The Self-Management Institute recently interviewed thought leader Dr. Lori Kane, the founder of Collective Self, LLC, her Seattle-based consultancy based on the principles of self-organizing work groups. Lori shares her insights based on over 12,000 hours of intensive study into the power of the “collective self.”
By Doug Kirkpatrick, on Wed, February 03, 2010 - 10:38.
The Morning Star Self-Management Institute recently interviewed Chris Rufer, the founder of The Morning Star Company and its affiliates, about his understanding of and commitment to self-management in organizations. Here is a partial transcript of the conversation.
By Doug Kirkpatrick, on Fri, December 04, 2009 - 10:32.
Take one champion-step-dancing mom and a fiddle-playing dad from the Canadian heartland. Add eleven brothers and sisters, eight of whom have more talent than most living human beings, and what do you get? A musical phenomenon called Leahy.
By Doug Kirkpatrick, on Sun, April 12, 2009 - 11:36.
One can engage in a lighthearted thought experiment by imagining the following scene, taking place in the not-too-distant future: a team of internal IT consultants is meeting with a corporation’s leadership group and CEO in a richly-appointed board room to scope out a large project to improve the company’s critical business systems.