Ranked #1
107 – Great leaders create great workplaces
107 – Great leaders create great workplaces
In this episode, I am joined by David Veech, author of the book, Leadersights: Creating Great Leaders Who Create Great W... Read more
29 May 2020
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24mins
Ranked #2
057 – The Purpose-Driven Organization (encore)
057 – The Purpose-Driven Organization (encore)
You have probably heard of purpose-driven organizations. In this podcast, I discuss the lineage of this idea. I will als... Read more
3 Mar 2017
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14mins
Ranked #3
093 – Management by Positive Organizational Effectiveness
093 – Management by Positive Organizational Effectiveness
In this episode, I join Kendall Lott, host of the PM Point of View podcast, which originates from the Washington, D.C. c... Read more
31 Jul 2018
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #4
100 – Your mission, vision, values, and offerings … in 10 minutes
100 – Your mission, vision, values, and offerings … in 10 minutes
Today the podcast has reached a milestone, at episode 100. Starting back in February 2016, it has taken a little over 3.... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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5mins
Ranked #5
083 – The Organization Whisperer
083 – The Organization Whisperer
In this episode, I interview David Childs, Ph.D., who is the author of The Organization Whisperer: The 12 Core Actions t... Read more
24 Nov 2017
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30mins
Ranked #6
049 Using ‘shared value’ to reinvent capitalism (rerun)
049 Using ‘shared value’ to reinvent capitalism (rerun)
In this episode, I take a look at the idea of “shared value”, introduced by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer in 2011, and ... Read more
6 Jan 2017
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20mins
Ranked #7
063 – Can Holacracy replace Bureaucracy?
063 – Can Holacracy replace Bureaucracy?
In this episode, I interview Karim Bishay, the principal consultant at Living Orgs., based in Oakland, California. We di... Read more
14 Apr 2017
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28mins
Ranked #8
064 – Narratives as attractors (within CAS) encore
064 – Narratives as attractors (within CAS) encore
This episode is part of a discussion of organizations as complex adaptive systems. Organizational narratives can serve a... Read more
21 Apr 2017
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12mins
Ranked #9
094 – The role of training in organizations
094 – The role of training in organizations
In this episode, I interview Isaac Tolpin, who is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of ConveYour.com, a micro-learning platf... Read more
31 Aug 2018
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25mins
Ranked #10
044 The visible hand of management (rerun)
044 The visible hand of management (rerun)
In this episode I discuss how the visible hand of management (described by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.) replaced the invisib... Read more
2 Dec 2016
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21mins
Ranked #11
051 – Managing a historical museum (rerun)
051 – Managing a historical museum (rerun)
In this episode I interview Mr. Jeryl Hoover, Executive Director of the Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas. The mus... Read more
20 Jan 2017
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27mins
Ranked #12
095 – Reinventing management
095 – Reinventing management
In this episode, I talk about the need to reinvent management and suggest a way forward to achieve it. I like to think o... Read more
31 May 2019
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26mins
Ranked #13
047 – Water & Sewer Management (rerun)
047 – Water & Sewer Management (rerun)
In this episode I visit the City of Kerrville (Texas) to discuss the management of water and sewer services with Ms. Kri... Read more
23 Dec 2016
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26mins
Ranked #14
084 – Three reasons management is broken (but can be fixed)
084 – Three reasons management is broken (but can be fixed)
If we need fresh evidence that management is broken, we only have to look at the 2017 numbers on worker engagement from ... Read more
8 Dec 2017
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9mins
Ranked #15
052 – Organizations as Complex Adaptive Systems
052 – Organizations as Complex Adaptive Systems
This week’s episode deals with complex adaptive systems, which are found both in nature and in organizational settings (... Read more
27 Jan 2017
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15mins
Ranked #16
101 – When bureaucracy was an innovation
101 – When bureaucracy was an innovation
Bureaucracy was an innovation in the mid-1800s, as the world changed from a traditional society to one driven by a new s... Read more
29 Nov 2019
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11mins
Ranked #17
088 – Management as servant, not master
088 – Management as servant, not master
For most of the history of management (beginning in the mid-1800s), organizations included command and control structure... Read more
9 Feb 2018
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15mins