Peter Drucker is famous for pointing out how much better managers could manage if they only used numbers. His message to you: “…if you can’t measure it, you can’
A former RAND researcher shines light on the counter-intuitive yet proven path to being a great manager.
Welcome to the Unmanaging Revolution
In the bustling landscape of contemporary workplaces, where
Software Agile’s Manifesto famously dismissed the need for intermediaries, espousing “Individuals and Interactions” and “Client Communication.” over the use of managers, contracts and tools. So I’ve always been
What Agile taught us about the effective leadership of knowledge-worker organizations
The Manifesto for Humanist Agile Organization and Culture
We believe there is a better way to manage. It requires
Adapted from the original article published in MediaPost Agency Daily here on Dec 17, 2017, How Good (Or Not) Are Your Agency Managers?
Knowledgeworker organizations have a lot in common
Parents with college-age or post-college kids are all asking a version of the same question these days. It isn’t “What should my kid major in?” anymore. It’s something
Lazy gets a bad rap. Managing and managers can be costly to your organization’s productivity (listen to episode 2.1, The Natural Tax of Managing) and in fact less
Can you be a better manager by stepping back and letting teams manage themselves? As strange as this may sound, the answer is yes. Often managers stop all over the
The answer is a pretty-much unqualified “yes.” Does it need to be that way? Of course not, but it is not easy. Meetings were horrible prior to 2020, and though
Many meetings are like unpleasant dinner guests who have come uninvited. They intrude on your productive time, drone on with unnecessary conversation, and you can’t wait for them to
You know less about managing than you think. These misperceptions and fallacies include theidea that managing creates productivity, that managers can solve everything, that more managing equals better managing, and
What would happen if we send all of the managers away for a day…or more? This is one of the many counter-intuitive yet enlightening topics that are part of
