Comments on: How Long Will It Take? http://keithsawyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/how-long-will-it-take/ the latest scientific research and successful management strategies Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Keith Sawyer http://keithsawyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/how-long-will-it-take/#comment-374 Keith Sawyer Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:23:55 +0000 http://keithsawyer.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-374 Thank you for your comment! I should add that I absolutely believe that management scholars have discovered new things about organizational innovation in the years since 1999. At the "Inventing the Future of Management" conference, we collectively came up with 25 key recommendations; the ten PWC recommendations are a subset of those. And, in some cases, some of our similar ideas, even though they are recognizable in the PWC list, are subtly different now, but even though subtle the newer view is more likely to result in success. Managers have had almost 10 years to learn about and implement the 10 PWC recommendations, and yet very few companies have even gotten started. The recommendations obviously weren't just a management fad, because our group of experts still found them to be true, almost ten years later. What we're hoping is that the high reputations of the powerhouse gurus in the group will get more managers to start listening. The first step will be to post everything on the Management Lab web site; they're working on it right now. Thank you for your comment! I should add that I absolutely believe that management scholars have discovered new things about organizational innovation in the years since 1999. At the “Inventing the Future of Management” conference, we collectively came up with 25 key recommendations; the ten PWC recommendations are a subset of those. And, in some cases, some of our similar ideas, even though they are recognizable in the PWC list, are subtly different now, but even though subtle the newer view is more likely to result in success.

Managers have had almost 10 years to learn about and implement the 10 PWC recommendations, and yet very few companies have even gotten started. The recommendations obviously weren’t just a management fad, because our group of experts still found them to be true, almost ten years later.

What we’re hoping is that the high reputations of the powerhouse gurus in the group will get more managers to start listening. The first step will be to post everything on the Management Lab web site; they’re working on it right now.

]]> By: Cherry Woodburn http://keithsawyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/how-long-will-it-take/#comment-373 Cherry Woodburn Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:47:05 +0000 http://keithsawyer.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-373 Keith, I was not surprised that the PWC survey had found the same things ten years ago that had come up in your meeting/forum. I've worked as a consultant for over two decades on communication, culture change and process improvement and more recently innovative thinking. Many of the same ideas are recycled after a number of years into new packaging. Companies, and I want to be careful not to make this an all or nothing statement, may start to practice new ways of doing things but they frequently do not get woven into the permanent infrastructure of the organization so fade away or a new boss comes in who wants credit for starting something new so a new program is added, the very definition of which means it will end. Or perhaps the next generation comes on board and they were not schooled in the issues of say, trust, so things revert to the old way. I've just begun reading your book so I'm on shaky ground but, one of the ideas behind teams over the past decade was to obtain the power of many minds through collaboration. Sometimes it worked well and sometimes it didn't. I'm looking forward to reading new ideas on this effort, and about improvisation. I heard Debbie Kimmet speak, previously of Second City, and what she learned in working with highly competitive comedic individuals who had to play off and work with each other to make improvisation a success. Thanks for your columns, I've enjoyed them. Keith,
I was not surprised that the PWC survey had found the same things ten years ago that had come up in your meeting/forum. I’ve worked as a consultant for over two decades on communication, culture change and process improvement and more recently innovative thinking. Many of the same ideas are recycled after a number of years into new packaging. Companies, and I want to be careful not to make this an all or nothing statement, may start to practice new ways of doing things but they frequently do not get woven into the permanent infrastructure of the organization so fade away or a new boss comes in who wants credit for starting something new so a new program is added, the very definition of which means it will end. Or perhaps the next generation comes on board and they were not schooled in the issues of say, trust, so things revert to the old way. I’ve just begun reading your book so I’m on shaky ground but, one of the ideas behind teams over the past decade was to obtain the power of many minds through collaboration. Sometimes it worked well and sometimes it didn’t. I’m looking forward to reading new ideas on this effort, and about improvisation. I heard Debbie Kimmet speak, previously of Second City, and what she learned in working with highly competitive comedic individuals who had to play off and work with each other to make improvisation a success. Thanks for your columns, I’ve enjoyed them.

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