Archive for November, 2007

Measuring culture change

November 28th, 2007

The other day I heard the top administrator for NASA interviewed. He was asked if NASA has been able to change it’s culture. He responded, “I don’t think you can measure culture so I don’t know if we have changed it.” I would disagree with that statement in this way; not all aspects […]

Inaccurate maps

November 26th, 2007

People carry maps of their world in their head. Managers in particular carry maps about managing people. Unfortunately, they often confuse their map with reality. I carry a map in my car. As I travel the country with my map I would never mistake the map of the United States for […]