Organisational Learning and Mindfulness – Relational Frame Theory (RFT)

In our search for a relationship between organisational and individual learning and mindfulness, we now take a look at mindfulness from the perspective of a psychologist trained in the western tradition. Relational Frame Theory (RFT) attempts to explain the variety of human behaviour as the basis for therapeutic interventions. This introduction to RFT will place […]

Organisational Learning and Mindfulness – An Introduction

We have in recent weeks looked closely at organisational learning, concluding that learning is critical to organisational change. Over the past few years, the practice of mindfulness has become popular enough in the conversation about management to be considered mainstream. Let’s explore these two conversations to see if they are related in some way. In […]

Applying Operational Thinking to a Strategic Topic

In the last couple of posts we looked at the value of introducing a strategic perspective into an operational conversation and then whether strategic and operational topics can be distinguished from each other. But what happens when we take an operational view when dealing with a strategic issue. The discussion about introducing a strategic perspective […]

Strategic versus Operational Perspectives

In the last post we looked at whether it would be appropriate to use strategic metrics in an operational conversation, concluding it could be. But that brings up another question. How does one distinguish a strategic conversation from an operational one? Let’s look a bit more closely at this topic. Last week we considered the […]