The shadows of Agile
First of all, I will confess that I'm also an Agile Coach. I've spent a lot of my energy in the last few years helping [...]
September 2017
August 2017
Do not copy frameworks and methods: learn a new language
I often have conversations with two types of people. Those who want to hire us to "implement" a new management system and those who criticize [...]
Toxic Organizational Culture and lessons learned from Uber
The departure of Uber CEO and founder Travis Kalanick was yet another step in trying to change the company's organizational culture that many consider as [...]
July 2017
Conflicts at work: using dialogue and empowerment
In the post "Office Drama? Understand what's behind it" we wrote about how conflicts at work can intensify when assuming the roles Karpman's drama triangle: victim, [...]
Nassim Taleb and 4 ideas for an Antifragile Organization
I believe it is possible to create an organization based on the concepts presented by Nassim Taleb in his book Antifragile - Things that gain [...]
Office drama? Understand what’s behind it
Have you ever come across situations at work that look like soap opera? It may sound like office drama, but you may be experiencing the [...]
April 2017
Organizational Inertia – How Kodak and Blockbuster Innovated and Failed
It is not enough to develop new products and invest in innovation, it is necessary to overcome organizational inertia. Everyone knows Netflix well. Everyone over [...]
Be careful about group decisions
Everyone has heard this phrase: many heads think better than one. A pity that few have heard about the phenomena that promote group decisions of [...]
How to kill your boss
I believe most people have a boss inside them. I am not excluding myself from this group. This is explained by the way we are [...]
The flight of the chicken and the companies that *almost* fly
Chickens do not fly as far as I know. Some organizations are like that too. They almost fly. I think I figured out why. It [...]