Category: Management
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Newspaper Column #12: Why do some problems defy, no, NOT change? – Part IV
As it appeared in the Sunday Standard, Botswana on Sunday Jan 20, 2013 edition. Change Happens at the Speed of Thinking about the Whole Rather than of Our Parts What causes the change to stay changed? If we have managed change and it has happened, it should not go back to its old ways. Yes?…
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Newspaper Column #11: Why do some problems defy, no, NOT change? – Part III
As it appeared in the Sunday Standard, Botswana on Sunday Jan 13, 2013 edition. Change Happens at the Speed of Thinking about the Whole rather than of Our Part What causes change to be real? Understanding it with a story: “The Healing Poison” Hope all of you had fabulous New Year festivities with family loved…
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,100 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 4 years to get…
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Newspaper Column #10: Why do some problems defy, no, NOT change? – Part II
As it appeared in the Sunday Standard, Botswana on Sunday Dec 23, 2012 edition. Seeing the Trees and the Forest If the problem is solved, it should not come back. Period! We would be seeing results. If it recurs, then this is a sign that we have not solved it. Yet. Period! Last week, we ran a…
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Newspaper Column #9: Why do some problems defy, no, NOT change? – Part I
As it appeared in the Sunday Standard, Botswana on Sunday Dec 16, 2012 edition. Dynamic Complexity vs. Detail Complexity We face problems daily. And, we do not doubt our ability to deal with them. Sometimes, this confidence can pull wool over our heads that we can deal even with the stubborn ones, in much the same way. We would…
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Newspaper Column #4: Have Greens, Will Rain! – Part I
As it appeared in the Sunday Standard, Botswana on Sunday Nov 11, 2012 edition. How high is the Water Table? One of my favorite subjects of the work that I do here is working with the water cycle. Well, all of us learned about it in school. In Grade 5. Evaporation leads to rainfall. Rainfall leads to seepage and runoffs. …
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Article 1: The Magic of Systems Thinking!
Dear all, Hope this mail finds all of you in good spirits among all that you wish for in your life. Some of you may know that I have been away from Singapore since 2007 being part of a programme here in Botswana where I had assisted the government learn and appreciate the five disciplines…
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Article 4: Remove self-doubt. Replace Visions.
Under construction (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The two however, does not exist together. It is one or the other. But not both.
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Article 5: Growing Virtuous Cycles
Under construction (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Find the vicious cycles and turn them around.
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Article 3: We are peaceful people
“We are peaceful people,” because we do not talk to each other when we are feeling angry (about something or somebody). Instead we keep it (bottled) inside within us (causing our body blood pressures and the cost of running the Ministry of Health in the country both to rise). We do this, because, “should we…
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Article 2: Setting goals is the easy part. Reaching them is not!
REACHING THE GOALS YOU HAVE SET IS NOT EASY TILL …. WE FACE AND DEAL WITH STUBBORN PROBLEMS It is a management question. Are you there yet? What are you doing to get there? Have you set goals for you and your team? Yet, setting of goals is really the easy part. And there are…
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