I recently enjoyed talking with Jane and James as part of their World of Work podcast series. It was good to take a break from gardening and my joy of composting and engage with another of my passions - organizational change. We talked about the scope of organizational change, my attraction to the field and …
Leading change is very different from commanding change
Senior people refer to ‘leadership’ when what they are really talking about is ‘command.’
Leading change: The nonsense of urgency
Creating urgency has become synonymous with leading change to the detriment of individuals, organizations, and societies.
The NHS at 70: An organizational change orientated reflection
As we celebrate 70 years of the NHS I reflect upon a 2014 paper on change in the NHS which is due to be revised.
Post-truth leadership of organizational change and transformation
What if leading organizational change and transformation truths business schools disseminate were largely appeals to emotion and personal belief with little grounding in objective facts?
The dark side of the organization
Updating and reinvigorating old ethical debates through highlighting the darkside of organizations.
Book Review – Fashion and Utopia in Management Thinking (René ten Bos, 2000)
Withdrawn from Imperial College London I really enjoyed reading this book, I was unfamiliar with the writings of Bos and suspect I must have been following up a reference. I have been around long enough to have experienced the concept of management fashion becoming very fashionable and influential and then becoming unfashionable and less influential. …
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