It’s that time of year when we find commencement speeches in our email inboxes. I received Paul Hawken’s commencement speech to the class of 2009 at the University of Portland today. I decided to pass it on here. Why? Because the message is a good … [Read more...]
To inspire hope, work on trust.
A conversation with a client the other day about how to engage her team more completely led to an important question. She had some conversations with team members recently that revealed that the team is losing hope about their chances for success in … [Read more...]
Fight Chaos and Complexity with Simplicity
Almost every senior leader I talk to now tells me the same thing, “There’s too much going on. We don’t know what’s happening. It’s chaos.” These are in quotation marks for a reason; they’re quotes. My response is always the same; I ask a question, … [Read more...]
More on Change
The dominant topic for our clients in all verticals at the moment is change. This is the overriding business imperative all are facing: The way we work is changing. How do we lead change rather than react to it? There are three essential components … [Read more...]
Great vision – Check. Smart strategy – Check. Operational excellence – Oops! Mind the gap!
A well-crafted vision and strategy without a game plan and capacity for smart and fast execution are useless. This is the gap that keeps many organizations from realizing their vision. One leader told me, “We’re great at meetings; but nothing gets … [Read more...]
March Madness – How to Win through Customer Intimacy
"March Madness" used to refer just to college basketball in the US. Given our current economic realities the term takes on a whole new meaning. In the current environment, the three messages we keep repeating are: · Double-check your alignment. Is … [Read more...]
Attend, Imagine, Move
Our watchwords at Ecstasis are “Attend, Imagine, Move.” These words challenge us to begin and sustain a process of inquiry that is vital for real change to occur. If our tendency is download and to race quickly from here >> to here, then pausing to … [Read more...]
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