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Pragmatic solutions. Thatâs an interesting one.
Finding pragmatic solutions. With that cliffhanger, letâs jump back in and look at a few pragmatic solutions that Org-ology has implemented.
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We live in an old houseâso old, that at one time we actually had a built-in ironing board as a âconvenienceâ. Speaking as someone who hasnât worn anything but a tshirt since the last time I was required to go to a funeral, itâs rather perplexing how that would be a convenience. Iâve become somewhat fascinated by these leftover things that change and time have left behind. Iâm curious as to where our experts see this in organizations.
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Letâs talk a bit about Zoom fatigue, supervision and measuring productivity. All questions that folk should be asking around this. Are we still trying to decide what direction we are going? What are we waiting for?
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Ah, remember the days when you had that person who was âin the knowâ at the office? That person who seemed to know not just who was sleeping with whom, but also how to get a conference room when no one else could? That type of office knowledge has gone the way of the telex and the rotary phoneâthe answer is probably âweâre virtual now and thereâs an FAQ for thatâ. It doesnât change the fact that thereâs a vacuum now, where helpful people used to be. Itâs well known that nature hates a vacuumâso whatâs filling that space?
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Honest answers here: has anyone ever been motivated to go to work on Friday by the chance of having free pizza for lunch? Or that stale bagel for breakfast? If you happen to know who came up with that motivation plan, please submit your answers. Most folk agree that thereâs a reason youâre paid to show up at workâand yet all the talk of work passion. If you talk to business leaders, they expect staff to see their work as the meaning of life. Can an excel spreadsheet be the meaning of life?
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In the chronicles of absurd parenting, my young daughter recently asked âdad, why do I click on that funny square thingy when I want to save my work on the computer?â I can only recommend: donât discuss the details of data storage evolution with a nine year oldâyou have a vanishingly small chance of success. But it does make you ask: why are we still clicking on an icon image of a technology you probably canât even buy anymore in our computer programs?
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For decades weâve talked about democratization through digital mediaâthe change in technology makes it possible for each individual to have a louder, distinct voice. Whether its YouTube or Twitter, the individual has a greater impactâand megaphone than ever before. Do companies, and organizations, really grasp what that means for decision making, thatâuntil nowâmay have been considered internal or private? Letâs look at current developments to see what their behaviors show.
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God save the queen. Or, wait. I think weâre now at God save the king, arenât we? Recent events in British monarchy make for an interesting distraction in these turbulent times. Elizabeth was indeed the only person in that role, in my lifetime, so the changing of the guard does make for interesting observations. Who knew we British had such a collection of funny hats. As rather an anti-monarchist, Iâd be curious to know if our in-house experts can assign a value to any of all of this.
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As a non-athlete Iâm really rather fascinated by that coach on the sidelines in sportsâwhat do they actually do? Some of them do shout a lot, and jump up and down. Does that really make a team play better? If so, how? And how does business coaching work: is there a lot of excited yelling in that too? What role should a really good coach play, or shouldnât play?
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So, are we in the pandemicâor out of it? In a recession or not? Are you planning for disaster or rebound? If itâs a rebound, then what does it look like? Visiting a favorite coffee shop recently, and looking around at the neighborhoodâitâs empty shops, sometimes an empty blockâ, it was hard to tell what any reasonable person should be anticipatingâbased on the small window that is my neighborhood. So, what are the experts thinking?
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An introduction to Org-ology and the field of organization development and design.
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Have you ever optimistically started out on a projectâCERTAIN that youâve got just the right idea. And then as youâve gone along, youâve ended up with a bigger problem than you started with? Today weâre going to look at that tricky question of solving the right problem.
So, after our last podcast you sent along an article to me and I have to say. It was highly amusing. But I was fascinated that you felt it related to the workplace. It was about a prison in Rome. Can you sketch out what it was about, and how on earth did you think that relates to your clients?
Soâassuming that most of your work does not involve prison inmates and gunsâhow have you seen this play out with your clients?
How do you encourage clients to take that step back and pause, before rushing into a solution?
Is there any foolproof way of knowing that youâve selected the to solve the right problem?
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Do you ever have the feeling that UPS deliveries purposely leave before you have any chance of catching them at your door? Is it that the individual delivery person is out to get youâor do they have an algorithm cleverly planned to ensure youâll always have to run after them? Some days it can feel like both. Letâs talk to our resident experts for their opinionâis it the people or the process?
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We recently let friends stay at our place while we were out of town. It took a three-page single-spaced set of instructions to give them an overview of our place. And after their visit, I have the sinking feeling that there are still too many things I failed to mentionâdoesnât everyoneâs pipes sometimes rattle? Should I have said the fridge needs to have its door jiggled? This puts to mind that we really, often donât know ourselves as well as we might. If we donât know our homes, how well do we actually know our businesses?
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Size matters. Or, at least, weâre told itâs oh so very important. That sends people to Walmart and Sams Clubâto buy cases of peanuts and toilet paper. Or getting on new airplanes that can carry 400 people at a go. Size does buy advantagesâbut as a small business is that case of peanuts really what I need, for me and my business?
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I used to have a friend who loved it that when you walked through the city at night, you could see through your neighborsâ curtains and see what their lives were like. Yes, perhapsâsomewhat nosey, but we do love seeing what others are doing behind their curtains. Letâs proverbially look through our neighborsâ curtains and ask our consultants what their clients are up to.
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Ah, summer. If youâre anything like me, it feels like the time to put your feet up on the lounger and lay back. Have you accomplished something this year? Havenât you? Itâs always an interesting time to take stock. Rather than self-reflecting and considering if Iâve been hitting my targets, letâs check in with our consultants on what some of their clients are up to.
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Oooh. Wasnât it exciting to see at the shops the other day: coca cola has a new can size. And Oreos now come in pink and green for springtime. Have you looked at these items and thought: how on earth did anyone think that would solve the worldâs problems? Or, create a new market need? Does creating a new soda can size actually increase a companyâs sales? Whatâs the value created by offering 12 colors of a consumer product, say a KitchenAid mixer, rather than 4?
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Letâs dig inâis there an easy way to be sure youâre choosing inclusive, appropriate language?
Ah, Iâm sure we all remember some holiday, years ago, when the old, out-of-touch uncle tried using some more current language, and you cringed at the use of âgroovyâ or âclugyâ or another such word. Words matterâand the right words matter. Particularly in the workplace. With the rise of a diverse and inclusive workplace, the cost of getting that language wrong is more expensive than ever. Is there a simple path forward?
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Itâs been a long year of reckoning and change for so many businesses around the questions of diversity, equity and inclusion. 2020 brought so many unjust social events that touched individuals and businesses: naming merely George Floydâs murder understates and leaves out so many others. I guess nowâs an interesting moment to look back at how organizations responded with DE&I programs and ask: is it working?
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