Should business schools be in the business of putting managers into creative...
After a six week drought of time and energy to pursue it, I have just started to get back to the business of writing things down for my PhD. With a new and deliciously abstract focus on epistemology....
View ArticleWhat are the pathologies of management?
I’ve been thinking lately about the idea of pathologies in management. It’s an interesting thought, but not one often dwelt on in the context of an MBA. I think this is a mistake because it’s always...
View ArticleModern management is just a bag of tricks. Discuss.
The statement above is meant as a provocation, of course, but not a frivolous one. Here’s my thinking… At the top, management (or leadership, if you prefer) is a matter of awareness of the total...
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bell at the Shoren-in temple, Kyoto, sonorous when struck… Isn’t it odd that we so rarely examine the background to or assumptions behind our words? This is at least so in English – I cannot speak (no...
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