Tag: Control
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The Paradox of Control
We have created economic systems that function in the opposite way, i.e. where we serve the boxes that represent the ‘measurables’
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Leadership Excellence: A Case Study
As the old Pakistani saying goes: “If the leaves of the tree are yellow, don’t paint them green, water the roots”
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The Peace Found in Honesty
Complete honesty frees us from the anxiety of trying to take responsibility for what is not our responsibility, the opinion people have of us.
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Legitimate Leadership and the Issue of Control
The effect of this is that the organisation starts to behave more like an organism than a machine.
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How to Deal with Retirement
What impedes the achievement of serenity is a desire to control because the desire to control produces anxiety.
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Empowerment and the Incremental Suspension of Control
The nature of control is to waste value. They function like the brake in a car. Every time you apply the brake you by definition waste energy that has already been put into the system.
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Legitimate Leadership and the Limitations of Democracy
This suggests that the democracy/autocracy debate is fundamentally a red herring that diverts the attention from the real question of legitimacy
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How Netflix Re-invented HR – Patty McCord
We realized that some of the talent management ideas we had pioneered, such as the concept that workers should be allowed to take whatever vacation time they felt appropriate, had been seen as crazy
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Legitimate Power is not Control
Omkar’s mistake is a common one. The mistake is simply this: legitimacy with regard to power is not a feature of the organizational structure of institutions.
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The Power of Vulnerability: Brene Brown
What is the crucial variable for cultivating deeply rewarding connections with the people around us? In this charismatic talk Brene Brown argues that it is in fact the capacity to allow ourselves to be vulnerable that enables such deep connections.