by Jim Maddox | Oct 18, 2019 | Adaptive Challenge, Authenticity, Managing Change, meaningful conversations, pondering questions, Spiritual Connections, Transformation & Growth, Uncategorized, Vulnerability
It’s interesting where your mind wanders when you are traveling on an open highway. Thoughts of the weather, the rustling of the wind around the car, getting lost in random thoughts. Wondering where the last 50 plus years have gone. Some memories leaking from the...
by Jim Maddox | Mar 10, 2019 | Adaptive Challenge, Authenticity, Co-Creating, Ethics, Managing Change, meaningful conversations, pondering questions, Possibilities, Spiritual Connections, Transformation & Growth, Tribes, Uncategorized
Anyone who has studied strategy is familiar with Michael Porter’s 5 Forces of Competition. It is part of every Strategic Management Book and is the foundation of many strategic plans. Organizations spend a great deal of time analyzing their competition and devising...
by Jim Maddox | Mar 4, 2019 | Adaptive Challenge, Authenticity, being uncomfortable, Co-Creating, Managing Change, pondering questions, Possibilities, Spiritual Connections, Transformation & Growth, Uncategorized
These thoughts represent some reflections from a summer road trip from several years ago. I think there are some relevant connections to organizational and personal change. • There are kind helpful people everywhere• You can get a good night sleep in the backseat...
by Jim Maddox | Dec 9, 2018 | Adaptive Challenge, Managing Change, pondering questions, Possibilities, Spiritual Connections, Transformation & Growth, Uncategorized
I recently spent a couple of days and nights in a historic, haunted hotel. It is nice to get away for a few days to de-stress heading into the holiday season. We stay at the Crescent Hotel. It is an elegant place that first opened in 1886. The hotel rises high...
by Jim Maddox | Nov 25, 2018 | Adaptive Challenge, Authenticity, Cognitive Dissonance, Ethics, Human Resources, Illusions, Managing Change, meaningful conversations, pondering questions, Transformation & Growth, Uncategorized
It is always interesting to have a conversation with someone and hear them talk about how ethical their organization is despite news to the contrary. The person will often describe how they have a detailed code of ethics and have mandatory ethics training. ...
by Jim Maddox | Nov 19, 2018 | Adaptive Challenge, Managing Change, pondering questions, Transformation & Growth, Uncategorized
Life’s Wake-up Calls It took two days in the cardiac unit of Mercy hospital, a heart cath, a compassionate talk with the cardiologist, and unconditional love from my fiancé to finally let go of something that was slowly going to kill me. Hanging onto grief,...
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