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At Buurtzorg there's never been a management meeting - because there is no management team.

At Buurtzorg there's never been a management meeting - because there is no management team. This is Buurtzorg's 'organisational chart'....

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Management Theory X or Theory Y?

Douglas McGregor argues that Theory X was a self-fulfilling prophecy. When people are subjected to Theory X management, they behave in...

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Confirmation Bias

Confirmation bias: means that we tend to latch onto evidence that supports our beliefs and ignore evidence that undermines our beliefs....

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Complex self organising systems, or complex adaptive systems.

Simple rules resulting in highly effective systems.

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Russell Ackoff - Systems-Based Improvement, Pt 1

Ackoff explains why understanding systems thinking is so important for management. "A system is never the sum of its parts; it’s the...

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Goodhart’s law

Goodhart’s law: When a measure becomes a target, it stops being a good measure. Charles Goodhart is an economist who recognized that once...

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Leading From the Top

If you're a leader, keep asking 'why?' - why do we do it that way? And when you get an answer ask 'why' again. Fundamental roadblocks...

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