March 30, 2011 • 7:10 am 0
One thing we hear executives like about this model is that it captures a richness and range of possibilities that traditional consulting may not capture. It is designed to stimulate decision makers to consider changes they would otherwise ignore—partially because we organize outcomes into a narrative and not a stiff analysis. This makes a significant difference.
Filed under: management consulting
April 21, 2010 • 11:01 am 4
Attached is a presentation I am giving at Recruitcamp at Quintiles Transnational in RTP, NC on Thursday, April 22. The presentation talks about where ANTIGENcy comes from, how it evolved and how the corporate antigens are conceived.
Take a peek and let me know what you think. And if you are so inclined, check out #recruitcamp Thursday the 22nd at Quintiles. http://www.recruitcamp.com.
Filed under: Innovation, management consulting, Properties of Antigens, ANTIGENcy, change, corporate attitude, corporate culture, presentation
February 24, 2010 • 1:46 pm 2
How do each of the dimensions of business fit with a biological paradigm? Jotting down some thoughts here…
1. Strategic
Organisms evolve. Organizations evolve. How can you understand your organization within the context of the business ecosystem? By understanding the competitive landscape, adaptive peaks, the role of mutability and how to exploit niches.
2. Leadership
In animal behavior, hierarchical properties within a population determine the nature of leadership. What aspects of leadership determine success or failure? The ability to work within the tribe, dominance behavior, the propensity to take risks.
3. Culture
Culture is an emergent property of complex biological processes, not restricted to humans. How is culture defined within a species or society, and what is its role and importance? Culture is comprise of information that passes on through generations. A unit of cultural inheritance is a meme (from Dawkins’ original definition). Defining and understanding memes can provide insight into prevailing cultural trends and their potential impact on an organization.
4. Extemal
Homeostasis is the physiological feedback loop that enables organisms to maintain constant internal environments despite external variations. What processes enable organisms to buffer physiological processes against external changes? Feedback loops within dynamic systems enable information to be transferred to allow adjustment of systemic processes to adapt (locally) and so return to a desired state.
Filed under: 1, About ANTIGENcy, General, management consulting
February 12, 2010 • 4:49 pm 1
If this Antigency concept, at its most root level, is a mash-up of management consulting and vaccine science, I want to be clear as possible and define what I think the principal elements are. I have been asked a lot about this as I had suspected would happen.
I know vaccine science to be just that. Its the science of designing, creating, testing and delivering vaccines. Let’s agree that is vaccine science or part of Epidemiology, Immunology and Biology. Am I right? I am sure there is plenty of debate…but for the sake of simplicity…
Now Management Consulting, on the other hand, is more squishy and ambiguous and has been molested by so many for so long. You can go out tomorrow and claim that you are management consultant. I certainly have. And for that, I have had my ass handed to me enough times to finally get it right and understand my place in it. So here it is; my open-sourced definition of management consulting. Management Consulting is:
So there you have it. I would love to flesh this out and gain a broader perspective in the mean time. What do you think?
Filed under: About ANTIGENcy, management consulting, business model design, change management, Design Thinking, management consulting
