The Lateral Dialogues

What does it take to collaborating in today's organizational complexity? There are two major shifts, which are the two sides of the same coin: 1. our interdependencies are heightened more than ever, and 2. we are expected to operate with autonomy, to be self-steering.

This mean that to be an effective leader today you need to actively manage your ability to operate autonomously AND to thrive through the interdependencies with other...

How does it feel to work in highly pressurized organizations, on the "always-on" mode? 

How do performance-driven organizations deal with uncertainty, lack of progress, and not-knowing?

How do ambitious people deal with their performance in these organizations?  

What are the dynamics developed between individuals and leaders?

In this episode we explore some of the implications of working in highly pressurized, performance-driven o...

Why are human dynamics of mergers and acquisitions so challenging?

In this episode Warden Hoffman outlines his observations, findings and ways of working when it comes to organizations and teams that merge. Warden developed this curiosity early in his career and after being exposed to M&A in many of his roles he found himself consulting to numerous organizations and teams post-merger. 

We explore a series of questions:

What are...

A major shift in how we look at teams is to not only look at individuals and how they create a group but to see the group as one entity, the team as a whole. Do teams have a secret life of their own?

This different perspective on teams as being one entity, creates a novel perspective on group dynamics and offers the opportunity to work with teams differently.

In this episode, we explore the...

How can we connect with our creativity when we are challenged? Creativity is more than artistic expression. It starts from conceiving a new thought, allowing it to emerge, socializing it and converting it into action. Often times what emerges through creativity goes against the current stream, which is exactly what's needed to get us out of unknown challenging situations. So how do we enable this to happen? How can we allow creativ...

How does it feel knowing that you might be the next leader in line? How does being destined to lead impact your identity? How do you build credibility and enable your authenticity? Will you always be compared to the previous generation? Can succession in family businesses be meritocratic? And is the right way for the next leader to emerge amongst siblings or peers?

In this episode, we explore the fascinating dynamics of leadership ...

Throughout human history we have been developing and deploying technological solutions in the service of organizational and human needs. But after technology gets introduced, we may quickly find ourselves operating in the service of the needs of technology more than our own. Our tendency to idealize its possibilities and benefits, may quickly make us give up authority to technology to lead us, and lose ...

Change management has been very present in management practices with lots of well-known methodologies, primarily originating from project management environments. But do they always yield the desired benefits?

What about the non-linear aspects of organizational change? Whether that’s an adjustment to a new environment, letting go of well-known and liked ways of working or fa...

The intensity of polarization in everyday life or in organizations can make us feel toxic, even though we want to take a stand for our values, interests and beliefs. In this episode, our guest Martin Ringer, helps us understand and explore this topic:

How does polarization form?

Why do we need to belong to opinion blocks and when does it turn toxic?

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