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Category: About organisations

Thoughts about making a difference in the organisations in which we work

Seeing clearly with strategy
August 17, 2014

Future-focused strategic planning: Corpus RIOS, Playing to Win, and Appreciative Inquiry

Strategy focuses our attention and energy towards a defined purpose. Our strategies both filter out activities we should not be doing as well as constrain… Read more

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change your frame
February 4, 2014

Change your frame of reference with the Appreciative Inquiry 5D process

There are in general two perspectives to most things in life. Take, for instance, writing a blog post about the Appreciative Inquiry change process. One… Read more

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8 principles of appreciative inquiry
January 22, 2014

Changing the approach to change: Lessons from the eight principles of appreciative inquiry

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. – Albert Einstein Sometimes people have really bad days. I caught the… Read more

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    Thanks for this post, we have retweeted it…
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    Thanks Chad - a great blog post. The…
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Holden
December 18, 2013

Change lessons from the Holden closure

Car manufacturer GM announced it is ceasing to manufacture Holden vehicles in Australia as of 2017.  I reflect on this as an observation of a… Read more

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what a fox says
October 28, 2013

Breaking business as usual – what the fox say about innovation

We all experience Business as Usual, or more succinctly BAU. BAU can be a curse word in organisations searching for growth and progress. BAU can… Read more

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    Hi Chad, Thanks for your foxy and thought-provoking…
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    Nyree
    Your blog looks great, Chad! It looks a…
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internal versus external consultants
July 29, 2013

Internal versus external consultants: Single team, common cause

When should you seek outside help and when should you do it yourself? This was a topic of a debate I attended recently titled Inside… Read more

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Square peg. round hole
July 15, 2013

Finding your organisational fit based on Holland’s vocational personality type

We spend much of our working lives finding our ‘fit’ in organisations. Those who feel misaligned can speak of feeling like a ‘square peg in… Read more

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    Not sure I need to spend $4.95 to…
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The Career Toolbox
July 8, 2013

Constructing your career: Tools from the career theory toolbox for work and life

My day job allows me to have interesting conversations with people at various stages in their career. I had coffee the other day with a… Read more

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Super career cycle game board
June 27, 2013

Where are you in your career cycle? Super’s career stages and Levinson’s life development models

I recently wrote about how our choice of careers can be largely determined by culture and genetics. What about our path within that career choice? Are… Read more

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    Good comments, Barry. One of the reasons I…
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    that's so dangerous, Chad, to only look at…
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Gottfredson's theory of circumscription and compromise
June 12, 2013

Did you inherit your career? Gottfredson’s theory of circumscription and compromise

  I grew up in a family business. From age six to fourteen, my weekends were spent at first sweeping floors and then assisting in… Read more

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    great to know I was doing those 5…
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Meaning and uncertainty
May 16, 2013

The importance of defining meaning in times of uncertainty

What do you say you do for a day job? Program websites? Build widgets? Manage people? Sell things? Deliver stuff? Cook, clean, care, or create?… Read more

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Meaning and uncertainty
May 16, 2013

The importance of defining meaning in times of uncertainty

What do you say you do for a day job? Program websites? Build widgets? Manage people? Sell things? Deliver stuff? Cook, clean, care, or create?… Read more

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