Entries Categorized as 'Contextual Strategist'
by Mike Rollings | February 14, 2012 | Submit a Comment
According to Wikipedia, inversion of control (IoC) is an object-oriented programming practice whereby the object coupling is bound at run time by an “assembler” object and are typically not knowable at compile time using static analysis. The binding process is achieved through dependency injection. In practice, Inversion of Control is a style of software construction [...]
Category: Altered States Contextual Strategist Human Behavior Management Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Business outcome mindset, Transformation
by Mike Rollings | January 3, 2012 | 2 Comments
For frequent readers, you know that I tend to look at issues through a humanistic lens. Many of my client inquiries start with a request for the best way to represent “x”, or the way to describe something so that people will do “y”. Instead, I like to think about “What are you trying to [...]
Category: Contextual Strategist Human Behavior Management Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Innovation, Taylorism, Transformation
by Mike Rollings | December 27, 2011 | Comments Off
Recently, @davegray @tetradian @nickmalik and I (@mikerollings) had a brief twitter exchange about the role of luck in strategy. What is luck anyway? Isn’t it just a happy accident, an unexpected happening, a simple explanation for the unexpected, a serendipitous association that leaves us in awe of the randomness of life? In that context, strategy [...]
Category: Altered States Contextual Strategist Human Behavior Management Strategic Planning Transformation Tags: Behavior, Business outcome mindset, Empathy, Innovation, Insight, Production Mindset, Taylorism, Transformation, Uncertainty
by Mike Rollings | November 21, 2011 | Comments Off
The “i” generation – not quite the selfish focused gang that was recently called out in the UK by its Chief Rabbi and noted by c|net’s Chris Matyszczyk. Like prior generational movements, this one too is misunderstood. The “i” generation is about the importance of the individual which is profoundly different than focusing selfishly on [...]
Category: Altered States Contextual Strategist Human Behavior Transformation Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Economy, Empathy, Innovation, Insight, Steve Jobs, Taylorism, Transformation
by Mike Rollings | November 2, 2011 | Comments Off
This weekend I read Steve Jobs eulogy written by his sister Mona Simpson. Anyone with a beating heart can appreciate it and will be touched by it. The love shared between them is apparent, as is the love he had for his family and his life’s work. Yet he was always preparing us for one [...]
Category: Altered States Contextual Strategist Human Behavior Transformation Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Production Mindset, Steve Jobs, Transformation
by Mike Rollings | July 18, 2011 | Comments Off
All organizations at some time in their history have experimented, gained knowledge, and operationalized it – experimentation is synonymous with entrepreneurialism. Entrepreneurs test many theories as they launch an idea. They are not afraid of making errors and learning from their mistakes. As they refine ideas and gain more knowledge through experimentation, they eventually reach [...]
Category: Altered States Contextual Strategist Human Behavior Management Transformation Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Business outcome mindset, Economy, Empathy, Innovation, Insight, Transformation, Uncertainty, Value
