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Well designed change will draw people in

There’s a reason Tim Brown, CEO of the design firm IDEO, titled his book, Change by Design. There’s a reason Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, titled his book, The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is ...READ»

Kenan Samms

A World of Contradictions

"Is easier harder?" "Is easier always better?" "Do you have to slow down to go faster?" Do we have to create space in our days so we can 'dance' in real time? READ»

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The Dollars and Cents of War

"The additional 30,000 troops for Afghanistan will cost an additional $30 billion per year, or roughly $1 million per soldier per year. (It's an extraordinary sum especially considering how relatively little enlisted soldiers are ...READ»

Massive change and breaking patterns

I’m making some people really uncomfortable by asking, “How might we expand the field of change management to take a leap in our thinking and impact change?” Breaking patterns makes people feel uneasy. Oh well. So goes ...READ»

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Have We Become a Nation of "Mama's Boys"

or "The United States of Wussess"? Read on... http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/382117/The-United-States-of-Wusses?tickers=SPY,DIA,XLF,EEM,%5EDJI,%5EIXIC,QQQQ Now Online... www.financialconservation.comREAD»

Kenan Samms

The Silent Epidemic of HIV and AIDS; Why Should Anyone Care

Today was World AIDS Day, and the topic was awareness and corporate involvementREAD»

Is Leadership Alignment Really Possible?

Would you agree with me when I suggest that leadership alignment is a great goal to aspire towards but one that is probably very difficult to attain?  Think about it.  Let’s say that the CEO is surrounded by a team of 7 ...READ»

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Will it take 20 years for the U.S. to learn its lessons like Japan?

As indicated in my previous post, in its struggle to get back to reality, Japan has finally brought in a new breed of politician who is actually delivering on the campaign promise of bringing real transparency to how government spends ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Think Big Picture

Leading from the middle requires the ability to think like a CEO.READ»

Organizational change remains notoriously elusive

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) weekly poll cites John Kotter's definitive work on leading change featured in the well known HBR article, Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail. "Although Kotter’s advice for ...READ»

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