Conversational leadership takes root when leaders see their organizations as dynamic webs of conversation and consider conversation as a core process for effecting positive systemic change. Taking a strategic approach to this core process can not only grow intellectual and social capital, but also provide a collaborative advantage in our increasingly networked world. Credit: Juanita Brown … Continue reading Organizations as Dynamic Webs of Conversation Juanita Brown and David Isaacs
Gurteen Knowledge Blog November 15, 2023, 16:20What makes a conversation strategic? At its core, a strategic conversation has the potential to influence the future direction of an individual, organization, community, society, or even the world. Strategic conversations are not your average meeting or brainstorming session. They go beyond addressing short-term operational issues to tackling vital challenges … Continue reading When Coffee Chats Become Catalysts for Change What makes a conversation strategic?
AustraliaAustriaBrazilCanadaChinaCzech RepublicEgyptFranceGermanyGlobalIndiaItalyJapanMexicoNetherlandsPolandSaudia ArabiaSingaporeSpainTurkeyUAEUnited KingdomUnited States As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission when you purchase a book via this site. Posts where this book is embedded Strategy ** Strategy is much more than a planBooks: Lawrence FreedmanStrategy: A History by Lawrence Freedman (2013) > Tags: history (22) | Lawrence Freedman (2) | … Continue reading Strategy: A History by Lawrence Freedman (2013)
Over time I have come to realize that actually it’s much less about strategy or technology and it’s much more about psychology. That if we don’t understand what motivates people, if we don’t understand their emotions, their fears, their hopes, their aspirations, the best strategy is just going to sit on the shelf and the … Continue reading It’s Less About Strategy or Technology and It’s More About Psychology John Hagel
What is the work of leadership? | Patricia Shaw You will find the transcript of Patricia Shaw‘s talk below. Although she never uses the term, Patricia describes some of the key elements of Conversational Leadership. The highlighting is mine and draws attention to what I feel are the main points. Transcript I thought last night … Continue reading What Is the Work of Leadership? Patricia Shaw, November 2010
To make better sense of the world, improve decision making, strategizing, and innovation we need to convene small groups of people to engage in creative conversations triggered by powerful questions. Credit: David Gurteen Posts where this quotation is embedded Bake Conversation Into All That We Do ** There are so many ways to leverage conversation Blog Posts … Continue reading Making Better Sense of the World David Gurteen
Sonja Blignaut is the founder of More Beyond and has been working in the fields of narrative and complexity since 2002. I have followed Sonja’s work for almost 20 years but only personally know her a little. What I like about her work in complexity is her ability to talk about it in everyday language … Continue reading Sonja Blignaut Complexity consultant
Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. Credit: Dwight Eisenhower Comment: The plans themselves are far less important than the conversations that created the plans.Source: Quote InvestigatorPosts where this quotation is embedded Bake Conversation Into All That We Do ** There are so many ways to leverage conversation Blog Posts About the Gurteen Knowledge Café A selection … Continue reading Plans Are Worthless, but Planning Is Everything Dwight Eisenhower
Long-term planning is irrelevant, if not a hindrance. Strategy should not be about the realisation of prior intent, but rather emphasis on the importance of openness to accident, coincidence and serendipity. Strategy in this case is the emergent resultant. Successful strategies, especially in the long term, do not result from fixing an organisational intention and … Continue reading Long-term Planning Is Irrelevant, If Not a Hindrance Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge
AustraliaAustriaBrazilCanadaChinaCzech RepublicEgyptFranceGermanyGlobalIndiaItalyJapanMexicoNetherlandsPolandSaudia ArabiaSingaporeSpainTurkeyUAEUnited KingdomUnited States As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission when you purchase a book via this site. Posts where this book is embedded Strategic Conversations Have the potential to influence the future direction of an organization ★ > Tags: strategic conversation (8) | strategy (18)Google Web Search Photo Credits: Midjourney … Continue reading Strategic Conversations: Creating and Directing the Entrepreneurial Workforce by J.-C. Spender, Bruce A. Strong (2014)
Tools for building a successful and motivated workforce | Bruce Strong and J.-C. Spender Posts where this video is embedded Bake Conversation Into All That We Do ** There are so many ways to leverage conversation Blog Posts About the Gurteen Knowledge Café A selection of Knowledge Café blog posts, articles and papers Carpe Diem – Seize the Day … Continue reading Strategic Conversations Bruce Strong and J.-C. Spender (2015)
Knowledge Management is practiced through activities that support better decision-making, strategy-making, creativity, and innovation. It’s about making better sense of the world, improved decision-making, strategy formulation, implementation, creativity, and innovation. This is something only human beings do. Computers can do none of these things. You can make sense of things independently by reading, observing, and … Continue reading Introduction: Knowledge Management Knowledge Management is not an oxymoron
What is meant by strategy and how do you develop a strategy in a complex world? Introduction I write elsewhere about open-adaptive strategy. Open Strategy is an approach to strategic planning where employees are given the opportunity to participate in the formulation and implementation of an organization’s strategy. Adaptive (or Agile) Strategy is an approach to … Continue reading Strategy ** Strategy is much more than a plan
Conversion is most potent when it is strategic, but what is a strategic conversation? You will find many definitions on the web of what constitutes a strategic conversation, but here is the one that I think is the most potent. A strategic conversation is not: a regular meeting a brainstorming meeting a conversation that addresses … Continue reading Strategic Conversations Have the potential to influence the future direction of an organization
There are two innovations taking place in the world of strategic planning that have the potential to transform the way that strategy is thought about, formulated, and implemented. The one approach is called open strategy, and the other adaptive or agile strategy. Open strategy is fundamentally about recognizing that no single CEO or small strategy … Continue reading Open, Adaptive Strategy Make employees partners in the strategy process
The Knowledge Café can play a central role in the formulation, communication, and execution of an open or adaptive strategy. There is no prescription for applying the Knowledge Café to open/adaptive strategy-making or policy-making. The idea is to take a more conversational approach to the interactions that help formulate and execute a strategy compared to … Continue reading The Role of the Knowledge Café in Open/adaptive Strategy An ideal tool to help implement open strategy
Conversations occur spontaneously in various contexts with little or no thought about who should be involved or how they should be convened or managed. Spontaneous conversations are valuable, but it makes better sense to take a more formal, structured approach to some issues. Designing such meetings is the role of the conversation architect. Managers and … Continue reading Become a Conversation Architect A conversation architect designs and convenes conversations