Tag Archives: Lepore

  Is all that effort to make connections in a network a waste of time? Network theory has something to teach us about all that.       A lot of energy is consumed every day by people, groups, and … Continue reading →

After a hiatus over the New Year and preparations for a big move West to British Columbia, the Intelligent Management Blog is back!       What do a Theatre Director, an entrepreneur and an organizational scientist have in common? … Continue reading →

In a recent article by Dawn Cranfield in The Guardian Express entitled  A Mining Company with a Heart of Gold – Comstock Mining, Inc., the author draws attention to what makes Comstock a very different kind of mining company:   … Continue reading →

The traditional model for control is the hierarchical model, and the reason for its existence is because personal capacity for control is limited, and adding hierarchical levels increases personal capacity of control. On the other hand, if we want to … Continue reading →

All processes, human and non, whether we are aware of it or not, are affected by variation. If we want to be able to predict the outcome of our processes, i.e. manage them, we need to understand, measure and manage … Continue reading →

How did a mining company succeed where others had failed in reviving mining responsibly in a historic mining district? Comstock Mining CEO explains in an interview how Intelligent Management’s systemic Decalogue methodology has brought his company to  mine successfully and … Continue reading →

What happens when more than one person or more than one entity work together in the same direction? Is the result just the simple sum of their efforts?         What happens when more than one person or … Continue reading →

What is the guiding rule that should inspire any managerial decision? The job of Management is to work on the system and create a predictable environment; as Dr. Deming reminds us “the job of managers is to reduce variation”.     … Continue reading →

Everything we do in an organization can be considered as a process, and, whether we realize it or not,  every process is affected by variation. We need to understand and manage this phenomenon of variation if we want to achieve … Continue reading →