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Reflection 17 – The Past Runs Your Organisation

Jan — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:42:53 +0000

Understanding where your workplace culture really comes from Organisational culture is one of those terms everyone uses, and no one defines quite the same way. At its simplest it is just “the way we do things around here.” That short … Continued

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Reflection 16 – Triad of Change Management Systems

Jan — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:52:07 +0000

Total Quality Management, Business Process Re-engineering, and Learning Organisation. Most organisations facing problems reach for an intervention. Fewer ask which kind of intervention the situation demands. Even fewer have a conceptual framework that would allow them to answer that question. The three … Continued

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Reflection 15 – The Deal You Never Signed

Jan — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:46:02 +0000

What Termites Reveal About the Social Contract of Culture A worker termite spends its entire life building a structure it will never own. It defends offspring it did not produce and, in most species, will never produce any of its … Continued

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Reflection 14 – Levels of OD (Functional vs Strategic)

Jan — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:18:04 +0000

Departmental or Strategic Organisation Development. Introduction Organisation Development (OD) has, since its formalisation in the mid-twentieth century, carried a persistent ambiguity of scope. In its most familiar guise, OD is a practice — a set of planned, human-focused interventions (team-building, … Continued

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Reflection 13 – Why Organisations Look the Same.

Jan — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:02:43 +0000

Why Do Organisations Always End Up Looking the Same? Deep down, are they different? 1. The Central Puzzle: Despite the enormous differences between organisations in what they do, where they operate, and when they came into existence, they tend to fall … Continued

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Reflection 12: Strategic Planning Cycle

Jan — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:57:24 +0000

Strategic planning is too often reduced to an exercise: apply a framework, fill in a template, produce a document. There are many books and articles on strategy, strategic management, tools, and techniques to use and many more books on strategic … Continued

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