I Hated Management, Now I Love It
I remember well that I hated management, many years ago. I hated checking whether people had done what I told them to do. I hated doing p...
Who Needs a Head Office?
Some years ago I was in a meeting with the marketing coordinator of a local office of Rabobank, one of the three big Dutch banks. They wa...
Stop Blaming the System!
I see it again and again. The suggestion of systems thinkers and Agile writers to stop blaming people and instead try blaming the system....
The 60 Percent Rule
For a shared identity to work, it is useful to know who is, and who is not, part of the group. This is sometimes quite clear, but quite o...
Identity, It’s Not Rational
Wherever I am in the world I smile a little when I glimpse the logo of KLM, TomTom, Philips, or Unilever. I once even took pictures of an...
Share Your Happy Stories
Do you have an interesting story to share about the pursuit of happiness among workers? On the new Happy Melly blog we have started publi...
The Meaning of Models
I was asked to read a few articles for a dialog seminar with my friends at KnowIt in Göteborg. The first one described the nine team rol...
I’m Looking for Entrepreneurs and Leaders
I am glad to announce that Happy Melly One was officially registered this week in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This legal entity will be t...
A Lead-By-Example Business Network
The problem with practices is that bad practices are easy. When you create a standard business, it is deceptively easy to create one lega...
Some More Favorite Posts
Last month my blog was exactly 5 years old. I celebrated this moment by asking readers which blog post had been the most important for th...
What’s Your Value Story?
When you have determined what your values and purpose are as a team or organization, you have to put your money where your mouth is. Turn...
Value Creation over Value Extraction
When you see an organization as a social value network (as I do) then you inevitably come to the conclusion that all stakeholders partici...
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