Marc's WeblogHealthcare as a system.Transformational Change requires Personal Transformation- February 29, 2004 There is a really interesting book by Robert E. Quinn, Deep Change. Figure 14.1 on page 123 is very interesting. Read the book to see Quinn's insights on these three paradigms. It sure puts a lot of things into understandable context. The bold highlights are mine. Individual Contributor: Manager: Leader: Three Paradigms of Organizational Life: Technical paradigm Transactional paradigm Transformational paradigm First objective Personal survival Personal survival Vision...http://www.wwpp.org/users/0000002/2004/02/29.html#a467 Trust as a Verb and Insecurity as a Good Thing- February 1, 2004 Building Trust, by Flores and Solomon is a really good book. I rank it with The Wisdom of Insecurity, by Alan Watts as two of the most mind altering books I have read. Watts turned the conventional wisdom of insecurity on it's head, essentially showing that security or fixedness is closer to death and that insecurity or uncertainty is closer to life. When his wisdom sinks in, one comes to appreciate insecurity for what it is--the experience life-giving growth. On can then quit amplifying a.http://www.wwpp.org/users/0000002/2004/02/01.html#a466 Clear Leadership- February 1, 2004 A friend of mine, Gervase Bushe, wrote a very useful book: Clear Leadership. The insights and framework are based upon his career as a professor and business consultant Clear Leadership is full of practical and immediately useful mental models and advice. Organizations are beginning to use it as a framework for leadership training at all levels. After reading this book, I created a mnemonic and a drawing that help me keep a few of the book's key points in mind and handy for..http://www.wwpp.org/users/0000002/2004/02/01.html#a464 Which side of the bed- February 1, 2004 I have gradually come to realize that I unconsciously make a binary choice each time I think or act. I get out of my bed either on the defensive side or the learning side. I either start my day holding on to... you name it. Or, I start my day open, willing and interested in learning, being vulnerable, wrong, embarrassed, over worked, surprised, delighted...open to a different future than I had yesterday. I think that it is this almost unconscious step that determines what is possible...http://www.wwpp.org/users/0000002/2004/02/01.html#a463 |