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Posts by Henry Mintzberg

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Everyone looks for purpose in what Trump does. Every morning he asks himself:
"What will I do to get the headlines today: Bomb Iran? Raise tariffs? Threaten Greenland?"

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The wealthy calling for taxes on the super-wealthy is a distraction. Ultimately, this has to be about putting powerful private interests back in their place, namely the marketplace – out of the public place.

#RebalsncingSociety
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Davos has always been the place where the people who spend 51 weeks a year creating the problems spend the 52nd pretending to solve them. Except now the pretense is over.

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World War III, or what will otherwise bring down the civilized world, is being brought to us by the stupidity of corporate wealth: its insatiable greed that has thrown the whole world out of balance. Reaction to this is what has brought on Trump, Brexit, and all the rest. 3/3

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They might wish to remember that while fascists brought on World War II, what enabled them was partly the shortsightedness of Western countries that punished Germany for losing World War I. 2/3

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Davos has always been the place where the people who spend 51 weeks a year creating the problems spend the 52nd pretending to solve them. Except now the pretense is over. 1/3

3 months ago 2 1 2 1
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Perhaps nothing has broken the spirit of our professional services, especially in schools and healthcare, more than the imposition of technocratic fixes.

#ThinkingOnThursday #quote

5 months ago 2 1 0 0
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Is Serendipity Really Serendipitous? Come Find Out! | Henry Mintzberg

Serendipity can be, not only playful, but consequential, in organizations that manage it playfully.

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Business has a convenient bottom line, called profit, which can easily be measured. What’s the bottom line in government, say for terrorism?
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The center’s not holding, it’s folding. How about rounding? | Henry Mintzberg

William Butler Yeats wrote famously that “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold…” Accordingly, opinion writers, left and right, have been writing about the center holding or not. What center? Mostly it’s been folding, not holding.

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In a project organization, expect the unexpected.

#ThinkingOnThursday #quote

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Minute with Mintzberg #1: Shareholder Value vs Human Values
Minute with Mintzberg #1: Shareholder Value vs Human Values YouTube video by Henry Mintzberg

Shareholder value has nothing to do with human values, it's got nothing to do with decency, it's got nothing to do with anything but greed.
#management #leadership #video produced by Collectiver @brovkin.bsky.social
>>>>> youtu.be/jrlMfkwVDT0

7 months ago 2 1 0 0
MwM30: SUSTAINABILITY in the Short Run
MwM30: SUSTAINABILITY in the Short Run YouTube video by Henry Mintzberg

We won’t get anywhere with climate change or any other long-term problems we are trying to address – until we achieve a balance.
This is an excerpt from "Rebalancing Society - A Conversation with Henry Mintzberg".
#video: >> youtu.be/cFrRRhMpcr8 << Produced by @brovkin.bsky.social

8 months ago 1 0 0 0
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Henry Mintzberg’s Collection of Beaver Sculptures | LinkedIn A conversation between Henry Mintzberg, Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir, Jonatan Habib Engqvist and Juha Huuskonen. Henry Mintzberg is a renowned Canadian management scholar, best known for his influential wo...

Beavers are nature’s sculptors. I’ve spent years collecting their work. On June 16, we launch a video and have a conversation about this unusual collection.
www.linkedin.com/events/henry...

10 months ago 3 1 0 0
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Henry Mintzberg’s Beaver Sculptures: A Guided Tour
Henry Mintzberg’s Beaver Sculptures: A Guided Tour YouTube video by Henry Mintzberg

Beavers don’t strategize - but they certainly shape their environments. I’ve spent decades collecting the results

On June 16, I’ll share this collection in an online event. Details here:
www.linkedin.com/events/henry...

In the meantime, you are invited to watch this #video
youtu.be/3RQehKFXjQU

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Henry Mintzberg’s Beaver Sculptures: A Guided Tour
Henry Mintzberg’s Beaver Sculptures: A Guided Tour YouTube video by Henry Mintzberg

Beavers don’t strategize - but they certainly shape their environments. I’ve spent decades collecting the results

On June 16, I’ll share this collection in an online event. Details here:
www.linkedin.com/events/henry...

In the meantime, you are invited to watch this #video
youtu.be/3RQehKFXjQU

10 months ago 4 1 0 0
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Henry Mintzberg’s Collection of Beaver Sculptures | LinkedIn A conversation between Henry Mintzberg, Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir, Jonatan Habib Engqvist and Juha Huuskonen. Henry Mintzberg is a renowned Canadian management scholar, best known for his influential wo...

Beavers are nature’s sculptors. I’ve spent years collecting their work. On June 16, we launch a video and have a conversation about this unusual collection.
www.linkedin.com/events/henry...

10 months ago 3 1 0 0
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If you ask managers what they do, they will most likely tell you that they plan, organise, co-ordinate and control. Then watch what they do. Don’t be surprised if you can’t relate what you see to those four words.

#ThinkingOnThursday #quote

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Sooner or later, every organization must expect the unexpected, no matter how stable its structure.

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11 months ago 1 0 0 1
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I am not a mere customer of my government, thank you, as if I buy services at arm’s length. I am an engaged citizen of my country.
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MwM 45 - Experts Who Know Better Can Be Worse
MwM 45 - Experts Who Know Better Can Be Worse YouTube video by Henry Mintzberg

This New Minute is an excerpt from The Innovation Show with Aidan McCullen:
Rebalancing Society: Addressing Imbalances in Politics, Economy, and Community.

#MwM #video produced by Collectiver @brovkin.bsky.social
youtu.be/LJcx6j08TlY

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Lettre d'Henry Mintzberg: «Eh Canada, ton bras sait-il porter la paix?» LES IDÉES DES AFFAIRES. «Nous devrions chanter une version modifiée de l'hymne national.»

Lettre d’Henry Mintzberg: «Eh Canada, ton bras sait-il porter la paix?»
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1 year ago 2 0 0 0
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Lettre d'Henry Mintzberg: «Eh Canada, ton bras sait-il porter la paix?» LES IDÉES DES AFFAIRES. «Nous devrions chanter une version modifiée de l'hymne national.»

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Are we so obsessed with leadership because we get so little of it? Or, do we get so little of it because we are so obsessed with it?

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Lettre d'Henry Mintzberg: «Eh Canada, ton bras sait-il porter la paix?» LES IDÉES DES AFFAIRES. «Nous devrions chanter une version modifiée de l'hymne national.»

Lettre d’Henry Mintzberg: «Eh Canada, ton bras sait-il porter la paix?»
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“The Manager’s Job,” 50 Years Later “No job is more vital to our society than that of the manager. The manager determines whether our social institutions will serve us well or whether they will squander our talents and resources.” Henry...

50 years! HBR checks in on my "Manager's Job" piece. Good managers DO more than just plan & organize! Still relevant? Read and share your thoughts. #management #leadership #Mintzberg #HBR hbr.org/2025/03/the-...

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Democrats should be delighted with the 51st state,
but Republicans might want to bear this in mind.

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Democrats should be delighted with the 51st state,
but Republicans might want to bear this in mind.

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