Simplicity @ the other side of Complexity

“I am leaving this organization because my manager and I have very different ideas on what ‘good’ looks like in my domain, and we have agre...

“This is a political issue and we should resolve it politically”, said the senior consultant. I heard this interesting piece of ‘wisdom’ at ...

"We need more commitment in this organization. Employees should just trust their managers and the organization and do what they are ask...

“There is too much passive resistance in this organization! When I suggest something, everyone agrees. But they go back and do whatever they...

This post is an attempt to explore the intersection of two of the key themes of this blog - the nature of the HR function (see 'Philosop...

"Do you know why am I staying on in this organization? It is because if I hang around here for another ten years, I will be in a global...

After making a living in the Organization Development (OD) field for more than a decade, I have realized that my primary role so far has bee...

These days, I find myself thinking a lot about ‘culture change’. In my previous post ( The Culture Lizard ), I mentioned that just by changi...

“We need to change the hierarchical culture here. So let us stipulate that everyone should be addressed by their first name in the office”, ...

"It doesn't make sense!" This is a statement that one is likely to hear quite frequently in today's 'dynamic & com...