Positive Change with appreciative questions
How can organizations lead positive change toward a World that Works for All? How to work in a Post-Covid World that’s Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous? Ronald Fry, appreciative inquiry…
Articles about organizational culture, collaboration in teams, and cross-cultural collaboration. Theory and tools. Cases and experiences from fellow leaders, consultants, and role-model organizations. Book reviews. Interviews. Coverage of seminars.
With an emphasis on positive organizational cultures that foster openness, trust and kindness to boost innovation, agility, collaboration and thus results.
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Companies and culture with Positive Impact
Can for-profit companies help save the world and stop global warming and improve social issues? The answer is yes - and some already took ownership and started to create prosperity…
A positive culture cares for the planet
The pandemic caused an unprecedented change and the IPCC reported accelerated climate change. Organizational culture directs how organizations respond. A positive culture helps to navigate the necessary transitions. A positive…
High-performance culture: the power of purpose
Here’s part 3 of building a high-performance culture, based on Daniel Coyle’s The Culture Code and my consulting practice. The third ingredient to improving collaboration is a collective, meaningful purpose.…
High-performance culture: be vulnerable
Here’s part 2 of building a high-performance culture, based on Daniel Coyle’s The Culture Code and my consulting practice. The second ingredient to improving collaboration is: sharing vulnerability. How can…
High-performance culture: make it safe
What’s the secret of a high-performance culture? There’s a formula but everyone cooks differently and everyone has a different taste. True, but all humans respond to building safety, sharing vulnerability…
Leaders and culture: how to handle power?
Being aware of power and how power alters your and others’ perceptions and responses helps to handle power better. This is crucial if you want to develop a positive culture…
Leaders and culture: what’s your power base?
Being aware of your power and how power alters your and others’ perceptions and responses helps to handle power better. This is crucial if you want to develop a positive…
The fearless, learning culture
Don’t want to look ignorant? Don’t ask questions. Don’t want to look incompetent? Don’t admit to mistakes or weaknesses. Don’t want to be called disruptive? Don’t make suggestions. In many…
Detox, delegate, hack your culture
Humanocracy, the book by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, presents the research and the practices that help build organizations that foster freedom and responsibility. Here’s part 5 on how to…
Culture: how do you handle paradox?
Humanocracy, the book by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, presents the research and the practices that help build organizations that foster freedom and responsibility. Here’s part 4 on how to…
Culture: meritocracy and community
Humanocracy, the book by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, presents the research and the practices that help build organizations that foster freedom and responsibility. Here’s part 3 on how to…