Tag Archives: Peter Drucker

Culture eats your structure for lunch

Posted on July 10, 2013 by lawrence serewicz

Peter Drucker allegedly said that culture eats strategy for breakfast.  If strategy is for breakfast then your structure is for lunch.  Culture will overcome any structural chart or any reorganisation. Companies fail because they believe that a restructure will change … Continue reading →

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Are you aware of how your solution has unintended consequences?

Posted on October 8, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

In trying to manage, it is important to start by understanding the issue or the problem before trying to solve it. As Peter Drucker wrote, an effective executive asks, “What needs to be done?” Often times, a manager may believe … Continue reading →

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The rise of the networked managers: sense making in the social media age.

Posted on September 27, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

The manager’s role is changing. The new organisation, connected and networked,  requires managers to deal with internal and external issues.  The required skill set is changing.  In the past, the focus may have been on service delivery based on top … Continue reading →

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What you allow to interrupt you defines your priorities

Posted on August 24, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

We often hear management gurus advising us that effective and successful leaders know how to prioritise their work and the work of their company. To an extent, they are correct. What is left unsaid and not discussed is how those … Continue reading →

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Hierarchies are networks! Hyperlinks do not subvert hierarchies.

Posted on March 28, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

For many who believe in the web as way to transform society, politics, and human life, my blog may come as a shock. There is no evidence to support the claim that hyperlinks subvert hierarchies.  When you check the evidence, … Continue reading →

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Using your company’s services like a customer: your chance to learn and change?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

In a recent blog post, Dan Lee had an excellent suggestion that gets to the heart of local government improvement. On point 12 of the post, he suggested that  “Use local government services like a resident would to see how … Continue reading →

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