Climate
Toxic assets of the human kind
May 24th
When toxins enter a systems it creates all sorts of systemic problems that could even lead to system failure. Depending on the strength of the toxin, the effect could be immediate or slow decay over time. Often the initial effect is barely felt, but over time it becomes more acute as more elements in the system are infected, and grinds to a halt.
In any organisation human capital is the core asset, because it is people in organisations that set strategies and goals, design work systems, produce goods and services, monitor quality, allocate financial resources and market the products and services. Now, imagine the potential effect of “toxins” in this core asset. Over time it could have an adverse effect on productivity, quality, culture and climate in the organisation. “Toxic human capital,” as with any other toxic asset can only be considered as a risk hindering an organisation.
I define “toxic human capital” as a human carrier of a distorted ideology, -attitude, -values, -perception, -reality or -interpretation of the world that manifests in behaviour that instigates fear, conflict, dissonance, and tension in a social system.
Climate is critical to growth
Dec 10th
The climate in a company is critical in how well the company will deal with growth. It can have significant impact on performance, and is created both by the expectations people bring to the organisation and the practices and attitudes of the key managers.
Not happy with the way your company’s dealing with growth? Perhaps its time to diagnose the organisational climate in your company…
