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11Jun/24

Purpose-Based Orgs – Whose?

June 11, 2024purpose/values, random thoughtcraig.milner

Popularized in 2006 by the non-profit B Lab and their launch of B Corps, the idea that it is time for profit-based businesses to change their purpose has been around for quite

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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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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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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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16Jun/15

Co-Leadership – an evolving trend?

June 16, 2015collaboration, random thoughtcraig.milner

So yesterday I received a ‘special message to the University community’ from Dr. Mike Mahon, President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Lethbridge.  In it he explains how he will be “increasingly

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