Blog posts by Doug Kirkpatrick | Morning Star Self-Management Institute

Feb 7, 2010
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Self Management Institute

The SMI Interview: Dr. Lori Kane on the Magic of Self-Organizing Work Groups and the Collective Self

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.”

SMI Interviews Chris Rufer, Founder of Morning Star, on the Power and Potential of Self-Management

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.

Self-Management and Synchronicity

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.

Humphrey Bogart and the Art of Self-Management

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.