The Age of Organizational Effectiveness -- hosted by Charles Chandler

Today’s episode is called “Managing the Next 10,000 years.” That could be a tall order, since managing the next 10 years will be challenging due to expected global climate disruptions, but stay with me and you may be intrigued. Civilization began the last 10,000 years in its pre-history phase, as humans, living in small bands, … Continue reading 102 – Managing the next 10,000 years →

Bureaucracy was an innovation in the mid-1800s, as the world changed from a traditional society to one driven by a new sense of rational-legalism, largely driven by the Protestant ethic. Max Weber, a German sociologist, described the times in his book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904, in German; 1930, English translation). … Continue reading 101 – When bureaucracy was an innovation →

Today the podcast has reached a milestone, at episode 100. Starting back in February 2016, it has taken a little over 3.5 years to get to this point. I hope you have been one of those who have come along on the journey. I am calling today’s episode, “Your mission, vision, values, and offerings … … Continue reading 100 – Your mission, vision, values, and offerings … in 10 minutes →

For all practical purposes, the year 1800 was the beginning of the Anthropocene, the age when mankind embarked upon the industrial revolution and great acceleration in economic and population growth began. Yet in a new theory (BioScience, 2018), some conservationists now say that the global demographic and economic trends that have resulted in unprecedented destruction … Continue reading 099 – The view from the bottleneck →

This month, August 2019, the Business Roundtable issued a new overall statement of purpose for a corporation, signed by the CEOs of almost 200 of the largest US corporations. This is a big deal because the previous 1997 statement from this same group had created a major problem by elevating shareholder value as the prime … Continue reading 098 – The Purpose of a Corporation →

In this episode, I am joined by Dolores Hirschmann as we discuss the IDEA method for finding clarity in business. Dolores is a STRATEGIST, COACH, and BUSINESS OWNER. Her focus is on helping clients find their ‘core idea’ on which to base their business (or any other initiative). Her clients have become speakers and authors … Continue reading 097 – Finding clarity in business →

This episode continues our occasional series in which we visit a business to try to understand how it works. Today, our guide will be Mandy Barton who is President of Barton Logistics. Mandy shares an interesting story which serves as a window into the movement of freight by truck, rail, and air in the USA. … Continue reading 096 – The freight market →

In this episode, I talk about the need to reinvent management and suggest a way forward to achieve it. I like to think of management as a technology that makes all other technologies productive (if done right). Yet, today’s dominant approach to management (command & control) relies upon an outdated input-output model (developed during the … Continue reading 095 – Reinventing management →

In this episode, I interview Isaac Tolpin, who is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of ConveYour.com, a micro-learning platform. We cover several topics related to the role of training in organizations. Isaac is a knowledgeable observer in the sector and provides an interesting perspective on several training issues. Charles G. Chandler, Ph.D. Links: 1. http://www.ConveYour.com 2. … Continue reading 094 – The role of training in organizations →

In this episode, I join Kendall Lott, host of the PM Point of View podcast, which originates from the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Project Management Institute.  Kendall invited me to come on his podcast to explain the new management model found in my 2017 book (Become Truly Great: Serve the common good through Management … Continue reading 093 – Management by Positive Organizational Effectiveness →