Crisis of Economic Culture10/21/2008 by Michael Loebbert
There is no crisis in the financial market. That we need the financial market is clear anyway. There is no crisis of production companies too, because of course we want the benefit of theirs products in the future. There is also no crisis in the global economy since the wheel of history can not be [...]
The Culture Imperative of Leadership10/02/2008 by Michael Loebbert
We rely in the majority of decisions and actions on the cultural patterns of organizations, in which we live. Most of these patterns and values with which we steer ourselves are unconscious. Only rarely we object to them. Some individual patterns are actively learned by training or by serious “injuries”. Think about how you drive [...]
A Question of Culture09/22/2008 by Michael Loebbert
Perhaps you know the history of the PT Cruiser. Sure, you have seen this car on the street, the look is retro, fuel consumption is too high, technology and security are average. When Daimler joined in the responsibility for Daimler Chrysler, the PT Cruiser was just launched and taken for a flop. The production [...]
Hungry for Change08/19/2008 by Michael Loebbert
How hungry are you for change? - Clearly, ‘change’ is in itself not a serious management approach. Without content and its implementation change remains an empty talk. Successful executives connect therefore contentful imagination with execution. In the recent study “Enterprise of the Future” by IBM (www.ibm.com/enterpriseofthefuture) executive officers, selected all over the world, tell about [...]
A Strategy is a Story07/02/2008 by Michael Loebbert
As a reminder of what a strategy is and what it should provide:
It organizes and coordinates a variety of acts and decisions of one or more persons to a common goal,
it makes this in a deliberate contrast to other perhaps possible approaches, takes a conscious decision and risk.
Effectiveness is achieved not only with orientation, concentration [...]
Management as Cultural Work06/09/2008 by Michael Loebbert
In most management models today, there is a “box” for culture. Management is (also) cultural work. This seems self-evident. Probably too obvious to make a difference in practice. So what are the specific challenges?
1. Alignment, the fit of strategy and culture
The implementation of strategies comes to a halt or fails, if the cultural patterns and [...]
Fetishs of Change05/06/2008 by Michael Loebbert
A fetish is an object, which is adopted to have some sort of magical power.
It is said that we live in a time with more changes than ever historically before. Technology and globalization are key words. - But think for example to our European ancestors during the 30 years war: constantly changing dominions, destruction and [...]