Chet Richards

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In Organic Design, chart 15, Boyd gives a definition of “Orientation”:
Orientation is an interactive process of many-sided implicit cross-referencing projections, empathies, correlations, and rejections that is shaped by and shapes the interplay of genetic heritage, cultural tradition, previous experiences, and unfolding circumstances.

[Update: Ford Motor Company earned $100 million in the first quarter, compared to a loss of $282 million in the first quarter of 2007.]
Back in January, I reported on a conversation that Ford CEO Alan Mulally had with Kai Rysdahl on Marketplace. It seemed to me that he was not only making good [...]

Norway, that is, at the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy. The Academy sponsored an intensive seminar in adaptive leadership on Wednesday (4/16) that was attended by representatives from all the Norwegian Armed Forces. At the end, there was the traditional panel discussion that really did turn into a discussion. Most fun I’ve had [...]

Boyd’s work is sometimes associated with such management trends as “empowerment” or “servant leadership” where the idea is that a leader’s primary role is taking care of the troops, and the troops will take care of the mission.
There is some truth to this, in that Boyd did stress preparation of the individual (Fingerspitzengefühl), building a [...]