Esther Dyson, Thought Leader on Engagement, Leadership, and Accountability

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 29, 2009 

I read Art Kleiner’s strategy+business interview with Esther Dyson, a thought leader in the field of high tech innovation.? Some thoughts from this article parallel what I’ve been saying here at Mission Minded Management.? (Emphasis added) On Engagement “The really good marketers will become much more clever about what they do, and engage with people […]

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Check Your Perceptions at the Door, If You Can – A Friday Fascinating

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 19, 2009 

Mission Minded Management is all about?debunking the widely held misconceptions that prevail about work, human capability, and what causes most dysfunction at work.? Hint:? I’m OK.? You’re OK.? Let’s fix the system. A few weeks back I wrote a post called, Is the Story You are Telling Yourself Helpful?,? and I’ve since?found?a video clip that […]

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Talent Assessment – How to Judge Cognitive Capacity aka Complexity of Information Processing

By Michelle Malay Carter on March 18, 2009 

In my last post, I discussed human capability in terms of cognitive capacity or in Elliott Jaques’ terms, Complexity of Information Processing. Two Equally Valid Methods Used under Differing Circumstances I had an inquiry about just how one can go about determining cognitive capacity.? At PeopleFit, we use two methods for determining cognitive capability. Expert […]

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Role Analysis, Time Span of Discretion, and Requisite Work Levels

By Michelle Malay Carter on February 26, 2009 

Universal Measures and Understanding Properties of Work?Allows for Informed Organizational Design I’ve often said that understanding work levels allows us to do organizational engineering because we can use our knowledge to make predictions and design accordingly.? Just like we can predict when H2O will change to ice or steam as we raise or lower the […]

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Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

By Michelle Malay Carter on February 16, 2009 

Jim Heskett at Harvard Business’ Working Knowledge has another question up for comments:? Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders? My Answer is Simple It is because we don’t understand work or the variations in humans’ ability to perform work.? When we try to match leaders to jobs, we are like 18th century […]

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How Does Requisite Organization Integrate with Your Model?

By Michelle Malay Carter on January 11, 2009 

I taught a public course, Introduction to Requisite Organization, last week.? Each time I teach this course, people ask me – How does this apply to X? (insert your favorite model)? My standard answer is:? Requisite Organization will inform your model.? How Can I Make This Bold Assertion? Because the two theory pieces which form […]

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CEO Leadership – Key Points to Understand

By Michelle Malay Carter on November 23, 2008 

Elliott Jaques wrote Social Power and the CEO: Leadership and Trust in a Sustainable Free Enterprise System?in 2002.? It’s worth reading.? If you don’t care to read the whole book, an excellent summary was published by Business Book Review. A reprint of the review was published in Organization Design, Levels of Work & Human Capability […]

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Good Friday Freebie – Digital Book: Organization Design, Levels of Work and Human Capability

By Michelle Malay Carter on March 21, 2008 

Free Digital Book I authored a chapter in an edited book published last summer, Organization Design, Levels of Work and Human Capability. If you like the content of this blog and want to read more about the history and application of Elliott Jaques’ meta-model Requisite Organization, click here, fill out a survey for the Global […]

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