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Catalyst Consulting Team is a Silicon Valley-based global firm that enables organizations to “break the mold” through innovative programs that challenge individuals and teams to learn new ways of working together. We offer strategic-alignment services that focus on vision and values, strategy and leadership. In a business world dominated by management fads and . . . → Read More: Welcome to Catalyst Consulting Daniel Kahneman was teaching flight instructors in the Israeli Air Force that rewards for improved performance work better than punishment of mistakes, the more experienced flight instructors were not convinced. Their experience told them that screaming in the earphone of a cadet for bad execution lead to a better attempts the next time. In . . . → Read More: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Samuel J. Palmisano, chief executive of IBM, made bold moves over a five-year road map by asking some essential quesitons: Why would somebody work for you?, Why would someone spend their money with you — so what is unique about you?, Why would society allow you to operate in their defined geography — their country?, And why would . . . → Read More: How change is made at IBM Susan Cain in her NYTimes op-ed raises great points on the need for solitude in her article The Rise of the New Groupthink: http://t.co/OFGnH04T Samuel J. Palmisano, chief executive of IBM, made bold moves over a five-year road map by asking some essential quesitons: Why would somebody work for you?, Why would someone spend their money with you — so what is unique about you?, Why would society allow you to operate in their defined geography — their country?, And why would . . . → Read More: Rapid Change at IBM Hilary and I became close friends and partners at Catalyst while working together on learning events for Apple University in the early 90s. We were experimenting with visioning and systems thinking maps, creating experiential learning simulations and understanding interpersonal dynamics through action science. Hilary left the firm to go to graduate school. Then, following . . . → Read More: Artistry Unleashed: An interview with Hilary Austen “…most organizations operate on the assumption that the fear of failure will cause people to succeed.” p64 –The Oz Principle: Getting Results through Individual and Organizational Accountability by Roger Connors, Tom Smith and Craig Hickman Success in business boils down to committing together to outcomes we own, being responsible for our part of the . . . → Read More: The Oz Principle: a review by Kristen Jacobsen |
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