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Another small example of what’s trying to happen in the corporate system…te contrast between:

Peter’s Principle (Laurence J. Peter - 1968)

“In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence”

Peters’ Principles (Tom Peters - 2008)

“Enthusiasm, Emotion, Excellence, Energy, Excitement, Service, Growth, Creativity, Imagination, Vitality, Joy, Surprise, Independence, Spirit, Community, Limitless human potential, Diversity, [...]

In occasion of the event organized by  Acció (Catalonia Agency for Innovation and Internationalization, I had the chance to assist to the speech given by Gary Hamel about the future of management…really radical… 
Gary Hamel has been considered by The Wall Street Journal as the most influential business thinker in the world….dixit…
“Current management technology was invented around 100 [...]

I’ve already mentioned that the authentic leader is creative, decides create his/her own future and commit to make it happen, of course from authenticity. For this purpose s/he develops the creative competencies…
…in The Leadership Circle model, Bob Anderson groups the creative leadership competencies in five areas:
Relating: measure the leader’s capability to relate to others in a way that brings out the [...]

The word leader, in general makes us think of managers, big boss…However we must accept that we are all leaders…we all have the power to choose what we want to create in our lives and work. 
Entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs are leaders who decide they can build the future they want.
And in their evolution must advance in [...]

When we hear the daily news, it’s easy to find references to the very problems existing in our society. The more significant one is we are destroying the planet. 
Some days ago I read an interview to Stephen Hawking who said that the only alternative for the continuity of the humankind would be the colonization of other planets…but, [...]

…aboard flight BA 8471, few passengers - crisis? - I was reading a book by David Whyte and got impressed by the following:

“There is too much at stake, and we represent too long a lineage of lives lived and half lived who are cheering us. Our work is a measure not only of our own [...]

…these are difficult moments…restricted access to credit, increased bad debt, dropping sales, etc…The future to come can be even worst…so why do we keep doing the same kind of things? Why don’t we accept that there’s a need to innovate?…you know…”if we keep doing the same things, we will have the same kind of results…new [...]

…these days the crisis is more than present everywhere, we hear terms such as “structured funds”, “hedge funds”, “bailout”,…and so..We also hear the word “greed”…but mostly focused on economy…
…but this crisis is fundamentally a society crisis…which must evolve towards a new model based on sustainable paradigms…based on creativity…
What am I missing these days?
A KPI [...]

…and inspire…people (audience, bosses, boards, etc.)…in order to move forward your ideas, projects, strategy, breakthrough idea you want to promote so your organization adopts it..Beware!
The first impression is quite important…the guys listening to you have no time…or few…and in seconds will buy in your idea or will trash it…forever.
If you believe passionately in your message, [...]

To trust in what we have or in who we are?
These days…around tthe crisis…we hear a lot the word distrust…and see how the absence of trust is present in the decisions que all are making…
What’s the definition of thw word trust ?  I highlight one entry from the Merrian-Webster’s Dictionary…
1 a: assured reliance on the character, [...]