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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Category: Altered States Contextual Strategist Human Behavior Transformation Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Economy, Empathy, Innovation, Insight, Steve Jobs, Taylorism, Transformation
by Mike Rollings | April 26, 2011 | 1 Comment
Last week’s post “Replacing Taylorism as our Management Doctrine” called for the end of Taylorism. Thankfully, I am not the first to call for the end of Taylorism or to write about human characteristics which businesses frequently ignore. There are many before me who have added significant insights into this debilitating management doctrine and all [...]
Category: Altered States Economy Human Behavior Management Strategic Planning Transformation Uncategorized Tags: Behavior, Business outcome mindset, Catalyst-NA, Innovation, Taylorism, Transformation, Value
