FROM GREG’S DESK
Because your real job is change.
Innovating Organizational Innovation
Changing Organizations to Innovate. This new article by my friend and colleague, Wharton marketing professor George Day, and me applies my work systems model of organizational change to understanding P&G's successful innovation of its approach to innovation.
How the FDNY Changed After 9/11
Lessons from the ongoing re-creation of the Fire Department of New York from 9/11/01 through today. Our HBR article based on nearly 5 years of in depth interviews with FDNY leaders and first responders. Lessons for Leaders in this HBR article from 2 colleagues and me.
Change Leadership, Vaccines and Mask Wearing
Our relationship to change and to its leadership goes on display daily.
Leadership, Hard Times & the Hard Work of Truth Telling
It’s July 4th and time to read again Frederick Douglass’ 4th of July speech delivered on July 5, 1852…. The lessons abound for us all in these important and trying times and especially the lessons in leadership.
Leadership, Tiger Hunting, and Memorial Day
A thought about current leadership and heroism on this Memorial Day, a day dedicated to those who could never return to their homes, could never take another breath and a day symbolized by the poppy, so often the first flower to regrow on battle ravaged fields and so to offer renewed evidence of life’s force.
How to ‘get back’ to pre-pandemic work mode…or not
Lots of folks are wrestling with how to ‘get back’ to pre-pandemic work mode, particularly face to face work. I’m working with several organizations on just that…
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When leaders and their organizations face challenges, there's a lot at stake… The “hard stuff” is often the “soft stuff”— like building and maintaining strong working relationships among leaders and their people. Challenging times place special demands on organizations and everyone in them. Through this blog, I will share insights and lessons from my research and field experience on the perspective, skills, and support you need to handle those demands.