! In Latin ‘Post hoc ergo propter hoc’. Free tra... |
leandroherrero.com/paths-not-works-a-philosophers-metaphor-t... | November 23rd, 2014 ‘Paths, not works’. A philosopher’s metaphor that explains well our leadership challenges. Philosopher... |
leandroherrero.com/first-simplify-then-exaggerate-a-journali... | November 22nd, 2014 ‘Simplify, then exaggerate’: a saying from journalism, with different versions in our organizations ‘F... |
leandroherrero.com/not-all-high-caffeine-shots-of-motivation... | November 21st, 2014 Not all high caffeine shots of motivation work well. Inspirational stories have pros and cons. Busines... |
leandroherrero.com/my-local-bakery-inspired-me/ | November 20th, 2014 My local bakery inspired me I used to live in a small village in England where we just had one, also s... |
leandroherrero.com/not-even-bottom-up-certainly-not-top-down... | November 19th, 2014 Not even bottom-up. Certainly not top-down. Lasting organizational change is a polycentric social move... |
leandroherrero.com/big-banks-have-been-fined-again-a-tiny-fr... | November 18th, 2014 Big Banks have been fined again. A tiny fraction of the fines with the right behavioural change approa... |
leandroherrero.com/failure-has-become-a-badge-of-honour-in-s... | November 17th, 2014 Failure has become a badge of honour in some places. Or at least, something to show on the CV as an as... |
leandroherrero.com/i-told-them-once-they-didnt-understand-i-... | November 16th, 2014 ‘I told them once; they didn’t understand. I told them twice; they didn’t understand. I told them thre... |
leandroherrero.com/the-only-common-feature-that-successful-c... | November 15th, 2014 The only common feature that successful companies share, is that they are not failing. Management Theo... |
leandroherrero.com/not-all-ambiguity-in-the-organization-is-... | November 14th, 2014 Not all ambiguity in the organization is bad. There is, in fact, ‘good ambiguity’ and ‘bad ambiguity’... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-want-to-increase-employee-engageme... | November 13th, 2014 If you want to increase employee engagement and employee satisfaction, increase your company performan... |
leandroherrero.com/great-players-great-training-wrong-game/ | November 12th, 2014 Great players, great training, wrong game It’s a new world out there. You’ll realize this truth if you... |
leandroherrero.com/the-lego-and-the-jigsaw-two-ways-to-build... | November 11th, 2014 The Lego and the Jigsaw: two ways to build an organization In the previous Daily Thoughts posting, I s... |
leandroherrero.com/every-successful-companys-growth-contains... | November 10th, 2014 Every successful company’s growth contains seeds of failure. At some point, organizational complexity ... |
leandroherrero.com/lose-control-to-gain-more-control-22-star... | November 9th, 2014 Lose control, to gain more control (2/2) Starting the Control Diet I said in the first part of this Dai... |
leandroherrero.com/lose-control-to-gain-more-control-12-the-... | November 8th, 2014 Lose control, to gain more control (1/2) : The paradox and the symptoms From my Disruptive Ideas book a... |
leandroherrero.com/the-cost-of-checking-looking-at-number-on... | November 7th, 2014 The cost of checking. Looking at number one cause of organizational ineffectiveness. If somebody would... |
leandroherrero.com/preserving-the-problem-when-dedicated-to-... | November 6th, 2014 Preserving the problem when dedicated to finding the solution. It’s called the Shirky principle, after... |
leandroherrero.com/i-am-now-senior-enough-that-i-only-ask-qu... | November 5th, 2014 ‘I am now senior enough that I only ask questions’ I heard this as a true statement attributed to a Jap... |
leandroherrero.com/a-small-family-farm-in-italy-my-old-mba-h... | November 4th, 2014 A small family farm in Italy: my old MBA had the wrong toolkits When I did my MBA, many moons ago, I ha... |
leandroherrero.com/teamocracies-and-networkracies-have-diffe... | November 3rd, 2014 Teamocracies and Networkracies have different citizens: in-habitants in team-work, riders in net-work. ... |
leandroherrero.com/madam-the-ribbon-is-free-2/ | November 2nd, 2014 Madam, the ribbon is free. ‘Discovering’ an old article that I wrote years ago, when I used to have a m... |
leandroherrero.com/its-now-official-change-is-activist-drive... | November 1st, 2014 It’s now official: change is ‘activist’ driven. There is now a McKinsey article on this. Wait a minute.... |
leandroherrero.com/a-behavioural-epidemic-cant-be-fought-fro... | October 31st, 2014 A behavioural epidemic can’t be fought from within. It needs a behavioural counter-epidemic to take ove... |
leandroherrero.com/hill-climbing-as-a-model-for-disruptive-t... | October 30th, 2014 ‘Hill-climbing’ as a model for disruptive thinking – Guest blog by Scott E. Fahlman There’s something t... |
leandroherrero.com/beware-of-the-assumed-magic-properties-of... | October 29th, 2014 Beware of the assumed magic properties of the word ‘Prioritize!’ ‘Prioritize’ is a word that I particul... |
