<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Yes, as I’ve said it helps to be able to send recent McKinsey articles to people, as various McKinsey writers discover the parade. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve been promoting their "leading edge" realizations for nearly 20 years. :-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is very little new under the sun. There is lots I haven’t personally found yet, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t old news to others. :-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chris</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 3, 2014, at 2:47 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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Hi Chris,<br class="">
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I certainly understand how someone with your depth of experience and
know-how can be bugged by McKinsey, the self-appointed guardian of
what is the gold standard of management consulting.... suddenly
declaring our interests, style of thinking, and mode of work both
valid and important.<br class="">
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That said, the article probably represents an important bellwether,
and a kind of signal event. It might be signaling that there is (or
is very soon to be) significant new demand for people with
OST-related skills. In this sense Gary Hamel is doing us all a big
favor, by successfully finding the parade and getting in front of
it.<br class="">
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Daniel<br class="">
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I think the idea of a change platform is an excellent one.
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<div class="">I have been putting together my own approach to this
kind of work recently. i’ve been thinking of it as a kind of
operating system with different layers. It’s about examining how
I work with pretty much anyone - the kind of theoretical basis
for my work, my own strengths and preferences and assumptions.
On top of that are ways of seeing the world that I apply pretty
consistently and on top of that, “apps” if you will that help
work get done coherently. </div>
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<div class="">It has been a rewarding exercise to do this, and I
can’t recommend it highly enough to others in this field. At
the very least it helps make it clear to others what you do and
why and it has the added benefit of allowing you to see your own
assumptions about the way the world works.</div>
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<div class="">Having said that, yeah, this article seems very
1985. I’m pretty sure that even in the hallowed belly of
McKinsey, this thinking is pretty dated. Being the
self-appointed guardians of what is the gold standard of
management consulting, it kind of bugs me when they publish
stuff the rest of the world has known for years as if it’s the
latest trend. Having said that, it’s always nice to pull out
their stuff when confronted with a particularly traditional
organization that is stuck in its thinking about change and
complexity and strategy. </div>
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