Site Purpose
My name is Bob. I developed this website to share information to help improve partnership,prosperity, and the well-being of society and our planet.
I hope the website inspires you to contribute to the positive evolution of our society and our world which is the message in the
Adventure of Consciousness video.
The Magic Notes
Few can hear the magic notes and have danced with joy together.
Many have been drowned by the noise of fame and their desire for material gain.
The universe cries for what could be, the choices that went wrong.
It cries for those who pass this way and didn’t awake to sing their song.
Perspectives in establishing a partnership management paradigm
Organizations are challenged to implement a partnership management approach which is radically different from the domineering management approach that has prevailed since the Industrial Revolution. W Edwards Deming provided the following perspective on this challenge.
We're living in prison under the tyranny of the prevailing style of management... We need to throw overboard our theories and practices of the present and build afresh.
Jim Clifton. Gallup Chairman and CEO provided the following observation.
"The world economy isn't growing fast enough, and this is starting to cause some serious problems...So how can a business leader help save the world - or at least his or her country? The answer starts right in his or her own workplace. ...Doing so starts with you in your company. And it spreads around the country from there. When and if your company, and then country, doubles its workforce engagement, only great things will follow an economic boom, an explosion of innovative ideas, and a surge in entrepreneurship."
Jim Clifton’s observation is from the introduction to a report published in 2013 by Gallup entitled "State of the Global Workforce - Employee Engagement Insights for Business Leaders." The report provides findings from Gallup surveys undertaken in 2010 and 2011 on the status of employee engagement in 140 countries. The surveys found that only 13% of employees were engaged in the workplace. A low level of employee engagement is a clear indicator that an organization is not fully using the capabilities of its workforce.
Deming has also stressed the importance of having a theory for the way we manage organizations. Thus, to build afresh we need a new theory for managing our organizations. OLC has for the last 25 years been undertaking research and undertaking projects to help develop and test a theory of management which can realize a high level of engagement, significantly higher levels of organizational performance and the quality of working life. This information is provided under various tabs on this website including “Partnerships”, “Projects”, “OD Resources” and “How”
In a paper on "Awakening Faith in an Alternative Future" Peter Senge et al provided their views on "The Emergence of Living Institutions". OLC's Dr. Bob McQueen wrote "Organizational Evolution" to help clarify what is meant by Living Institutions.