Organizational Psychology
Tending the Fires of 21st Century Organizations
In this essay I am drawing a comparison between the fire that I tend in my living room hearth and the “tending” that is done by those leading dynamic and complex 21st Century organizations.
Organizational Consultation XIV Generating Information from Outside the Organization: Appreciative Benchmarking
An appreciative organization is one that sets goals that are inspiring, yet realistic. This process of setting goals that are …
Organizational Consultation XIII: The Human Resource Bank—Source of Information and Use
We continue our description of the human resource bank and its use as a consultative strategy for more fully releasing human capital. Specifically, we identify the primary sources of information for the human resource bank and the way this information and the bank can be used for the release of human capital.
Organizational Consulting XII: The Human Resource Bank—Nature and Content
We return to the challenge offered by Hernando De Soto: How do we transform the invisible in a society to …
Organizational Consulting XI: Acts of Appreciation
Human capital must be channeled and transformed. There are three domains through which acts of appreciation can channel and transform potential human capital into organizational energy. These three domains are information, intentions and ideas.
Leading into the Future XIb: Holding the Center While Innovating and Opening Boundaries
How do organizational theorists suggest that the center can hold in 3rd Decade organizations that are often unbounded, forced to be agile, and surviving through collaboration rather than competition.
Organizational Consultation: An Appreciative Approach X: Appreciation and The Release Of Human Capital
De Soto doesn’t use the term appreciation. However, his commitment to finding and securing the wealth that is to be found among the poorest people in the world is among the most disciplined and humane form of appreciative analysis to be offered during the past two decades.
Multiple Moments of Positivity in the Workplace: Organizational Culture and Strategy
Many companies struggle to implement new business strategies because they underestimate how their existing culture can undermine their efforts.
Leading into the Future XIa: Can the Center Hold Given the Challenge of Size and Complexity?
The postmodern organizations to be found in most contemporary societies are subject to rapid change and rapid growth; furthermore, they have become complex as a result of attempts to accommodate this change and growth
Carving Up Gracie: The Loss of Integration
“You can’t carve up Gracie!” While this was initially brushed off as just a theatrical gesture that reinforces the important of integration, the “carving up Gracie” became a recurrent theme at the Gathering.