2020 has been a year of unexpected losses and shocks in so many fields. How can we move forward in a way that can truly help us to rebuild without repeating old mistakes? How can we make sure that any “new solutions” introduced can be for the benefit of everyone and not just a tiny […]
Why Your Functional Hierarchy Is Stifling Your Results
We’re in week two of the course we were invited by the University of Venice to design and deliver for businesses so they can manage complexity. To survive and thrive in our new reality dominated by complexity, companies need to adopt a systemic perspective and a systemic way of operating. So it was satisfying to […]
How Systemic Management Can Help SMEs Survive and Thrive
On Tuesday, we were in Venice, Italy to kick off our course for SMEs on managing complexity through Systemic Management by invitation of the Fondazione Università Ca Foscari. The classroom was called ‘Infinity’ and that name seems like an auspicious start. We are particularly thrilled to begin this path of learning with a group of […]
Leadership and Management Skills for Today’s Complex Markets
There is so much talk about Leadership these days. It’s ironic when there are so few examples of effective Leaders. It does make sense though, because people have the intuition that Leadership is really key when it comes to moving out of a crisis. The urgent question here is, what is the context for leadership? […]
Competitiveness at National Level – Lepore Unleashed
Today’s post is by our Founder Dr. Domenico Lepore, based on the speech he was asked to give about ‘Competitiveness at National Level’ at the Horasis Global Forum last week. There is a very long “Laundry List” of elements at play in creating competitiveness for a Nation: from Education to Healthcare, from Transparency to Cybersecurity, […]
Executive Education: Updating for the Age of Complexity
Executives today must be able to understand how things interdepend and evolve in order to navigate complexity. Current Executive Education provided by the business degrees and MBAs on offer are not providing adequate knowledge, methods and tools. We already propose a full operational solution for organizational design for complexity (see ‘The Organization as a […]
The Dangers of Linear Thinking in a World of Complexity
One of the hardest challenges that we must face to survive and thrive in the digital age is changing the way we think. Linear thinking has served humanity well. Being rational, after all, allowed us to emerge from the dark ages and the realm of superstition. We can thank René Descartes for providing us with […]
Silos – Overcoming the Enemy of Digital Transformation
If organizations need to learn anything today it’s how to overcome silos. Silos are the number one enemy of productivity and competitiveness, especially in digital transformation. They also seriously threaten the quality of life of employees. An article by former Navy Seal Chris Fussell ‘The battlefield experience that made me realize the danger of silos and isolated […]
How Businesses Can Make the World Better – Whole System Transformation
People struggle to understand big systems, such as nations and alliances. It’s just too big and complicated (what better proof than U.K. citizens voting to leave the European Union.) So they try to break things down into simpler pieces, build walls and set up barriers (silos, fiefdoms, departments). Unfortunately, that just doesn’t work. Why? The […]
Borders, Tariffs and Brexit – Misunderstanding Complexity
Wherever you live and whether you care or not about the UK staying in or exiting the European Union (EU), the result of Brexit in eight month’s time will affect you. The same goes for any Trade Wars sparked through new tariffs. Why? Firstly, because we live in a highly interdependent and therefore complex world […]