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Are You Ready to Re-Boot & Upskill Your Organization
You know how when you reboot your computer and clear out the temporary cache of all those annoying cookies and unnecessary files … your computer acts like almost new again … faster and more responsive. You get an even higher performance lift when you upgrade to a new, better and faster operating system. The same…
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NAVIGATING THE VUCAVIRUS™ WITH AGILITY
COVID-19 has created what we have been calling the VUCAVIRUS™ … the viral global spread of extreme volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity! It certainly has become viral in nature as it infects every part of our economic, political, social and even metaphysical domains of our lives. I venture to say that our current global condition…
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NAVIGATING THE VUCAVIRUS™ WITH AGILITY
COVID-19 has created what we have been calling the VUCAVIRUS™ … the viral global spread of extreme volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity! It certainly has become viral in nature as it infects every part of our economic, political, social and even metaphysical domains of our lives. I venture to say that our current global condition is…
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NAVIGATING VUCAVIRUS COMPLEXITY WITH AGILITY
In my March 10 blog, I introduced the notion that we are all experiencing the VUCAVIRUS in all aspects of our lives right now. We are all living the essence of viral volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) and it looks like it will continue for some time ahead. During the past 30 days, my wife and I have lived a…
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WORDS MATTER … ACTIONS MATTER MORE
WORDS MATTER! This is a phrase that I have used increasingly over the past three decades that I have been involved in leadership coaching, strategic consulting or as an operating executive running a business. This has been especially true the past few years! We all experience the excessive hyperbole, disingenuous social media banter and all too frequent occasions of “fake…
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MOBILIZING FOR AGILITY – WHAT IS YOUR AQ?
Stephen Hawking was a visionary, futurist and one of the most intelligent humans ever. We are going to miss his provocative voice and insights. Surely, Stephen Hawking had a very high IQ and also recognized there are many dimensions of intelligence. Most of us are familiar with the notion of Emotional Intelligence or EQ and…
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Hurricane VUCA Tests and Inspires Our Agility
HARVEY, IRMA, JOSE, KATIA … they used to be just nice names but now are forever associated with widespread fear, disruption and potential devastation. In this “6-degrees of separation” world, most all of us know at least one person or family experiencing or anticipating the VUCA forces of one of these hurricanes. These massive natural…
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DO YOU HAVE YOUR VUCA NIGHT GOGGLES?
Have you ever looked through a pair of night goggles when it is pitch black dark? It really is quite amazing what you can see. Things appear that are otherwise completely invisible to your unaided eyes. These are invaluable tools for use by military forces as well as wild game hunters. Night vision goggles work by…
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