TLS Continuum Part 59: Where do I Begin? 10 Commandments of Project Selection
Your organization believes that there is a problem with the organization, so the tendency is to try and repair everything… more
decision making
Habitual Striking vs. Mindful “Stucking” (Part I: Knowing)
Most of us in business are strongly driven by the action bias. And if not by the bias, then by… more
TLS Continuum Part 57: What Is In It For Me?
I was reading the Summer 2016 issue of the MIT Sloan Management Review in which an article appeared by Catherine… more
TLS Continuum Part 52: Dangers of “Hiring in your image”
On a fairly frequent basis I hear hiring managers make the statement that “when interviewing new candidates I try and… more
TLS Continuum Part 51: It is not acceptable in society, it is not acceptable in the workplace
Turn on the news or read the newspaper and you will see stories about teenagers complaining that they are being… more
TLS Continuum Part 49: To measure or not to measure that is the question
Every day in every organization management from the boardroom to the C-Suite is demanding that we produce metrics to determine… more
A Stupidity-Based Theory of Organizations
I kid you not. That’s the actual title of research reported in the Journal of Management Studies. One of the… more
TLS Continuum: Process Improvement equals experimentation equals failure (sometimes)
As I read the literature out in the market I see wide responses to organizational problems with the usual suspects.… more
TLS Continuum Part 45: TLS Continuum What is that?
I got into a discussion in the past days over the use of acronyms. The comment was passed that nobody… more