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People management
Every required field and every approval level carries a hypothesis about people. McGregor showed, in 1960, that this hypothesis proves itself right.
Aug 26, 2026 · 6 min
People management
Work management
Mintzberg timed the days of five executives and dismantled the image of the reflective manager. Real managerial work is brief, fragmented and interrupted — and the system has to be built for that.
Jul 08, 2026 · 6 min
Work management
People management
The company gave a 12% raise, and six months later the team was exactly the same. Herzberg explained this mismatch almost sixty years ago.
Jun 24, 2026 · 5 min
People management
People management
A study of nursing teams found the opposite of what was expected — and the explanation applies to any operation that depends on people speaking up early.
Jun 17, 2026 · 6 min
People management
People management
Google set out to prove managers didn't matter. The data said otherwise — but not everything that turned up there fits a mid-size company.
Jun 03, 2026 · 5 min
People management
Leadership and culture
A rollout that starts with training and ends in a parallel spreadsheet didn't fail because of people's resistance. It failed because of sequence.
May 20, 2026 · 7 min
Leadership and culture
Leadership and culture
Culture isn't what the company writes on the wall. It's what it does when deadline, cost, and quality can't all fit in the same week.
May 13, 2026 · 6 min
Leadership and culture
Leadership and culture
There is no single right style. There's the style that fits the situation — and the repertoire to switch when the situation changes.
May 06, 2026 · 6 min
Leadership and culture
Leadership and culture
Removing the rule without opening up numbers, priorities, and deadlines isn't freedom. It's letting people decide in the dark and answer for the result.
Apr 29, 2026 · 6 min
Leadership and culture
Leadership and culture
Asking how it's going isn't following up. Following up is what the manager does beforehand, so the answer is already visible when they need it.
Apr 22, 2026 · 6 min
Leadership and culture
Knowledge management
Those who rarely fail get little practice examining their own error. That's why post-failure reviews tend to end in external causes.
Apr 08, 2026 · 6 min
Knowledge management
AI in management
The question isn't what the agent is capable of. It's which part of your attention is worth reclaiming, and at what risk.
Jan 07, 2026 · 6 min
AI applied to managementTell us in two lines what is stuck. We reply with a concrete path, not a catalogue.