Five Dysfunctions of Teams

I got assigned this book in grad school and probably rolled  my eyes at the time. The idea that team dynamics could be captured in 5 dysfunctions! Heck, I could find 5 in 5 minutes at Apple. (#1: no adult...

Workforce dynamics

Two people are playing some rather competitive games. It's causing frustration. Lots of it. And it's taking their eye off the ball -- the marketplace, the competition, the changing customers' needs. And if there's one thing I wish I could do before I leave this earth is to end this cycle of wasteful behavior.

What is it you believe?

I say all this now with the HP spying amongst the board and reports controversy recently in our midst. If the HP scandal has an underlying belief, it's that Dunn and the board believed that finding the "truth" overrode basic ethics of disclosure, integrity between people, and the ability to see that the way in which we do things speaks loads about what we hold true. I feel sad for those that work in that culture.