The way our minds shape what we notice and how that allows us to do complicated things with ease, and the problems this ability can cause us as we try to work and live together. Steven Wirth is Exec. Dir. of the Centre for Contemplative Dialogue.
Mental models can be a barrier to our ability to find the best solutions. The process of Gathering Intelligence during decision making requires us to break our mental models.
Capture Your Flag interview, educator and designer Jon Kolko answers “How Are Your Personal Experiences Shaping Your Professional Aspirations?” Kolko integrates personal and professional together into a life built around his design passion. He finds doing multiple things in design, from writing to teaching to working at a startup, aligns well with what he has seen from others: the happiest people are those who have multiple jobs and responsibilities. Jon Kolko is VP of Design at MyEdu and the Founder and Director of Austin Center for Design (AC4D). He has authored three books on design and previously has worked in design roles at Austin, Texas venture accelerator Thinktiv and global innovation firm frog design. He was a professor of Interaction and Industrial Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and earned his Masters in Human Computer Interaction (MHI) and BFA in Design from Carnegie Mellon University.
What is different? – Kevan Hall CEO of Global Integration and author of “Making the Matrix Work” defines what is different about a matrix organization structure.
Silo’s must learn to work differently, adapting to today’s new organizational structure. This requires a change in management theory.
Bill George, author True North – Knowledge@Wharton
Mission, Mission, Mission | Be the Authentic YOU | What are you called to do?
William W. George is an American businessman and academic. He is Professor of Management Practice, Henry B. Arthur Fellow of Ethics, at Harvard Business School. Prior to that, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic.
Bestselling author Seth Godin says that “Management and leadership are totally different things. You think you are being a leader, but you are probably being a manager.” He goes on to say, “Managers figure out what they want done and get people to do it. Managers try to get people to do what they did yesterday, but a little faster and a little cheaper with a few less defects.” But this is not leadership.
What is leadership?
Process is often overlooked in the quest for outcomes or results. This video discusses this the power of process in getting the right outcome.
