Peter Koenig on source, money and consciousness
...ally creating, (you could call it) an energetic field. And it's a field or, if you don't like the word energy for this, you could say it's a field of influence. So just look at any founder anywhere, they are influential persons influencing other people and they're influentially, influencing things. Look at ...more
...ing other people and they're influencing things. I much prefer to look at an organization as something more organic in terms of a field of energy or influence. And then the third role comes into view, which is different to like a conventional control of people, control of structures, control of this strate...more
...rce needs to decide what's in the field; what's in and what's out, what belongs to the field, what things do I want to see happen within the field of influence that I've started, (which I might call 'organisation'), and which things shouldn't be in it? So, particularly if I'm working with other people, and t...more
Lisa Gill and Mark Eddleston celebrate 50 episodes of Leadermorphosis
...re feedback from my colleagues in terms of how I'm showing up and the impact that I'm having. And if I'm a manager, having to let go of that power or influence or stepping in, and if I'm non-manager, or someone who has hasn't had power before then stepping up. And that's scary and risky and I'm not used to d...more
...te. You can do that in a way where employees are co-owners of a company, but it may not mean anything different in terms of whether they can actually influence strategic decisions or not. So then really, it can become a bit of an empty gesture, really. But how could we look at employee ownership in a way tha...more
... still think that you have some power and agency to do some trojan mice experiments, and that's why I love Liberating Structures; that you can always influence things and be intrapreneurial: "Why is this important to me? What could be possible if we did this?" Because I find if you come from that place, rath...more
Aaron Dignan on being complexity conscious and people positive
...ou? And then, what else does that connect to? If you have a certain practice about authority or an opinion about how we make decisions, how does that influence the way you share information? How does that influence the way you structure teams? How does that influence the way you think about mastery and growt...more
...ve a certain practice about authority or an opinion about how we make decisions, how does that influence the way you share information? How does that influence the way you structure teams? How does that influence the way you think about mastery and growth? So the goal of the OS Canvas was basically to ident...more
...bout how we make decisions, how does that influence the way you share information? How does that influence the way you structure teams? How does that influence the way you think about mastery and growth? So the goal of the OS Canvas was basically to identify these spaces and now - at least for the edition t...more
Pasteur Byabeza on transitioning to self-management at Davis College
..., and information is being distributed. So suddenly, everyone has much more transparent access to information, and also the power to take part in and influence decisions that affect them. And this shift, as you describe it from having almost two jobs - my actual job, and my job of looking good or pleasing m...more
...efinitely affect the functioning of organisation they are operating - within that place, or that culture, or that environment. So, let me discuss the influence of African culture on organisation transformation. First of all, I need to clarify that Davis College can rightly call itself this - because it is an...more
Amy Edmondson on psychological safety and the future of work
... a capital ‘L’, maybe, it’s the CEO or the business unit manager. But leadership with a small ‘l’ is the small things you do to make a difference, to influence others… Even a subordinate can exercise leadership that makes your life at work better.
So what managers can do is exercise more leadership, and exe...more
...recognise suddenly it’s possible for me to ask: “Hey, what’s on your mind?” And that’s leadership, because I am doing something that was voluntary to influence someone else in a positive way.
The point is, decide you wanna play a bigger game and then look around and diagnose what seems to need doing. Partic...more
Margaret Heffernan on how to act our way out of the status quo trap
... can't afford to be out of work for a day. So I think the first thing I would say is, it's important as a leader to recognise what you can and can't influence. And if you're in that kind of environment, which we may find ourselves in sooner than we think, people are just going to be nervous. And therefore y...more
Margaret Wheatley on leadership and Warriors for the Human Spirit
...any people, about restoring leadership as a noble profession. And I'm finding great resonance with people who think - oh, I could use my position, my influence my power, to do meaningful work again, it's just different work. It's not about changing our systems. It's about being present for what needs to be d...more