What do you do with an idea?
September 21, 2022
Hal’s Blog- I was working with a fine group of nonprofit organizations in the Tampa, Florida region last week in a program of …
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On the virtues of the unexpected
September 14, 2022
Much of our life is spent living in the land of expectations met. What happened yesterday happens tomorrow. I drink the same coffee, use the same toothpaste, greet people with the same expressions. We assume the expected and value it. More people rate McDonalds high because they offer the same things everywhere than because it serves great hamburgers. Where it gets interesting is in the ways unanticipated events can help us break up the usual terrain in enriching ways.
What Lies Between?
August 31, 2022
Hal’s Blog- Last week I wrote about boxes and how the organization charts that contain them can have so little effect on organizational culture or performance. My colleague Arthur Webb wrote a comment musing on how a CEO might graph a set of relationships with no boxes. Great question. Let’s ponder it this week.
Moving Boxes
August 24, 2022
Moving Boxes Last Sunday I was scratching my head for a blog topic this week and found one in an article inthe Los Angeles Times
Are Assumptions Always Good?
August 10, 2022
Hal’s Blog-I have written extensively about how groups can test assumptions through prototype projects. This assumes that assumptions are an important starting point and need to be made explicit. It is hard to test something you have not defined. But there is another view.
What Happens after a program?
August 3, 2022
Hal’s blog- I was speaking with my colleague Michael Corley the other day about how best to understand
the longer-term impacts from a program designed to help nonprofits. My interest was practical.
My Results1st partner, Robyn Faucy, led a four-part program for a number of nonprofits…
Through the looking glass
July 27, 2022
Hal’s Blog- Back when airlines published magazines for their seat backs, I read an inflight article nestled among the ads for cars and credit cards that I put in a file of stuff to think more about. This one finally rose to the top. I know it has been a while since it was printed in the last year of US Air!
Go to the head of the class
July 21, 2022
Hal’s Blog- I can ‘t help myself. I am drawn to lists of the best and the worst. The best colleges and universities, The most livable cities. The worst cars. The question this blog entry pushes me to think about are the factors that determine the ranking.
“Every accident is preventable”
May 18, 2022
Hal’s blog- This statement seems out of synch with a results focus…
Are you terminal?
April 13, 2022
Hal’s blog- The question could not have been better. It was asked by a wife of her husband, a stoic special operations returning veteran.
What does having a Credential or meeting a Standard mean?
April 6, 2022
Hal’s Blog- The word “standards” sounds great. We all want people whose standards are high. The real question is whether the standards forecast the desired outcomes.
