It’s a Small World After All: Micro Solutions for Macro Organizational Problems
By Michelle Malay Carter on November 15, 2007
Michael McKinney?reviews the book,?Optimizing Luck on his informative Leading Blog.? I haven’t read the book, but for the most part, I agree with Michael’s commentary and the overall premise of the book.?
?It’s the last paragraph of the post, which is an excerpt from the book, that pains me.? Once again, we are thinking too small!!!
Differences in levels of success often come down to differences in personal habits.? People employ decades-old systems of habits to get through the day.? However, most people put no special thought into developing these systems.? They pick up a few tricks from mom and dad and a few teachers and a lot from their peers, while growing up and going through school.? And that?s where their habit-developing effort stops.
I’d prefer?we took this paragraph and upgraded it by one level of abstraction by changing the word people to organizations…
Differences in levels of success often come down to differences in organizational habits.? Organizations employ decades-old systems of habits to get through the day.? However, most organizations put no special thought into developing these systems.? They pick up a few tricks from mom and dad and a few teachers and a lot from their peers, while growing up and going through school.? And that?s where their habit-developing effort stops.
My work is done here.? I’m OK.? You’re OK.? Let’s fix the system.
Filed Under Corporate Values, Employee Engagement, Executive Leadership, Requisite Organization, Talent Management
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