leandroherrero.com/what-if-the-problem-is-me-an-uncomfortabl... | October 28th, 2014 ‘What if the problem is me?’ An uncomfortable, key question for leaders Reflective leadership has gone ... |
leandroherrero.com/four-types-of-employee-engagement-with-th... | October 27th, 2014 Four types of Employee Engagement, with the compliments of the German Army I was told sometime, somewhe... |
leandroherrero.com/to-stop-doing-some-things-is-a-great-sour... | October 26th, 2014 To stop doing some things is a great source of added value. Try it! One of the very frequent questions ... |
leandroherrero.com/full-blown-disruptive-innovation-is-not-t... | October 25th, 2014 Full-blown Disruptive Innovation is not the Holy Grail for any business. But injections of Disruptive a... |
leandroherrero.com/there-must-be-a-better-way-i-have-good-ne... | October 24th, 2014 There must be a better way (I have good news) There must be a better way than having 200 consultants l... |
leandroherrero.com/fooled-by-the-one-off-big-event/ | October 23rd, 2014 Fooled by the one-off big event A great deal of energy, time, attention and money is being invested in ... |
leandroherrero.com/make-it-work-first-then-clean-it-up-versu... | October 22nd, 2014 ‘Make it work first, then clean it up’ versus ‘Clarify all first, then act’. You Choose! Imagine this s... |
leandroherrero.com/john-kotters-8-step-change-management-mod... | October 21st, 2014 John Kotter’s 8 Step Change Management model is the best change model of the last Century. Why this is ... |
leandroherrero.com/my-russian-dolls-theory-of-the-organizati... | October 20th, 2014 My Russian Dolls theory of the organization No system can be fully understood within the system. No, th... |
leandroherrero.com/the-era-of-narcissus/ | October 19th, 2014 The era of Narcissus In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with himself when looking at his own im... |
leandroherrero.com/iconic-leadership-the-illusion-of-copying... | October 18th, 2014 Iconic leadership: the illusion of copying a one off Picture this organization. Closed culture, cultur... |
leandroherrero.com/my-contradictions-are-my-friends-and-they... | October 17th, 2014 My contradictions are my friends, and they come with me as leader We praise people because of their ‘cl... |
leandroherrero.com/do-you-have-a-chaos-monkey-in-your-manage... | October 16th, 2014 Do you have a ‘Chaos Monkey’ in your management system? You should. Many organizations have a Risk Man... |
leandroherrero.com/the-dunbar-number-and-mad-lean-numbers-a-... | October 15th, 2014 ‘The Dunbar Number’ and ‘Mad Lean Numbers’: a question of the right critical mass of people to make thi... |
leandroherrero.com/in-the-war-for-attention-within-your-comp... | October 14th, 2014 In the War for Attention within your company, you may need a communication ceasefire Our faith in commu... |
leandroherrero.com/we-have-a-communication-problem-is-not-al... | October 13th, 2014 ‘We have a communication problem’ is not always a good start. ‘Lack of communication’ or ‘a communicat... |
leandroherrero.com/its-possible-to-change-gears-create-a-gam... | October 12th, 2014 It’s possible to change gears, create a Game Plan or align a full team without agonising. One of the re... |
leandroherrero.com/competition-glorified-you-are-not-a-stude... | October 11th, 2014 Competition glorified: you are not a student, employee or citizen, you are a contestant. I have not cou... |
leandroherrero.com/55-neuro-offerings-have-arrived-in-our-bu... | October 10th, 2014 (5/5) ‘Neuro-offerings’ have arrived in our business organizations. Bring as much critical thinking as ... |
leandroherrero.com/2189/ | October 9th, 2014 I have made clear that I have a problem with the Neuro-explanations of everything. What we are seeing are mul... |
leandroherrero.com/45-will-knowing-which-parts-of-the-brain-... | October 9th, 2014 (4/5) Will knowing which parts of the brain fire and change the colours on an fMRI make us better leader... |
leandroherrero.com/35-neuro-explanations-marketing-leadershi... | October 8th, 2014 (3/5) Neuro-explanations (Marketing, Leadership, Spirituality, you name it), come in Technicolor, and th... |
leandroherrero.com/25-a-brief-history-of-mind-digging-the-pr... | October 7th, 2014 (2/5) A brief history of Mind Digging. The precursors of the current Neuro-worship and Neurobable. From ... |
leandroherrero.com/15-neurobable-has-discovered-business-god... | October 6th, 2014 (1/5) Neurobable has discovered business. God help us! The current fascination with the Neuro-Anything,... |
leandroherrero.com/built-to-what/ | October 5th, 2014 Built to what? You may remember the hype around the Collins and Porras book ‘Built to Last’ (1994), a gr... |
leandroherrero.com/the-one-secret-of-warren-buffet-tip-its-n... | October 4th, 2014 The One secret of Warren Buffet (tip: it’s not a financial simulation or forecasting software) There is ... |
