Business has a convenient bottom line, called profit, which can easily be measured. What’s the bottom line in government, say for terrorism? mintzberg.org/blog/busines...

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. mintzberg.org/blog/center-...

In a project organization, expect the unexpected. #ThinkingOnThursday #quote

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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. mintzberg.org/blog/busines...

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

Lettre d’Henry Mintzberg: «Eh Canada, ton bras sait-il porter la paix?» Via Les Affaires www.lesaffaires.com/secteurs/pol...

Lettre d’Henry Mintzberg: «Eh Canada, ton bras sait-il porter la paix?» Via @lesaffaires.bsky.social www.lesaffaires.com/secteurs/pol...

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? #ThinkingOnThursday #quote

Lettre d’Henry Mintzberg: «Eh Canada, ton bras sait-il porter la paix?» Via @lesaffaires.bsky.social www.lesaffaires.com/secteurs/pol...

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-...

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

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

Organizations don’t have tops and bottoms. #ThinkingOnThursday #quote

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In 1996, several academics teamed up – and created the International Masters Program for Managers (impm.org) and the International Masters for Health Leadership @McGillGCHM_IMHL youtu.be/utdkkAD68aU <<<< #video by Collectiver @brovkin.bsky.social

Growing up, everything was the US. How true that was and how true it no longer is. #video by Collectiver @brovkin.bsky.social >>>>> youtu.be/XahmK-ynO8Q <<<<<

Management and leadership are two sides of the same coin. They work together in the larger realm of “communityship." #quote

About this 51st state, really the 51st to 60th, politically, more or less:

In 2021, I posted this blog. It seems appropriate to repeat it now, with no editing. Read the full article to explore what’s next. mintzberg.org/blog/pipsque...

Organizations are communities of human beings, not collections of human resources. #quote

My daughter Lisa once left me a note in a shoe that read “Souls need fixing.” Little did she know… mintzberg.org/blog/soul

Dear Members of the Board I am writing to you with a proposal that may seem radical, but is in fact conservative. mintzberg.org/blog/a-ceo-l...

Maybe we think too much and see too little. What, then, does strategic seeing mean? Most people would agree that strategic thinking means seeing ahead. But we can’t see ahead unless we see behind … #management #strategy mintzberg.org//blog/strate...

There are no two people who are the same. And they make up organizations. Therefore every organization is different, and every design has to be customized. Let people work out how to work together. #Video produced by Collectiver @brovkin.bsky.social youtu.be/_P3y0EM-wzU

In the natural world, compare a troop of monkeys with the alpha male at its head, a flock of geese flying in formation, ants scurrying around doing their own thing together, and a family of beavers building a dam. Four fundamental forms of organizing. t.co/yUrmBebp6a

Henry Mintzberg @Mintzberg141 · Jan 24 The closest model for the kind of change that the world needs now is probably the Reformation of the 16th century. #rebalancing #society #video youtu.be/UCtZNFdUzKA Produced by Collectiver @brovkin.bsky.social

Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing. #ThinkingOnThursday #quote

So how do we make decisions? That’s easy. First we diagnose, next we design, then we decide, and finally we do (carry that choice into action). In other words, we think in order to act: I call this thinking first. #management #strategy mintzberg.org/blog/decisio...

What will happen when his policies to serve the wealthy hit the fan—for example, tariffs that could revive inflation and gutted public services on which the beleaguered depend? mintzberg.org/blog/trump-l...

The closest model for the kind of change that the world needs now is probably the Reformation of the 16th century. #rebalancing #society #video youtu.be/UCtZNFdUzKA Produced by Collectiver - @brovkin.bsky.social

A little lesson in 51st state politics for DT mintzberg.org/blog/trump-l...

A little lesson in 51st state politics for DT mintzberg.org/blog/trump-l...

The win-win liberal democracy that was America has been replaced by a zero-sum America driven by the insatiable greed of the hyper-wealthy. mintzberg.org/blog/trump-l...

Twice before, in the 1860s and the 1930s, a divided America was saved from itself, first by a Republican president and then by a Democratic one. Both were statesmen who did what was right for the disadvantaged of America. mintzberg.org/blog/trump-l...

We must declare our interdependence to begin the necessary restoration of balance in our societies. #rebalancing To read and sign the Declaration, see ourinterdependence.org video >>>>> youtu.be/UiQ0RjI4dlo <<<<<< Produced by Collectiver @brovkin.bsky.social

We must declare our interdependence to begin the necessary restoration of balance in our societies. #rebalancing To read and sign the Declaration, see ourinterdependence.org >>>>> video >>>>>> youtu.be/UiQ0RjI4dlo Produced by Collectiver @brovkin.bsky.social

Anger, affluence, and angst—this is America today. #rebalancing mintzberg.org/blog/trump-l...

Can 2025 Be the Year of Balance? As we ring in the New Year, America faces a choice: continue down a path of imbalance or seize the chance for renewal. Trump's presidency has exposed deep divides—but could his legacy surprise us all? mintzberg.org/blog/trump-l... #rebalancing

What is dumbing so many of us down these days, “smart” people included? This could be the question of our age, to answer before it’s too late. mintzberg.org/blog/dumbing...