Barbarians to Bureaucrats – Summary and Potential Application – Part 1
Thriving Organizations Every organization goes through a natural life cycle, initially flourishing and growing, maturing and then calcifying, and then often ending with its decay, and usually, its demise. Lawrence M. Miller wrote about this progression in 1989 in his book “Barbarians to Bureaucrats”. He noted that while this cycle is likely, it is not…
Why Flourishing in Your Work is More Important Than You Know – Three Activities
We all want to enjoy our work, and some of us do. Unfortunately, that portion of people that feel that they really enjoy their work is much smaller than it should be. Based on Marcus Buckingham’s book “Go Put Your Strengths to Work” only about 17% of people feel that they are able to use…
Three Questions to Identify Old Patterns and Start New Patterns
One of the challenges and blessings of an expat lifestyle is the lack of consistency, especially when compared with life in your home country. This can create stress and confusion, as well as a general confusion about your own mental and emotional well-being. Just going to the grocery store or driving to a near-by park…
Order of Operations – Understanding Must Precede Vision Development
Vision based on flawed understanding can be more distracting than helpful. (This is a continuation of the Order of Operations Matters series of posts started here.) There is a tension that exists when we are working to understand a new situation. As we start to develop our understanding we begin to essentially mentally sketch out…
The Order of Work Experience Impacts Your Learning Value
When you’re pivoting through your career, the order of experiences matter. In the same way that knowing the order of operations in baking, math, law or business matters a lot, the same holds true in your work life. This is a continuation of discussion on career pivots where starts here. Some things need to be…
Adapt or Pivot – Which is Better?
Adaption is the process of figuring out how do I continue to do the same thing, even though the conditions around me are changing. Pivoting is moving toward an end goal, one step at a time, but the movement usually isn’t a straight line, it’s more of a zig-zag pattern, where you move forward, but…
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