leandroherrero.com/democratic-organization-means-well-but-it... | October 3rd, 2014 ‘Democratic organization’ means well, but it is an unfortunate term. With the best of intentions, to cal... |
leandroherrero.com/the-books-i-leave-behind-in-airplanes/ | October 2nd, 2014 The books I leave behind in airplanes. I have lots of books. I have a big library. I am running out of s... |
leandroherrero.com/have-as-much-holidays-as-you-want-just-ma... | October 1st, 2014 Have as much holidays as you want (just make sure you don’t miss anything) Sir (and St.) Richard Branso... |
leandroherrero.com/innovation-great-but-i-am-not-in-charge-o... | September 30th, 2014 Innovation? Great, but I am not in charge of it! Years ago I was talking to a client, a Senior VP in ... |
leandroherrero.com/getting-things-done-relationships-vs-stru... | September 29th, 2014 Getting things done: ‘Relationships’ vs. ‘Structures’ A while ago, a telecom client complained to me ... |
leandroherrero.com/daily-thoughts-is-back-on-monday-29th-of-... | September 26th, 2014 ‘Daily Thoughts’ is back on Monday 29th of September at 08:00 GMT+1/BST Some titles in store, coming ... |
leandroherrero.com/i-am-on-leave-for-a-little-while/ | August 28th, 2014 I am on leave for a little while Dear member of the community: I am taking a break to have some personal... |
leandroherrero.com/more-on-the-manager-leader-balancing-act/ | August 27th, 2014 More on the manager-leader balancing act I’m on holiday for a few days. Re posting a piece than attracte... |
leandroherrero.com/we-always-have-some-sort-of-strategy-the-... | August 26th, 2014 We always have some sort of ‘strategy’. The question is which level, and, does it do what we intend? I a... |
leandroherrero.com/back-to-employee-engagement-all-the-model... | August 25th, 2014 Back to Employee Engagement. All the models in one summary, by popular demand I am on holidays for a few... |
leandroherrero.com/time-to-look-at-the-organization-sideways... | August 24th, 2014 Time to look at the organization sideways I am on vacation for just a few days. I am reviewing past Dai... |
leandroherrero.com/i-reorganise-ergo-sum/ | August 23rd, 2014 I reorganise, ergo sum I’m taking a break for a short period. Here is an excerpt from my book Homo Imita... |
leandroherrero.com/choosing-what-to-lose/ | August 22nd, 2014 Choosing what to lose “We’ve lost money, we’ve lost nothing We’ve lost honour, we’ve lost a lot We’ve ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-un-reachable-workforce-what-ngos-with... | August 21st, 2014 The un-reachable workforce. What NGOs with remote operations teach us about organising work. Many years ... |
leandroherrero.com/is-this-not-happening-in-organizations-al... | August 20th, 2014 Is this not happening in organizations all the time? “It was autumn, and the Indians on the reservation ... |
leandroherrero.com/i-am-a-captain-we-are-on-a-collision-cour... | August 19th, 2014 “I am a captain. We are on a collision course.” 2 This is a great history of focus, determination, appea... |
leandroherrero.com/3-versions-of-speed/ | August 18th, 2014 3 versions of speed Andrew Grove, ex Intel This business about speed has its limits. Brains don’s speed ... |
leandroherrero.com/never-try-to-teach-a-pig-to-sing-it-waste... | August 17th, 2014 ‘Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig’ Robert Anson Heinlein (190... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-cannot-be-unbundled/ | August 16th, 2014 Leadership cannot be unbundled If you don’t live in Spain, chances are you may have missed the recent he... |
leandroherrero.com/taking-stock-some-daily-thoughts-stats-an... | August 15th, 2014 Taking stock: some Daily Thoughts stats and an announcement There have been 147 Daily Thoughts publishe... |
leandroherrero.com/in-friends-colleagues-pals-mates-buddies-... | August 14th, 2014 In friends (colleagues, pals, mates, buddies) I trust. Trust in organizations is horizontal. Our managem... |
leandroherrero.com/its-about-you-and-between-you-not-us-at-t... | August 13th, 2014 ‘It’s about you, and between you (not us at the top, not the leadership team)’ In one of the multiple ac... |
leandroherrero.com/yes-i-can-profile-you-lessons-from-politi... | August 12th, 2014 Yes I can (profile you). Lessons from political marketing to the running of organizations Political camp... |
leandroherrero.com/can-anybody-dispel-the-mystery-for-me-ple... | August 11th, 2014 Can anybody dispel the mystery for me, please? Who are ‘they’? These are commonly found uses of the expr... |
leandroherrero.com/my-last-employee-engagement-model-77-acti... | August 10th, 2014 My last Employee Engagement model. (7/7): Activists on the payroll. In this model, the employee (1) is a... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-as-morally-imperative... | August 9th, 2014 Employee Engagement as morally imperative. (6/7) A forgotten model? Here is a ‘very novel’ concept. Emplo... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-models-continue-57-th... | August 8th, 2014 Employee Engagement Models continue (5/7): ‘The Investors metaphor’. This is model 4 of the series. The ... |
