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CHAOS

All organizations fall within one of three states – chaos, control, or collaboration.

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All organizations fall within one of three states – chaos, control, or collaboration.

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All organizations fall within one of three states – chaos, control, or collaboration.

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11Aug/22

Feedback – Cruising to High Performance

August 11, 2022accountability, random thoughtcraig.milner

I love driving.  I often tell people that driving is my reflection time.  I’ve been known to jump in my car and make a two-three hour drive for a dinner get together

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17Jun/22

21st Century Colonialism

June 17, 2022random thoughtcraig.milner

co·​lo·​ni·​al·​ism /kəˈlōnēəˌlizəm/:the practice of extending and maintaining political and economic control over another people or area When you hear the word colonialism, I imagine most people immediately think about the 16th-18th century

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13Jun/22

The End of Bureaucracy

June 13, 2022random thoughtcraig.milner

The other day I came across a 2018 Harvard Business Review (HBR) article, written by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, called ‘The End of Bureaucracy’. Given my interest in organization design and

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21Mar/22

Responsible vs Accountable

March 21, 2022accountability, start herecraig.milner

During a discussion in one of my classes, a student made the comment that in a team environment it is important to be accountable. While that sounds good, technically it’s not correct

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19Mar/22

110% Effort All the Time

March 19, 2022random thoughtcraig.milner

OK, this topic isn’t really about teams specifically. But as the end of a semester draws close here at the university, I’m reminded of an important habit/discipline that will serve anyone –

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14Jun/21

Focus First – Then Paddle Hard!

June 14, 2021purpose/valuescraig.milner

Before I moved to the dry, arid plains of Southern Alberta I lived in Ontario – home to literally thousand and thousands of lakes.  And some pretty big ones too!  Yes it

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10Jun/21

Public vs Private Ownership

June 10, 2021purpose/valuescraig.milner

What do Lego and Patagonia have in common? Both work hard at creating items that fit with each other? Maybe. More importantly, both are successful, private organizations that believe in a purpose

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01Jun/21

Teams – Not Just A Label!

June 1, 2021start herecraig.milner

Teams – Teams – Teams.  Seems like everyone uses the word team these days – especially in business.  How many times do we hear managers (and I’m purposely not using the term leader –

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31May/21

Let’s Give This A Go!

May 31, 2021start herecraig.milner

Hello World… Well I’m online – again!  I originally tried starting a regular blog 10 years ago – 10 years! In fact, this blog is mostly a cut-and-paste from my old blogspot.com

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18Jun/15

Congruence

June 18, 2015random thoughtcraig.milner

con·gru·ence /kənˈɡro͞oəns/:agreement or harmony; compatibility So an odd thought and perhaps interesting insight (I guess I’ll let you decide if it’s insightful) popped into my head today. I’ll categorize this under the umbrella

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1978 #economics Nobel prize winner, Herbert Simon states the solution to our complex world and insufficient human rationality is to deliberately restrict freedom of choice. How? Eliminate individual ability to act alone - adopt collaborative organizations everywhere. #ReThinkOrgs

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Ha-Joon Chang says “We need to design an economic system that, while acknowledging people are often selfish, exploits other human motives and gets the best out of people” @rethinkecon @SOAS I can help with that. #ReThinkOrgs

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In ‘23 Things They Don’t Tell You about Capitalism’ the author argues that the first step in understanding capitalism is “breaking away from the illusion of market objectivity”. Yes! Time to #ReThinkOrgs #RedesignCapitalism

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