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30Jul/26

Beyond Simple Answers

July 30, 2026start herecomplexity, curiousity, frameworks, organizational design, systems thinkingcraig.milner

Why do we create frameworks? Every discipline does it. Business has SWOT analysis and Porter’s Five Forces. Psychology has Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and the Big Five personality traits. Biology has Darwin’s

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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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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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