leandroherrero.com/more-on-employee-engagement-47-the-cause-... | August 7th, 2014 More on Employee Engagement (4/7): ‘The Cause’. Engagement with the company or within the company? This i... |
leandroherrero.com/employee-engagement-week-and-debunking-co... | August 6th, 2014 Employee Engagement week ( and debunking) continues. (3/7): The Happy Cows model This is model 2 in the p... |
leandroherrero.com/debunking-the-myths-of-employee-engagemen... | August 5th, 2014 Debunking the Myths of Employee Engagement (2/7): Giving employees a voice. So, now we have a choir. And ... |
leandroherrero.com/debunking-the-myths-of-employee-engagemen... | August 4th, 2014 Debunking the Myths of Employee Engagement: a land of Emperors with No Clothes. (1/7) The six models A w... |
leandroherrero.com/reclaiming-a-concept-that-has-lost-weight... | August 3rd, 2014 Reclaiming a concept that has lost weight in the business organization: vocation Vocation is often define... |
leandroherrero.com/the-battle-for-the-3s-synthesis-sense-and... | August 2nd, 2014 The battle for the 3S : Synthesis, Sense, and Simplicity Let me share with you my 3S, where I suggest yo... |
leandroherrero.com/tribal-brands-that-teach-us-a-lesson/ | August 1st, 2014 Tribal brands that teach us a lesson This is an anthropology report. We’ve found this tribe: the people a... |
leandroherrero.com/using-national-cultural-differences-to-ex... | July 31st, 2014 Using national cultural differences to explain everything, is a smokescreen for managerial incompetence. W... |
leandroherrero.com/ill-say-it-again-people-are-not-resistant... | July 30th, 2014 I’ll say it again: people are not resistant to change Am I the only voice? ‘People are resistant to change... |
leandroherrero.com/however/ | July 29th, 2014 However… Many years ago, I got into Decision Analysis at the hands of my good friend Larry Philips of the ... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-needs-a-60s-counter-culture-rev... | July 28th, 2014 Corporate needs a 60’s counter-culture revolution, and these are five trends that could deliver it. The 60... |
leandroherrero.com/dadyc-do-acronyms-drive-you-crazy/ | July 27th, 2014 DADYC? (Do Acronyms Drive You Crazy?) Management cultures, particularly Anglo Saxon, love acronyms. This i... |
leandroherrero.com/disruptive-a-word-for-all-seasons-in-need... | July 26th, 2014 ‘Disruptive’: a word for all seasons, in need of a holiday. Jill Lepore, author, staff writer at The New Y... |
leandroherrero.com/write-your-declaration-of-inter-dependenc... | July 25th, 2014 Independence is dead. Write your declaration of Inter-dependence There was a time when writing a Declarati... |
leandroherrero.com/its-official-the-single-magic-bullet-that... | July 24th, 2014 It’s official: the single, magic bullet, that characterises good leadership is to back off. It should not ... |
leandroherrero.com/bottom-lining-everything-is-simply-silly-... | July 23rd, 2014 Bottom-lining everything is simply silly. Tell the bottom-liners to calm down and speak properly. The foll... |
leandroherrero.com/is-the-creative-working-unit-the-pair-it-... | July 22nd, 2014 Is the creative working unit ‘the pair’? It would be worth experimenting A forthcoming book by Joshua Wolf... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-botox/ | July 21st, 2014 Corporate Botox My local DYI/Bricolage/Hardware story has a terrible service. But now, in the tradition st... |
leandroherrero.com/your-branding-department-is-your-entire-w... | July 20th, 2014 Your Branding Department is your entire workforce Your workforce is your sales force, your PR department, ... |
leandroherrero.com/is-ruthlessness-a-leadership-strength/ | July 19th, 2014 Is ruthlessness a leadership strength? In times of crisis people look up in search of leadership, and in t... |
leandroherrero.com/rebels-they-need-a-cause/ | July 18th, 2014 Rebels: they need a cause There are always rebels and mavericks in organizations, nonconformists, contrari... |
leandroherrero.com/heroes-in-the-payroll-the-good-news-and-t... | July 17th, 2014 Heroes on the payroll: the good news and the bad news Some people have a hero within. They have this treme... |
leandroherrero.com/solutionism-as-a-culture-proficiency-in-p... | July 16th, 2014 Solutionism as a culture: proficiency in problem solving I have become apprehensive about the use of the t... |
leandroherrero.com/we-buy-an-elephant-and-then-we-train-the-... | July 15th, 2014 We buy an elephant and then we train the elephant to behave like a gazelle. What would be wrong with buyin... |
leandroherrero.com/leadership-explendid-expeditions/ | July 14th, 2014 Leadership’s Splendid Expeditions “The history of mankind might be described by a cynic as a series of spl... |
