Tag: system
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Selbstoffenbarung = Stellenausschreibung
Warum Organisationen ihre eigenen Lösungen ablehnen Gedanken über HR, Transformation und den blinden Fleck moderner Unternehmen Mich interessiert ja, wo der Schuh wirklich drückt. Jetzt kann man mit allen möglichen Menschen sprechen (was ich gerne tue), aber die Unternehmen stellen ihre Betriebsgeheimnisse auch ins Netz. Als Stellenausschreibungen. Hier haben wir ein Beispiel aus einem “family-run,…
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Leadership Myths (2): Control, Answers, and Other Comfort Stories
Once you start looking at leadership myths as coping stories, a pattern becomes hard to ignore. Most of them don’t actually describe leadership. They describe how systems deal with fear. Fear of uncertainty. Fear of losing control. Fear of becoming irrelevant. Fear of not being needed anymore. And like all good coping stories, these myths…
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Body vs. Soul
“As long as we pay more attention to bellies than to souls, we will continue to see humans primarily as machines.” — Dan, OrgIQ.org For a long time, I’ve been carrying a very simple thought. Uncomfortably simple. As long as our systems focus first on bellies — pay, efficiency, utilization, output — we will inevitably…
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We are Complex Systems Anyway — Now Look at the Implications
We Pretend the World Is Simple — and Then Punish People for Its Complexity Most of our everyday systems are built on an unspoken agreement: that humans, teams, and organizations are complicated, perhaps — but ultimately manageable through the right rules, incentives, and structures. Complexity is acknowledged rhetorically and ignored architecturally. This is not a…
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What The Double-Slit Experiment Teaches Us About The Potatoe Field
The Slit, the Field, and Why Control Makes Us Blind Imagine a wall. In that wall, there is a narrow slit.Behind it, a large surface where you can see where things land. You take an electron gun — or, easier to imagine, a kind of tennis-ball cannon — and shoot particles at the wall. What…
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Was das Doppel-Spalt-Experiment über den Kartoffelacker sagt
Die Sache mit der Spalte – und warum Kontrolle uns blind macht Stell dir eine Wand vor. In dieser Wand ist ein schmaler Spalt. Dahinter eine große Fläche, auf der sichtbar wird, wo etwas ankommt. Du nimmst eine Elektronenkanone – oder, gedanklich einfacher, so eine Tennisballkanone – und schießt Teilchen auf diese Wand. Was passiert?…
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The Paradox of Success in Organizations: How to Thrive Without Fear
Success paints a vibrant picture of growth and triumph in any organization. Initially, there’s a clear purpose and an intense focus on delivering outstanding products or services. Every step is about survival. However, as success sets in, priorities subtly shift. The fear of losing what has been achieved can overshadow the drive for innovation. Suddenly,…