Anthropologists and Indigenous Nations give us a much better way to understand roles than popular business ideas. First you have to understand the ‘role’ of roles. It is not a layer of managing people. And then you have to understand what the totality of roles are that are needed and how they work together. I use my Mohawk grandfathers instruction that I wrote about in The Responsible Business as a way to make sense of leadership and how they are drawn from leading a Nation of people and how I a...
Feb 09, 2021•35 min•Season 4Ep. 166
Decision-Making is a daily practice. How do we make use of Regenerative Paradigm to improve it. We critique the traditional view and give alternative strategies.
Jan 26, 2021•37 min•Season 4Ep. 165
Learn about the 5 Core Windows a Regenerative Governing Body must take into account. For Directors, Advisory Boards, Associations and any governing body.
Jan 12, 2021•35 min•Season 4Ep. 164
Cross Functional Teams—Why do they fail so often? What does it require to succeed? Learn Five Regenerative Principles for building great teams. Plus a Bonus 6th Principle for the organization worldview to support the first give.
Dec 29, 2020•31 min•Season 4Ep. 163
Anthropologists and Indigenous Nations give us a much better way to understand roles than popular business ideas. First you have to understand the ‘role’ of roles. It is not a layer of managing people. And then you have to understand what the totality of roles are that are needed and how they work together. I use my Mohawk grandfathers instruction that I wrote about in The Responsible Business as a way to make sense of leadership and how they are drawn from leading a Nation of people and how I a...
Dec 15, 2020•35 min•Season 4Ep. 162
Decision-Making is a daily practice. How do we make use of Regenerative Paradigm to improve it. We critique the traditional view and give alternative strategies.
Dec 01, 2020•37 min•Season 4Ep. 161
Philanthropy is seen as a Good Thing. What if it is really shutting the barn door after the horse is out. Or cleaning up after the problems are created, often by the people and system who created the mess. What would be a better way?
Nov 17, 2020•37 min•Season 4Ep. 160
They are back. The folks who think authoritarian management is the only way. HBR authors push back and show why it will not give the expected outcome. But they then offer an alternative that is almost as bad. They suggest you use authoritarian practices on BALANCE with empowering employees when you can. Of course, we offer a better idea that is better for business, workers and society.
Nov 03, 2020•35 min•Season 4Ep. 159
Carol and Zac look at the factors that determine how easy it is to be displaced by competitive products, companies and world events. And what to do in the face of such challenges that make you non-displaceable.
Oct 20, 2020•40 min•Season 4Ep. 158
Learn about the 5 Core Windows a Regenerative Governing Body must take into account. For Direcctors, Advisory Boards, Associations and any governing body.
Oct 06, 2020•35 min•Season 4Ep. 157
Scaling is a popular concept by many. But is that something that fits a liviing systems view. But Livings Systems grow. We explore a regenerative way to grow and evolve cultures to do soo.
Sep 22, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 156
We used the core apsects of a Regenerative Paradigm to examine racism and why it is aproblem of capability, culture and consciouseness. And what we can do if we swiitch paradigms. WE will see different things, interpret them in a new way and design from a different lens.
Sep 08, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 155
How to assess the help you are offered or considering buying. Part 2. What is the difference between expert help and help from those who are imagers of Life. On improves the intelligence of, and innovation in, your organization and the other diminishes it. You can afford to not know?
Aug 28, 2020•33 min
We give a second opinion on The 7 Tensions that Leaders Must manage. What do you do when you have polarities. You llearn to introduce a Third Force that lifts them both beyond what you can currently see.
Aug 25, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Descriptive paragraph Business Second Opinion Podcast digs deep to answer questions about business and business practice, you may not know you need to ask. But we believe you should be asking for the benefit of your understanding and your businesses ethics and practice. In the process of answering them, we give you a second opinion, usually a contrarian opinion, but that is well tested and proven to give the outcomes you really want without the side effects.
Aug 14, 2020•34 min
Innovation is a three-legged stool. It is not a list of behaviors but calls for a mindset that includes an external focus on stakeholder's lives plus what is called for with new capability for the stakeholder and the business delivering the new innovation
Jun 30, 2020•38 min
Using the march 2019 Harvard Business Revies entitled Why Feedback Fails, we examine how to tell if we have swtiched minds when we suggest an alternative practice or adopt a suggested one.
Jun 16, 2020•38 min
What is our work to do? In this time of extreme disruption? We look at the four foundational changes that we need globally as individuals, organization, and instituions.
Jun 02, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 153
We look at four paradigms that define Design Thinking, a very popular idea that has spread into every consulting practice and field. Including a Living Stems view of Design Thinking.
Jun 02, 2020•32 min
The four foundational cornerstones of a world the works. What has to change and how in this time of Hyparxic Events. (those that disrupt the patterns we lean on.
May 19, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 152
We are facing a global pandemic bigger than most of us have faced in our lifetime. What can we do to make a difference. Learn how the world (planet and society) works and design from there
May 05, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 151
What does Authenticity really mean at work? And is it possible, or useful to it. This episode look at three principles of authencity which take the definition from individual authenticity, to building an workplace where that is the norm. And how to do it.
Apr 21, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 150
A Critique of Creating a Data Driven Culture. Why is focuses on the wrong approach to culture (date and countingO that undermines innovation and financial effectiveness. Plus and alternative. A Caring Culture for customers and they key aspects.
Apr 07, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 149
Are the current approaches to disrupting and erasing bias working? What is the most effective way? Is is more systemic methods that are needed? Are is it just impossible to shift?
Mar 24, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 148
How do you become non-displaceable in your market over decades and generations. The Three core factors from a Living Systems point of view: Corporate Direction, Developmental Infrastructure, and processes to development people on-goingly.
Mar 10, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 147
A listener, a CEO of a startup, asks the question, "What are the most important steps I can take, in the infancy of my company, that will help me build a regenerative business that lasts?
Feb 28, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Examining Article Strategy Needs Creativity by Adam Brandenburger, March April 2 2019. Four Cs of Creativity. Contrast, Combination, Constraint, Context. We got deeply into the effect of constructing Models from activity and why Living Systems frameworks start in a place that serves innovation which gives more effective utility to customers than abstract processes.
Feb 11, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Part 2 of examining the Elements of Value particle found in Harvard Business. We examine different paradigms of value and what happened to move it into Values.
Jan 28, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 144
We examine an article with pushes Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in a new direction. But we find it is not really that new.
Jan 22, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 143
Carol & Zac examine four approaches to strategy and their value in providing focus, positioning, and execution relative to longevity and financial effectiveness. What leads to an inability to be bumped from a market space, lose members of your tribe, be knocked out by product substitutes. And have shortfalls in cash flow, margins and earnings. Essence expression as the nodal or keystone to strategic thinking wins— hands down. Learn why! Business Second Opinion Podcast digs deep to answer que...
Jan 07, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 142
