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Change Is Loss

Change Is Loss

Business

Even after reading all of the greatest hits in the change management literature, I somehow missed the punchline: people experience change as loss. There is already a model for understanding…

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Vision of a Fundamentally Different Future

Vision of a Fundamentally Different Future

Business

The following is an except from the book, From Healthcare at a Turning Point: A Roadmap for Change by Rita E. Numerof. It’s the year 2024. It’s hard to believe…

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Don’t Be Bashful

Don’t Be Bashful

Business

The larger the company the less agile they are. This is a basic truism of business. In fact, companies often spend millions of dollars trying to improve processes, streamline workflows,…

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Unspoken Business Rules

Unspoken Business Rules

Business

I was going to write about some recent consulting experiences, but remembered that I’ve already written about this. I think these rules may be timeless. Like viruses that have been…

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Consultants: A Necessary Evil?

Consultants: A Necessary Evil?

Business

I’ve read several books on how to negotiate in business. They all pretty much say the thing. Of course, the grand-daddy of all of these is “What Color is Your…

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Rule 4: Never Question Anything

Rule 4: Never Question Anything

Business

A friend of mine recently recounted a story at her work that sums up Unspoken Business Rule #4 very well: never question anything. She works at a large format printing…

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Rule 1: Use It Or Lose It

Rule 1: Use It Or Lose It

Business

In the middle of just about every conference room where budget decisions are made sits a big, fat elephant. People sometimes glance at it or whisper to their peers about…

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Rule 3: Advantage Business

Rule 3: Advantage Business

Business

One of the reasons that the corporation is generally opposed to collective bargaining is because it empowers workers and balances the power equation. Unspoken Business Rule #3 maintains that the…

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Rule 2: Mediocrity Is Rewarded

Rule 2: Mediocrity Is Rewarded

Business

It’s been eight years since I began my life as a professional in the American workplace. Most of my time (95%) has been spent as a management consultant. Management consulting…

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Week One

Week One

Business

Week one – it’s almost over. After hearing the client call me the overall project manager for their enterprise-wide data warehousing project … I threw up all over her. Well,…

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