#Leadership - van Rooyen

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 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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Reflection 11 – Socrates, Critical Thinking, and AI

Jan — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:53:11 +0000

Socrates, Critical Thinking, and AI Living with questions in a time of fake news New Developments This topic touches every organisation, every leader, and every individual navigating the modern world. It provides a conceptual foundation that underpins effective functioning across … Continued

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