Business Management

Adaptive Action in a Time of Uncertainty

by dgeaston April 29, 2013

“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.” ― Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera Larry  and I have quite [...]

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The Complexity Space and the Complex Space of Data

by dgeaston July 2, 2012

We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage, and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a man’s duty to understand his world rather than to simply fight for it.  Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961), 1946 Information is ubiquitous. As the ability to [...]

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Invite Risk and Never Be Done

by dgeaston April 16, 2012

Risk is the new competency. Accepting that you will “never be done” is the lasting reward. Understanding the importance of engaging in an adaptive exchange with risk and reward  opens up the possibiities of essential generative learning. Our organizations have become masters of mitigating and avoiding risk, to the deteriment of their very survival.  The [...]

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Infusing People Decisions with Business Decisions

by dgeaston April 4, 2012

I need to preface this post with an comment on waiting too long to publish a post. I originally drafted the post in July 2011 and wanted to explore a few more ideas before posting.  I referenced a research report from  Constellation Research but it is no longer available. The original research report overview offered an interesting [...]

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What Happened to The Secret Sauce?

by dgeaston March 26, 2012

I began this post minutes after reading the op-ed letter in the New York Times by Greg Smith,  Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs.  I have read numerous blog posts and emerging conversations from both supporters and detractors.  What has continued to strike me as the most important part of this conversation is a single [...]

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Tapping into our Personal Ecosystems

by dgeaston March 18, 2012

  I consider myself relatively informed about hot trends in the social, knowledge and networked ecology of virtual life  but I was caught by surprise last week. While at a baby shower my table of women (aged 23 to 73) launched into a discussion about Pinterest -www.pinterest.com - the hottest self-expression engine.  They were commenting on each others boards [...]

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A Wagon for the #GenFlux Pioneers

by dgeaston January 29, 2012

After reading  This is Generation Flux , Fast Company’s special report on a new breed of pioneers, my first thought was “welcome to the wagon train.” The excitement of heading out toward unknown terrorities is why I am a card carrying member of Generation Flux. “What defines GenFlux is a mind-set that embraces instability, that tolerates–and even enjoys–recalibrating [...]

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