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Can you NOT communicate?

Can you NOT communicate?


I recently re-read Paul Watzlawick’s classic book Pragmatics of Human Communication. For those of you who don’t know his work, many of his ideas have influenced paradoxical theories of change and family systems theory. In the book he outlines a number of principles of human communication. We can argue that much of what happens in organisations is communication. Underneath the  labels such of  ‘leadership’, ‘strategy’, ‘change’, ‘structure’, ‘culture’ are in fact patterns of communication.

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“We’re having an organization design, and you’re invited!”

“We’re having an organization design, and you’re invited!”


Our house parties are always difficult to plan for. I'm not that keen on parties but my partner is. When backed into a corner I sometimes foolishly agree to a party... but then there are the tricky questions of how many people do we want to come and who should be on the list.

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How do your Executive and Senior Management Teams Dance?

How do your Executive and Senior Management Teams Dance?


“It’s a dance, isn’t it?” was how a client recently described the relationship between the Executive Team (ET) of the organisation and the Senior Management Team (SMT). This description seemed to strike a chord with others in the meeting with a number of knowing smiles in the room, including from us as facilitators.

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Are we present for strategy?

Are we present for strategy?


We both attended a recent meeting which started with this exchange… John:  “Can we spend some time preparing our plan for the future?”. Pam:  “I think we spend too much time thinking about the future and the past – can we pay more attention to what’s going on for us right now?”

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