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Nov 08 2019

How to Take the SWOT Analysis to a Whole New Level

How to Take the SWOT Analysis to a Whole New Level

This week,  a client of ours drew up a SWOT analysis and it turned out to be a very productive event.  The SWOT analysis tool has been around for a very long time. The Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats categories are  comfortably familiar to many as a way of brainstorming and analyzing the current reality of […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: conflict cloud, linear thinking, swot

May 29 2018

Empowerment: 5 Questions to Help People Do Their Jobs

Empowerment: 5 Questions to Help People Do Their Jobs

Empowerment is a great word but can be meaningless unless we give it an operational definition. Operationally, empowerment means that there is alignment between a person’s authority and the responsibility they are given. Continuing from our previous post on Empowerment, what can we do operationally when people don’t seem able to do their work on […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: conflict cloud, empowerment, legitimate needs, misalignment, responsibility and authority

May 16 2018

Education for the Future of Work? Think Projects and Networks

Education for the Future of Work? Think Projects and Networks

Work is becoming increasingly project-based; the ability to navigate networks and work within a team towards the completion of simple and complex projects will be required of the future workforce. Unfortunately, we are still basing our education system today on models and content that were appropriate 50-100 years ago but that are no longer so […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: project management, Systems Thinking, systems view of the world · Tagged: conflict cloud, education, future of work, mental models, networks, projects

May 08 2018

How to Do Meaningful Meetings with Purpose and Results

How to Do Meaningful Meetings with Purpose and Results

People spend an inordinate amount of their lives in meetings. More often than not, these meetings do not achieve satisfactory results, despite best intentions. Our time on this planet is finite and none of us can afford to waste time that could be dedicated to achieving something meaningful. There is something about getting a group […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: conflict cloud, intelligent emotions, Meetings, Prerequisite Tree, Thinking Processes, Transition Tree

May 03 2018

Beyond Logic: Tools for Intelligent Emotions (not just Emotional Intelligence)

Beyond Logic: Tools for Intelligent Emotions (not just Emotional Intelligence)

We know that intelligence and emotions are not the same. Certainly, people may be capable of great intellectual prowess but be cold and unfeeling. Other people may be kind and generous without having any particular academic inclination. While there may be extreme cases, most of us, and especially leaders and managers, live with the delicate […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: conflict cloud, emotional intelligence, intelligent emotions, Thinking Process Tools

Feb 16 2018

Empowerment – Making it Work Operationally

Empowerment – Making it Work Operationally

If you look up “empowerment” on Google there are over 100 million items. So what do we mean by empowerment and why is it such a tricky matter? What tools can we use to make sure empowerment is done more effectively at an operational level? In any organization, things need to get done and people […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: conflict cloud, empowerment, leadership, thinking process, Transition Tree

Jan 30 2018

Uncertainty and Choice: Quantum Mechanics for Leaders and Managers

Uncertainty and Choice: Quantum Mechanics for Leaders and Managers

A recent article in ‘Scientific American’ has been getting some attention called ‘Quantum Epistemology for Business’. As two of our partners are physicists we have to have our say so here’s our blog post about business and quantum mechanics, by Dr. Giovanni Siepe.  Let’s be honest with ourselves: we don’t like uncertainty and we don’t […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: conflict cloud, Decision making, probability, quantum mechanics, there of constraints, uncertainty

Jan 12 2018

Is Making a Profit in Conflict with Doing Good? It’s All About Pie

Is Making a Profit in Conflict with Doing Good? It’s All About Pie

When you frame the question of making a profit versus doing good as a conflict, you can quickly get to the root of the problem. Much of it has to do with the way we think about what profit is. When we challenge our understanding of profit, all kinds of new possibilities arise. How do we […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: systems view of the world · Tagged: conflict cloud, for-profit, mental models, not-for-profit, social enterprise, Systems Thinking, theory of constraints

Dec 06 2017

Hierarchy and Silos – How they Hurt Project Management

Hierarchy and Silos – How they Hurt Project Management

Even with the best Project Management, hierarchy and silos will interfere with outcomes. In this post we look at why that is and how Project Management itself is the answer. If you Google the term ‘Project Management’ you will hundreds of millions of results. It is a multi-billion dollar business and there are official institutes that […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Network of Projects, project management · Tagged: conflict cloud, critical chain, empowerment, network of projects, project management, theory of constraints

Oct 03 2017

Radically Rethinking How to Improve Work-Life Balance

Radically Rethinking How to Improve Work-Life Balance

Is it possible to find that elusive work-life balance so many seek? We think that’s the wrong question. However, there is something you can do to focus your energies on what you truly need. It works for organizations, and it can work for individuals too.  I want it all, and I want it now Our reality […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: conflict cloud, mental models, needs, theory of constraints, work-life balance

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