leandroherrero.com/to-save-everything-click-here-and-its-ver... | July 13th, 2014 ‘To save everything, click here’, and its version inside the company Ckicktivism is the term used to descr... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-start-with-an-alignment-obsession-di... | July 12th, 2014 Don’t start with an alignment obsession. Dissent is good, creative tension even better. Let me share thes... |
leandroherrero.com/why-e-mail-is-a-class-a-drug-for-the-mind... | July 11th, 2014 Why e-mail is a Class A drug for the mind The addictive properties of email (as we normally use it) can be... |
leandroherrero.com/dear-business-development-candidate-tell-... | July 10th, 2014 Dear Business Development candidate: tell me about things that you have developed in life If you have a be... |
leandroherrero.com/the-company-on-a-treadmill-devise-routine... | July 9th, 2014 The company on a treadmill: devise routine Stress Tests Banks have had stress tests (imposed) to see how th... |
leandroherrero.com/it-depends-when-ethics-leadership-and-val... | July 8th, 2014 ‘It depends’: when ethics, leadership, and values become flexible and adaptable ‘As a partner in the commun... |
leandroherrero.com/collective-leadership-two-acid-tests/ | July 7th, 2014 Collective Leadership: Two Acid Tests. I call Collective Leadership that state in the evolution of manageme... |
leandroherrero.com/trust-is-like-pregnancy-you-cant-have-a-b... | July 6th, 2014 Trust is like pregnancy. You can’t have a bit of it Statements such as ‘I don’t trust him too much’, in rea... |
leandroherrero.com/cultures-are-not-created-by-training-barc... | July 5th, 2014 Cultures are not created by training. Barclays is missing the point. A piece in The Guardian announces that... |
leandroherrero.com/full-of-embassies-the-company-is-not-an-i... | July 4th, 2014 Full of Embassies: The company is not an Internal Diplomatic Service People in organizations spend a lot of... |
leandroherrero.com/top-influencers-2-top-leadership-1-hierar... | July 3rd, 2014 Top Influencers 2, Top Leadership 1 (Hierarchical power in the organization is half of the ‘peer-to-peer’ p... |
leandroherrero.com/for-every-empowering-leader-there-must-be... | July 2nd, 2014 For every empowering leader, there must be followers who want to be empowered In all these years of organiz... |
leandroherrero.com/the-death-of-the-charismatic-leadership-h... | July 1st, 2014 The death of the charismatic leadership has been grossly exaggerated As Mark Twain said of himself, ‘The de... |
leandroherrero.com/the-self-management-train-has-left-the-st... | June 30th, 2014 The self-management train has left the station. The journey is very bumpy. Arrivals TBD. Watch out for upd... |
leandroherrero.com/when-the-only-thing-you-have-is-a-hammer/ | June 29th, 2014 When the only thing you have is a hammer ‘When the only thing you have is a hammer, everything looks like ... |
leandroherrero.com/faster-horses/ | June 28th, 2014 Faster horses Henry Ford said, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses... |
leandroherrero.com/maximising-optimising-satisficing/ | June 27th, 2014 Maximising, optimising, satisficing These three things are different. They represent three forms of decisi... |
leandroherrero.com/make-your-trade-offs-transparent/ | June 26th, 2014 Make your trade off(s) transparent In my experience, people can understand budget cuts, but there are seve... |
leandroherrero.com/to-learn-how-to-create-a-culture-of-custo... | June 25th, 2014 To learn how to create a culture of customer focus, use one. Disclaimer: I don’t have shares in the compan... |
leandroherrero.com/the-three-magic-words-transparency-clarit... | June 24th, 2014 The three ‘magic’ words: transparency, clarity and fairness These three organizational ‘magic words’ manag... |
leandroherrero.com/so-what-do-you-do-joe/ | June 23rd, 2014 So, what do you do Joe? Spot the differences at the dinner party or barbeque. So, what do you do Joe?. [Yo... |
leandroherrero.com/trust-is-tribal-its-people-like-me-its-ho... | June 22nd, 2014 Trust is tribal, it’s ‘people like me’, it’s horizontal Consistently over years, the Edelman’s Trust Barom... |
leandroherrero.com/when-management-is-overweight-leadership-... | June 21st, 2014 When management is overweight, leadership may be starving I must confess I have never been 100% comfortabl... |
leandroherrero.com/not-even-wrong/ | June 20th, 2014 Not even wrong Consistently attributed to physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who had no time for sloppy thinking, ‘... |
leandroherrero.com/when-the-sea-was-calm-all-boats-alike-sho... | June 19th, 2014 ‘When the sea was calm, all boats alike; showed mastership in floating’ This is scene one of ‘The Tragedy ... |
leandroherrero.com/in-need-of-netflix-irrational-logic/ | June 18th, 2014 In need of Netflix irrational logic The American version of the British ‘House of Cards’ (book, then TV se... |
leandroherrero.com/gene-and-tony-are-coming-next-week/ | June 17th, 2014 Gene and Tony are coming next week If you work in a corporation with headquarters and affiliates, or scatt... |
