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EPISODE · Aug 24, 2020 · 16 MIN

Episode 53: “The holy grail question in management: what to control and what not?”

from Rapid Idea Improvement · host Bart Vanderhaegen

We typically control 2 things in organisations: "People" ... when we say “you should do/ think this or that” "Outcomes/ results" … when we say “we should increase/ improve ….” (made impersonal, e.g. we should increase trust, engagement, productivity, ...) Both ways are flawed ... so what is a better "use" of control ? (i.e. not flawed and with actual better outcomes?) The specific PROCESS of knowledge creation ... not the CONTENT of the knowledge created ... How do you do that ?

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We typically control 2 things in organisations: "People" ... when we say “you should do/ think this or that” "Outcomes/ results" … when we say “we should increase/ improve ….” (made impersonal, e.g. we should increase trust, engagement, productivity, ...) Both ways are flawed ... so what is a better "use" of control ? (i.e. not flawed and with actual better outcomes?) The specific PROCESS of knowledge creation ... not the CONTENT of the knowledge created ... How do you do that ?

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We typically control 2 things in organisations: "People" ... when we say “you should do/ think this or that” "Outcomes/ results" … when we say “we should increase/ improve ….” (made impersonal, e.g. we should increase trust, engagement,...

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