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Facilitation

Ending Pointless Organizational Conflict

Uncollaborative Organizations and Premature Commitment “What do you mean you can’t ship?  This is a big deal.  They need the product.  We spent weeks working to land this contract.  What am I going to say to these people?” Ever heard Read more…

By Kerper, 2 yearsMarch 13, 2023 ago
Leadership

Dazed and Confused

The first time I heard the song Dazed and Confused by Led Zeppelin, it was from a Sony reel to reel tape deck near the bank of a Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area high lake.  I was mesmerized by the haunting Read more…

By Kerper, 3 yearsNovember 17, 2022 ago
Self Actualization

What If it Bites?

“Capital Journal collecting sir.” He just looked at me through his screened front door with a look on his face that was a mix of astonishment, shock, and concern.  I suppose that would be the normal reaction upon seeing a Read more…

By Kerper, 3 yearsJanuary 11, 2022 ago
Leadership

Respect is a Gift

What I had forgotten was this: respect is not an expectation. Respect is a gift that others give to you.

By Kerper, 4 yearsMarch 5, 2021 ago
Continuous Improvement

What My Paper Route Taught Me About Continuous Improvement

Whether it was raining, windy, cold, or hot, this ten-year-old kid delivered papers for the Salem Capital Journal every afternoon except on Sundays.  The route was important to me.  As a kid, I liked to save the money I made Read more…

By Kerper, 6 yearsAugust 6, 2019 ago
Leadership

I Want the Ball

It was 47 years ago, on a rainy fall Friday evening where I sat on the bench watching my team be frustrated by the other civil war rival from across town.  It was the city’s biggest event of the year Read more…

By Kerper, 7 yearsSeptember 27, 2018 ago
Leadership

Somebody Will Take Care Of It

During a recent board meeting, the question was informally asked about why we seem to have such a hard time getting things done.  It was actually Rosanna who posed the question, “Right now, everything we do is a needs based Read more…

By Kerper, 7 yearsSeptember 6, 2018 ago
Facilitation

Awkward, Passive, and Intense

Surprised, I awkwardly turned, thinking that I had heard someone at my office door.  But upon inspection, no one was there; just the unrelenting roar of the factory.  Over the months that I had worked at my job, the roar Read more…

By Kerper, 8 yearsSeptember 20, 2017 ago
Organizational Infrastructure

Leveraging the Value of Your Information System

In the realm of information technology there is nothing quite like an information system startup. The new system is installed; we hit the “on” switch; and voilà… “Here it is,” we say out loud, pounding our chests with a high Read more…

By Kerper, 8 yearsJune 20, 2017 ago
Organizational Diagnosis

The Usual Suspects

  CL/TalkLeft.com The other night when out with a group of acquaintances, namely my wife and her friends, we were all having a really great time until… The “until” is when some asks me what I do. I hate that Read more…

By Kerper, 8 yearsApril 24, 2017 ago

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