A batch of the best highlights from what Lukas's read, .
To use the metaphors of the previous chapter, the “family’s” orbit would become circumscribed as it feared mistakes; it would fail to expose itself to serendipity; and, in its unwillingness to risk, it would live in a distorted reality. “Family” members, therefore, would soon find themselves on a treadmill of efforts to get free. They would be unable to obtain the distance that could shift their orientation and become polarized on anxiety-driven issues.
A Failure of Nerve
Edwin H. Friedman
Culture, as a key capability, has high business impact but low effectiveness (Figure 3.1). Many companies are working to diligently articulate and implement culture changes that help them win in the marketplace. Likewise, the management of change has become an ever more accepted part of business success, often termed strategy execution, strategic agility, transformation, or simply change.
Victory Through Organization
Dave Ulrich, David Kryscynski, Wayne Brockbank, Mike Ulrich
But even stranger is our compulsion to chase after doors of little worth—opportunities that are nearly dead, or that hold little interest for us.