leandroherrero.com/lets-elevate-the-confusion-to-a-higher-le... | June 16th, 2014 Let’s elevate the confusion to a higher level There are times when you get stuck in arguments. Discussion... |
leandroherrero.com/could-the-global-teenager-teach-us-about-... | June 15th, 2014 Could the ‘global teenager’ teach us about ‘global leadership’? Today, there are more similarities between... |
leandroherrero.com/purpose-is-the-new-black-and-solidarity-i... | June 14th, 2014 Purpose is the new Black (and Solidarity is a building block) A combination of wisdom, moral compass and s... |
leandroherrero.com/bed-in-ten-minutes-you-can-play-till-then... | June 13th, 2014 ‘Bed in ten minutes, you can play till then’, versus ‘You have ten more minutes to play before bed’. A lit... |
leandroherrero.com/if-you-put-the-federal-government-in-char... | June 12th, 2014 “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of san... |
leandroherrero.com/for-leadership-look-around-not-in-researc... | June 11th, 2014 For leadership, look around, not in research papers Leadership has traditional sources of learning, reflec... |
leandroherrero.com/gandhis-concept-of-western-civilization/ | June 10th, 2014 Gandhi’s concept of Western Civilization Interrogated by a journalist: ‘Mr Gandhi, what do you think of We... |
leandroherrero.com/initiative-fatigue-leading-to-exhaustion-... | June 9th, 2014 Initiative fatigue, leading to exhaustion , leading to switching off. Many organizations seem to run layers... |
leandroherrero.com/god-make-me-chaste-but-not-yet/ | June 8th, 2014 ‘God, make me chaste, but not yet’ Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine in the Christian world, was very cle... |
leandroherrero.com/the-great-how-to-takeover/ | June 7th, 2014 The Great ‘How to’ takeover There is a period in child development when children start asking the question ... |
leandroherrero.com/we-are-not-resistant-to-change/ | June 6th, 2014 We are not resistant to change I was reminded, by a recent newspaper article, that Michelle Obama was born ... |
leandroherrero.com/this-company-will-reboot-itself-from-frid... | June 5th, 2014 This company will reboot itself from Friday to Saturday. Apologies, services will be limited during this pe... |
leandroherrero.com/dont-fight-an-epidemic-of-bad-things-crea... | June 4th, 2014 Don’t fight an epidemic of bad things. Create a counter-epidemic of good ones. When you have reached epidem... |
leandroherrero.com/authentically-disruptive/ | June 3rd, 2014 Authentically disruptive Pope Francis has introduced disruption. The head of the 1.2 billion Catholic Churc... |
leandroherrero.com/the-ultimate-form-of-employee-engagement-... | June 2nd, 2014 The ultimate form of Employee Engagement is a Company of Volunteers I was told, many years ago, by somebody... |
leandroherrero.com/you-dont-have-to-attend-every-argument-to... | June 1st, 2014 ‘You don’t have to attend every argument to which you are invited’ This quote is from an unknown author. He... |
leandroherrero.com/list-your-competitors-then-compare-yourse... | May 31st, 2014 List your competitors, then, compare yourself with somebody not on that list I know this is not how it is s... |
leandroherrero.com/heaven-is-empty-of-self-centered-people/ | May 30th, 2014 Heaven is empty of self-centered people These were recent words of Pope Francis to the Italian bishops, app... |
leandroherrero.com/you-must-understand-we-are-a-big-company/ | May 29th, 2014 You must understand, we are a big company I was told this story a long time ago. A CEO of a large company ... |
leandroherrero.com/nothing-that-requires-to-be-pitched-in-an... | May 28th, 2014 Nothing that requires to be pitched in an elevator, is worth pitching I am sorry to disagree with the conve... |
leandroherrero.com/occupy-the-corporate-streets/ | May 27th, 2014 Occupy the (corporate) streets The traditional thinking about divisional and functional structures within o... |
leandroherrero.com/corporate-culture-as-a-social-movement/ | May 26th, 2014 Corporate culture as a social movement Large scale mobilization and alignment of people, united through com... |
leandroherrero.com/intolerance-diversity-and-exclusion-its-b... | May 25th, 2014 Intolerance, Diversity and Exclusion: It’s behavioural! ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ (D&I) is becoming a ‘poli... |
leandroherrero.com/surprise/ | May 24th, 2014 Surprise! Surprise is a powerful strategy in its own rights. Surprise means being ahead of the game, being ... |
leandroherrero.com/a-6th-century-leadership-manual-starts-wi... | May 23rd, 2014 A 6th Century Leadership Manual starts with the word ‘Listen!’ It’s impossible to listen in a noisy room. ... |
leandroherrero.com/no-milk-no-honey-enjoy-the-journey/ | May 22nd, 2014 No milk, no honey, enjoy the journey Moses’ leadership was bad. He promised his people a land of milk and h... |
leandroherrero.com/10-strategic-options/ | May 21st, 2014 10 strategic options These are the 10 strategic options you have at your disposal all the time, as I use th... |
