Honesty is important in any business, allowing effective appraisals and building solid foundations for growth, but being realistic about what we are achieving is also a crucial skill. We may be talented and have a lot to offer, but if we are marketing ourselves in the wrong way, or failing to identify our ideal audience, we may not be seeing the success we expect or hope for.
Social agreements relating to communication (dialogue), inclusion, transparency, self interest and the well-being of the individuals and the organisation in human interactions that give individuals latitude to be self organising, work with high degrees of autonomy, and engage more relationally? A Utopian View?
A unique feature in my World is that formal modelling has become increasingly divergent from the real-world problems of practice. This divergence creates a gap between professional knowledge and the demands of real world practice that should be tailored to the unique requirements of the client system (Schön 1991).
Do we as leaders live with the assumption that we know enough to deal with the high demands of an ever-changing world? Are our organisations not valuable repositories of experiential knowledge? I can acknowledge that I did not understand how to use experiential knowledge effectively in the context of a purposive firm.
As a business shifts and moves towards a more successful future, some of the changes that occur will be focused on re-framing the way in which the business functions on a day to day level and creating a viable strategy to support a more dynamic – and more successful – organisational life.
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