Times are changing fast and leaders need to adapt. We have evolved far beyond a simple situation where people just need to be told what to do. We suggest four essential qualities required for 21st century leadership. Number One: A leader must have real knowledge A leader in today’s complex world cannot be a person […]
How to Manage Decentralized Work – Out of the Crisis Series Part 4
Making the best use of the resources we have in a sustainable way was always necessary, but it has become dramatically evident and urgent following the Coronavirus crisis. The lockdowns that have forced organizations to carry on working outside their normal locations are accelerating a major change that was already taking place – the shift […]
How to Improve Company Culture and Performance with a Transformation Based on Competencies
In the previous article in this series, Dr. Domenico Lepore covered the key ingredients needed to gear up for complexity and speed. Here in Part 6 he introduces the idea of competencies as the engine for transformation. As declared in several publications over the years, our goal at IM is the transformation of the prevailing, silo-based, organizational design and […]
The Key Ingredients of an Organization re-design for Complexity and Speed
In the previous article in this series, our Founder Dr. Domenico Lepore, covered how to scale a business sustainably. Here in Part 5 he looks at the fundamental ingredients for an organizational re-design appropriate for the 21st century challenges of complexity. Since the industrial revolution, the idea of control has been connected to a Newtonian, mechanistic worldview: to […]
How to Scale a Business Sustainably
In the previous article in this series, our Founder Dr. Domenico Lepore, described the evolution of a systemic solution for managing organizations and avoiding silos. Here in Part Four, he answers the question “How do you put it into action?” In 1999, we still did not have a sufficiently generic and comprehensive answer to how […]
Solving the Core Problem that Prevents Companies from Achieving Sustainable Growth
The only way to solve systemic problems is through systemic thinking. This is what allows us to step back and ask the fundamental questions so we can develop valid solutions. In Part 3 of this this new series, our Founder, Dr. Domenico Lepore, continues from Part 1 and Part 2 with the questions that allows us to find […]
Deming, Goldratt and Critical Chain – the Pillars for Transforming Management and Organizations Today
Today’s post is by the Founder of Intelligent Management Inc. Dr. Domenico Lepore and it is Part 1 of our new series on a new perspective for business management and a valid solution for sustainable growth. In 1997, I was among the few to receive from Larry Gadd, Dr. Goldratt’s Publisher at North River Press, […]
Three Steps Towards a New Economics for Sustainable Prosperity
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 […]
Entrepreneurial Intelligence – Beyond IQ and EQ
Much has been written about the importance of not just IQ but EQ, Emotional Intelligence. (Daniel Goleman explains EQ in this video.) We now know that there are different forms of human intelligence and all of us have them to differing degrees. Why isn’t everyone an entrepreneur? Anyone can go and register a company, but […]
What Makes Something “Sustainable”, Exactly?
Today’s post is by our Founder, Dr. Domenico Lepore. So, BlackRock decides that Climate Change is a threat to their portfolio (See ‘BlackRock Shakes Up Business to Focus on Sustainable Business’ (Blackrock has $7 trillion in assets under management), HBR goes Gaga about it and, all of sudden, the name of the game becomes Sustainability: let’s […]