leandroherrero.com/dogmatism-breeds-stronger-dogma/ | May 20th, 2014 Dogmatism breeds stronger dogma Paul Krugman, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics, in his column in the... |
leandroherrero.com/i-have-good-news-and-bad-news-your-mind-w... | May 19th, 2014 Your mind may trick you, the truth will set you free You have bought a pair of very expensive tickets for a... |
leandroherrero.com/i-dont-know-and-i-dont-think-you-know-eit... | May 18th, 2014 I don’t know, and I don’t think you know either! ‘I don’t know’, is a hard statement to make for leaders wh... |
leandroherrero.com/you-want-to-seek-the-company-of-a-few-rej... | May 17th, 2014 You want to seek the company of a few rejected people There are many compilations but I found these example... |
leandroherrero.com/all-teams-with-a-sell-by-date/ | May 16th, 2014 All teams with a ‘sell-by date’ Imagine that any new team comes with a ‘sell-by date’. A label that says: ‘... |
leandroherrero.com/the-place-called-row/ | May 15th, 2014 The place called ROW In the old days, when working for an American company, our business was split between ... |
leandroherrero.com/customer-centric-prove-it/ | May 14th, 2014 Customer-centric? Prove it! Many organizations want to be customer-centric, and will do lots of things to a... |
leandroherrero.com/a-bit-of-inefficiency-is-very-efficient/ | May 13th, 2014 A bit of inefficiency is very efficient Cost cutting, cutting to the bone, cutting down to the bare minimum... |
leandroherrero.com/there-is-only-one-customer-and-he-pays-th... | May 12th, 2014 There is only one customer, and he pays the bills I am your customer, you are my customer. When I need to p... |
leandroherrero.com/the-broken-windows-of-the-organization/ | May 11th, 2014 The broken windows of the organization A neighbourhood with broken windows and graffiti on the walls says: ... |
leandroherrero.com/another-saturday-poem-for-leaders-who-don... | May 10th, 2014 Another Saturday poem for leaders who don’t read poems It’s a poems of two lines ‘Jamesian’ By Thom Gunn (1... |
leandroherrero.com/from-the-movie-making-school-of-managemen... | May 9th, 2014 From the Movie Making School of Management Let’s make a movie. We need a producer with the money. A director... |
leandroherrero.com/the-hall-of-fame-of-mistakes/ | May 8th, 2014 The Hall of Fame of Mistakes In a recent cultural assessment that we conducted, we analysed the treatment of... |
leandroherrero.com/its-our-policy-is-often-the-worst-policy/ | May 7th, 2014 ‘It’s our policy’ is often the worst policy A while ago, my brand new iPhone was stolen at the airport, havi... |
leandroherrero.com/all-inclusive-go-where-the-energy-is/ | May 6th, 2014 All inclusive? Go where the energy is? Many times in my consulting work, I find myself facing this dilemma. ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-best-employee-retention-policy-ill-pa... | May 5th, 2014 The best employee retention policy: I’ll pay you to quit It’s in the news! It’s all over the place, particul... |
leandroherrero.com/biography-of-a-flipchart/ | May 4th, 2014 Biography of a Flipchart A meeting room without a flipchart is decaffeinated coffee. The absence of a flipch... |
leandroherrero.com/saturday-poem-for-leaders-who-dont-read-p... | May 3rd, 2014 Saturday poem for leaders who don’t read poems There is an ‘Accidental Literature for Leaders’. I call this... |
leandroherrero.com/permission-to-be-human/ | May 2nd, 2014 Permission to be human I have had a brilliant two day meeting with a brilliant client. One aspect of my work... |
leandroherrero.com/stop-press-candidate-interviewed-by-authe... | May 1st, 2014 Stop press: Candidate interviewed by authentic people A recent senior hire in a client company commented to ... |
leandroherrero.com/three-models-of-change/ | April 30th, 2014 Three models of change Change management, or management of change. Thank God there can only be two permu... |
leandroherrero.com/the-tyranny-of-the-small-things/ | April 29th, 2014 The tyranny of the small things Grandiose plans get sabotaged by small things. Many years ago, I was invo... |
leandroherrero.com/the-limits-of-my-language-are-the-limits-... | April 28th, 2014 ‘The limits of my language are the limits of my world’ Said Wittgenstein. Language in business and organi... |
leandroherrero.com/looking-at-a-screen-is-the-new-normal/ | April 27th, 2014 Looking at a screen is ‘the new normal’. There was this big conference that was introduced by the chairma... |
leandroherrero.com/its-saturday-again/ | April 26th, 2014 It’s Saturday again Saturday. It seems to come quite regularly after Friday. Friday? Saturday? Weekday? A... |
leandroherrero.com/where-there-is-too-much-vision-people-per... | April 25th, 2014 ‘Where there is too much vision, people perish faster’. “Where there is no vision, the people perish”, sa... |
leandroherrero.com/stay-in-beta/ | April 24th, 2014 Stay in beta The traditional organization is, amongst other things, obsessed with closure. It despises a... |
