Reflections on business and life
Thoughts and ideas on business developed over time
How the CEO Became an “Entrepreneur” and Why It Matters to the Rest of the Organisation Introduction Walk into any airport bookshop, and you will find a shelf of business memoirs whose titles, taken together, describe a particular self-image: the … Continued
Laws of Nature, Their Relevance to People, Organisations, Systems, and Organisation Development. In this reflection, we focus on a few laws of nature from the exact sciences. Some of these will surface again in later reflections. The application of natural … Continued
Levels of Considerations in Strategic Planning Introduction There is a model developed by mathematician Eduard Lucas with many names but often called the Tower of Hanoi. The model comprises three pegs and several discs of varying sizes, stacked in order … Continued
Millions or Billions, wasted or well spent? Millions – if not billions – of rands and dollars are spent annually on strategic planning sessions. Whether all of this represents genuine value or significant waste is a question worth asking. Consultants … Continued
Are we in a perfect storm? Open any news article, and it becomes clear that executive remuneration has become a contentious issue. To discuss this, we first need to step back and look at the broader environment in which organisations … Continued
Change, Strategy, Culture, and the Change Agent It has become a cliché to speak of the pace and degree of change in the 21st century – yet the observation is ancient. The philosopher Heraclitus (c. 540–480 BC) held that “on those … Continued
