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ANNOUNCE Leadership and the Psychology of Turnarounds

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:37 am
by Ralf Lippold <ralf_lippold@we
Posted by Ralf Lippold <ralf_lippold@web.de>

Dear Systemdynamicists!

Reading the German version of Jay W. Forrester's ""World Dynamics"" I ever =
more
think whether this could have been written today without changing a word?

Reflecting on that question I stepped across the article ""Leadership and
Psychology of Turnarounds"" in the HBR On Point, while on my way back from=
a
meeting with some friends organizing a coming lean conference. We have ha=
d
talked
about dynamics of change, I used the change to talk about the possible us=
e of
system dynamics on that question and how it could be helpful. Yet, the ti=
me
seems
not to be ripe as the quick solutions still stay on top being in the way =
for new
systemic thinking (which is essential to follow through to systsem dynami=
cs
-from
my experience).

So reading through the HBR On Point the article grasped my interest as it=
is
about the dynamics in a downturn of a company and why this spirals down (=
similar
to DEC's decline in the 80's). At the end of the article in an explanatio=
n box
the phrase ""system dynamics"" appears (quite small, and you have to have i=
t on
your mental radar to sense that there is more to see) (page 83).

How can we -as systemdynamicsts- contribute to publicly well known storie=
s like
that? There are more readers around and as they get the story it looks li=
ke them
and us are on a similar track to positive policy and sustainable change.

Cheers,

Ralf

PS.: The story would apply quite well for SIG Business in order to prepar=
e a
special session on systemic issues like that.
--=20

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Ralf Lippold - Elsbethstra=DFe 7 - D-04155 Leipzig-Gohlis
Posted by Ralf Lippold <ralf_lippold@web.de>
posting date Sat, 4 Oct 2008 10:54:34 +0200
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