leandroherrero.com/for-every-problem-the-victorians-had-a-bu... | April 23rd, 2014 For every problem, the Victorians had a building About seven years ago, the BBC broadcasted a series call... |
leandroherrero.com/two-wrong-talent-wars/ | April 22nd, 2014 Two wrong Talent Wars The war on talent. McKinsey consultants started it with a book of the same title. B... |
leandroherrero.com/the-new-units-of-space-and-time-and-the-l... | April 21st, 2014 The new units of Space and Time (and the latest up coming Disruptive Innovations) New units: Certificate ... |
leandroherrero.com/three-ways-to-get-approval-from-your-ceo-... | April 20th, 2014 Three ways to get approval from your CEO or your Leadership Team Way number 1: My team has come up with t... |
leandroherrero.com/a-week-behind-a-week-end-ahead-for-some-q... | April 19th, 2014 A week behind. A week-end ahead for some quiet time. A week where in some parts of the world people take ... |
leandroherrero.com/my-roi-your-roi/ | April 18th, 2014 My ROI, your ROI One the biggest compliments that I’ve got in my consulting life, and one that I have com... |
leandroherrero.com/the-shortest-employee-engagement-survey-h... | April 17th, 2014 The shortest Employee Engagement survey has one question And the question is: ‘Why are you still here?’ Y... |
leandroherrero.com/this-is-a-non-smoking-flight/ | April 16th, 2014 This is a non-smoking flight If you are a frequent flight traveller, as I am for business reasons, you wi... |
leandroherrero.com/the-rolling-luggage-paradox/ | April 15th, 2014 The Rolling Luggage Paradox I owe this to Nassim Taleb (‘Fooled by Randomness’ (2007), ‘The Black Swan’ (... |
leandroherrero.com/the-last-thing-i-need-is-creativity/ | April 14th, 2014 The last thing I need is creativity Henry Ford is quoted to have said ‘why is it every time I ask for a p... |
leandroherrero.com/we-are-so-good-at-crisis/ | April 13th, 2014 We are so good at crisis! Many clients have expresed this thought over the years: ‘Leandro, we are so goo... |
leandroherrero.com/saturday-menu-shh-reading-on-your-own/ | April 12th, 2014 Saturday menu. Shh! Reading on your own.. Three past favourites. Reflections for that little time over th... |
leandroherrero.com/a-leader-with-2-2-billion-followers/ | April 11th, 2014 A leader with 2.2 billion followers He didn’t say much, at least as far as we know. He didn’t leave any w... |
leandroherrero.com/the-usefulness-of-the-useless/ | April 10th, 2014 The usefulness of the useless Nuccio Ordine, an Italian professor, has written an essay of this title, to... |
leandroherrero.com/we-will-360-feed-back-you/ | April 9th, 2014 We will ‘360-feed-back’ you. Readers of my books and clients will be aware that I am not very fond of the ... |
leandroherrero.com/write-a-script-not-a-strategic-plan/ | April 8th, 2014 Write a script, not a strategic plan ‘A year from now, you all are here standing in front of the CEO and y... |
leandroherrero.com/is-employee-engagement-whatever-is-measur... | April 7th, 2014 Is employee engagement whatever is measured by employee engagement surveys? Engagement, retention even act... |
leandroherrero.com/10-rules-of-self-survival-the-border-diet... | April 6th, 2014 10 Rules of Self-Survival: The Border Diet My TEDx East London Talk ended with a proposal. The Border Diet... |
leandroherrero.com/the-week-in-daily-thoughts/ | April 5th, 2014 The week in Daily Thoughts The week’s wrap up: what leadership has to do with talking, why it does not get... |
leandroherrero.com/say-it-comes-from-mckinsey/ | April 4th, 2014 Say it comes from McKinsey A friend of mine, and a great management consultant, told me once that when he ... |
leandroherrero.com/the-things-you-do-not-have-to-say-make-yo... | April 3rd, 2014 The things you do not have to say make you rich William Stafford’s (1914 – 1993) poem reads: The things yo... |
leandroherrero.com/in-doubt-make-it-personal/ | April 2nd, 2014 In doubt, make it personal Invited to present at TEDx East London, I had lots of conversations with its wo... |
leandroherrero.com/the-abandon-hope-organization/ | April 1st, 2014 The ‘Abandon Hope’ organization Some organizations are little versions of Dante’s Inferno with its sign ‘A... |
leandroherrero.com/never-sell-your-time/ | March 31st, 2014 Never sell your time A friend of mind, a great artist, posted his latest challenge in Facebook. He had p... |
leandroherrero.com/when-necessary-use-words/ | March 30th, 2014 When necessary use words Saint Francis of Assisi is a 13th Century figure revered as a Saint by the Catho... |
leandroherrero.com/the-thoughts-of-the-week/ | March 29th, 2014 The Thoughts of The Week Launched this week, thanks for the growing list! We had two false starts delive... |
leandroherrero.com/the-leader-who-saved-my-country-and-then-... | March 28th, 2014 The leader who saved my country and then forgot who he was Adolfo Suarez, first President of the Spanish ... |
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