From Sustainability To An Ecology of Management
Read our co-founder Jill’s most recently published article on sustainable development in the latest issue of Steer Your Business on pages 15-16.
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Mission as Living Soil: Grounding Strategy in Why
In moments of crisis or when facing a complex decision, it is easy for organizations to leap straight into strategy. The question becomes, What should we do? How do we fix this? Yet, when strategy leads, it often narrows the field of vision to tactics and immediate outcomes. What happens when we begin somewhere deeper—by remembering why we exist? […]
From Tribes and Silos to Coherent Integration
Siloed functioning in an organization is nothing new, often expressed as competing tribes within departments, disjointed initiatives, and fragmented communication. Movement towards the mission can seem cumbersome, especially with increased complexity in the economic, social, and political environment. The modern business landscape reflects a fractal pattern—seemingly chaotic, yet deeply interconnected. Disruption has been celebrated in […]
The Point of Purpose
A company’s sense of purpose is receiving increasing attention in the business world, giving us a more sophisticated understanding of its role beyond augmenting the bottom line. Should we then be looking at imbedding a process for achieving purpose, asks Jill Taylor? Our understanding of purpose now includes a developing awareness of the company’s mission […]