Henry Mintzberg Canadian academic and author on business and management

Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Canada, is an internationally renowned speaker and author on organization and management. On management, organizations and more | Henry Mintzberg WikipediaHenry MintzbergBlogHenry MintzbergRSS FeedHenry MintzbergTwitter@Mintzberg141YouTubeHenry MintzbergGoogleHenry Mintzberg Twitter Tweets by Henry Mintzberg RSS FeedPosts: Henry MintzbergReframing Questions Shifting perspective changes the conversationWhat Is Communityship? … Continue reading Henry Mintzberg Canadian academic and author on business and management

An Enterprise Is a Community of Human Beings, Not a Collection of Human Resources Henry Mintzberg

An enterprise is a community of human beings, not a collection of human resources. Credit: Henry Mintzberg Posts where this quotation is embedded The Four Levels of Knowledge Management The relation between Conversational Leadership and Knowledge ManagementPeople: Henry MintzbergHenry Mintzberg Canadian academic and author on business and managementPosts: Henry MintzbergReframing Questions Shifting perspective changes the conversationWhat … Continue reading An Enterprise Is a Community of Human Beings, Not a Collection of Human Resources Henry Mintzberg

Organizations as Communities Henry Mintzberg (2013)

Organizations as communities and communityship | Henry Mintzberg Posts where this video is embedded The Four Levels of Knowledge Management The relation between Conversational Leadership and Knowledge ManagementPeople: Henry MintzbergHenry Mintzberg Canadian academic and author on business and managementPosts: Henry MintzbergReframing Questions Shifting perspective changes the conversationWhat Is Communityship? Where everyone in a community practices leadership … Continue reading Organizations as Communities Henry Mintzberg (2013)

Do We Need a Second Reformation? The first led to the 30 years war in Europe

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   January 11, 2022, 17:28In a recent blog post, Consolidation for Reformation, Henry Mintzberg, described the need for a second Reformation. Here is a clip: What is known as the Reformation began with words on a door in Germany and ended with a realignment of power in Europe. In 1517, with widespread outrage over … Continue reading Do We Need a Second Reformation? The first led to the 30 years war in Europe

Event: Conversational Leadership Café: What Is Communityship? Wednesday 13th July 2022 14:00 to 16:00 London time

Title: Conversational Leadership Café: What is communityship? Date: Wednesday, 13th July 2022 Time: 14:00 to 16:00 London time The timing of this event is primarily set to allow participants from EMEA and the Americas to join the Café, but wherever you are in the world, you are welcome to participate. Check the time in your … Continue reading Event: Conversational Leadership Café: What Is Communityship? Wednesday 13th July 2022 14:00 to 16:00 London time

Event: World Values Day Knowledge Café 2022 (emea/americas) 20th October 2022

Title: World Values Day Knowledge Café 2022 Region: EMEA/AMERICAS Date: Thursday 20th, October 2022 Time: 17:00 to 19:00, London time (Your Time Zone) Location: Online Zoom Event Price: Free Registration: Thursday 20th October (EMEA/AMERICAS) Upcoming Events Event: London Knowledge Café: Conversational Collective Intelligence – a New Kind of Democracy Thursday 2nd May 2024 – London … Continue reading Event: World Values Day Knowledge Café 2022 (emea/americas) 20th October 2022

Event: World Values Day Knowledge Café 2022 (APAC) 21st October 2022

Title: World Values Day Knowledge Café 2022 Region: Asia-Pacific (APAC) Date: Friday 21st, October 2022 Time: 08:00 to 10:00, London time (Your Time Zone) Location: Online Zoom Event Price: Free Registration: Friday 21st October (APAC) Upcoming Events Event: London Knowledge Café: Conversational Collective Intelligence – a New Kind of Democracy Thursday 2nd May 2024 – … Continue reading Event: World Values Day Knowledge Café 2022 (APAC) 21st October 2022

Rebalancing Society: Radical Renewal Beyond Left, Right, and Center by Henry Mintzberg (2015)

Enough of the imbalance that is causing the degradation of our environment, the demise of our democracies, and the denigration of ourselves. Enough of the pendulum politics of left and right and paralysis in the political center. We require an unprecedented form of radical renewal. In this book, Rebalancing Society,  Henry Mintzberg offers a new … Continue reading Rebalancing Society: Radical Renewal Beyond Left, Right, and Center by Henry Mintzberg (2015)

What Makes a Real Community? Members of a community care about each other

Community is one of those soft, fuzzy words that many people do not fully understand and even find alienating. It is a word that gets used loosely, its meaning confused and distorted. So, what is meant by community? In business, we talk about communities of practice and communities of interest – self-organized networks of people with … Continue reading What Makes a Real Community? Members of a community care about each other

What Is Communityship? Where everyone in a community practices leadership

In an article in the Harvard Business Review, Rebuilding Companies as Communities, Henry Mintzberg talks about a concept called communityship. So what is communityship?  Leadership Let’s start by talking about leadership – something with which we are familiar. Go Google leadership – you will find a wide variety of definitions. This is my definition: Put … Continue reading What Is Communityship? Where everyone in a community practices leadership

Reframing Questions Shifting perspective changes the conversation

Simply reframing a question can shift perspectives and dramatically change the resulting conversation.  I recently drew up a list of powerful questions that I felt would be good for sparking big talk – deep, meaningful conversations. The questions were based on some I had used in a couple of experimental Knowledge Cafés; I had dubbed Intimate … Continue reading Reframing Questions Shifting perspective changes the conversation