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Comment on There is no such thing as leadership by There’s No Such Thing as Leadership? Using “Pull” and Influence vs. Power « Reveln Consulting

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:02:00 +0000

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Comment on Do we have crisis management all wrong? by Ritchey

Ritchey — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:08:00 +0000

Re: “Wicked
Problems”, we thought that you might like to know about this:

“Wicked
Problems – Social Messes: Decision
support Modelling with Morphological Analysis”. Springer, 2011.

You can see
a description at Springer here:

http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/technology+management/book/978-3-642-19652-2

Regards,

Tom Ritchey

SweMorph

Comment on The mortgage on the MBA by Shona

Shona — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:23:00 +0000

If the MBA had some sort of professional licensure regarding it – like a CPA or medical designation, then perhaps there could be a stipulation that you have to perform X amount of community service or pro bono work. But for now, this is a pipe dream…and such an idea will not catch on unless B-Schools ingrain it into the MBA psyche (currently they do not).

Comment on Hazards, Vulnerability & Capacity [HAVUC] by Those pesky hazards that sneak up on us and why they matter – Managing Turbulence

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:34:21 +0000

[...] or threat? A catastrophic financial event could be one functional approach, with a fairly generic HAVUC/NIMS [...]

Comment on What if the chief end of the University… by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:50:00 +0000

thanks Bill – I think we’re a small minority.

The for-profit place I currently consult for has treated its 7,000 alums
badly for 30 years and now wonders why they don’t jump at fundraising emails
(remember this is a for-profit).

sigh,

Wes
___________________
Wesley D. Balda, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Centre for Advancing International Management
St. George’s University
Grenada, West Indies

http://www.linkedin.com/in/wesbalda
http://managing-turbulence.org/
http://www.sgu.edu/aim/

Comment on What if the chief end of the University… by Bill Sams

Bill Sams — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:48:00 +0000

Hi Wes,
Thanks for extending the concept of my Chronicle article. You hit the nail right on the head. Coming out of 25 years in Silicon Valley I have always been amazed at how universities take their best customers, give them a piece of paper, ignore them for the next 5 to 10 years and then have the audacity to ask them for more money for the product that they dearly purchased years before. The really amazing part is that many folks actually give them more money. I must admit that as an executive it never occurred to me to try this trick.

Additionally why would someone design a product that has a lifetime of applications but is primarily only provided early in life in a four year time block?

In return for your blog work here is my blog link: http://billsams.wordpress.com/

Comment on 7 steps to an MBA that matters: 2) Live with “the rest” by FER

FER — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:13:00 +0000

For years, student exchanges and university partnerships have existe beteween European Universities and Latin American ones. For example ALFA programs were/are some of them. I participated in the first approve cooperative program for a joint PhD linking three universities en Venezuela, one in Colombia, one in Brazil, along with top universities in France, UK and Spain. There are programs such as PCP and ECOS-NORD in France, with German and Italian schools, through the Brittish Council. What I’ve noticed in all these years of intense cooperative development is that USA schools do not attemp to develop these kind of relationships with such intentionality. I think this at the end is such a big loss for faculty and students, and a failure to understand and value cultures.

Comment on Going “bump in the night” & missional GPS by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:07:00 +0000

thanks Cinda.

Comment on Going “bump in the night” & missional GPS by Cinda Gorman

Cinda Gorman — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:37:00 +0000

Wes, Thanks for this. As a Life and Career Coach, I use the GPS analogy often to discuss the difference between the GPS of Coaching and the “rear view mirror” of therapy. I will share your blog with others as I like the tie in with missional terminology. Some of my clients lead non-profit agencies and serve on boards.

Comment on What if Universities were like Wikipedia? by Wes

Wes — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:22:00 +0000

Thanks – it’s a good observation – if only the University could recall itself to courtesy…