The Leis Network
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The past 20 years has witnessed a sea change reorientation in management science from positioning and strategy and other battlefield perspectives, refocusing instead on the noble soldier; empowered, engaged, an innovator in the enabling community of his peers. It seems ironic that the comparatively micro study of his struggles, strengths, collaboration, significance and the like, this rediscovery of the individual, should arise from the macro trends of globalization and technology. But it is not ironic, as we shall see.
In fact, this refocus by management science on empowerment and individual engagement takes on an enriched meaning within the context of complex systems and cognitive psychology, both of which predict and analyze the macro and micro struggle. Synergistically, research on creativity catalogs that most successful adaptation and innovation is the result of ill defined micro-induced emergent behavior in the market place as opposed to top-down, macro induced organizational vision or strategy. Is that not what empowerment and engagement is all about? It certainly defines complex systems, which are responsible for the secrets of evolution.
Twenty years ago Drucker told us organizations must develop a more holistic approach or risk failure. It’s happening. It is time to re-orient our management tools. It is time to integrate what we already know in order to catapult productivity and creativity and reliability to the next level. It is time to make the next evolutionary leap with the organization.
Along with more traditional management pursuits, this website humbly attempts to make that leap. Its principle tools are concepts from psychology and complexity which bring holistic focus to organizational structure and process and current management science. Each brings its own perspective to bear on the challenges of efficiency, creativity and reliability that define any organization’s profitability.
We all strive for ethical, nimble, adaptable, reliable, creative, organizations. Can one organizational structure and the approach it implies give us all of those traits? I believe it can. This website explores the principles and subsequent processes and structures that enhance our organizations in that evolution.
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The Jim Leis page has personal information. I welcome all feedback, and like any complex system, invite your input.
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