Doug Kirkpatrick

Self-Management and Self-Organized Teams – Utopia or the Real Deal?

Contributed an article to the blog at Session, a global online coaching company connecting professionals and companies with world-class business coaches. https://getsession.com/resources/articles/self-management-and-self-organized-teams

With the Corporate Rebels in Stockholm

A pre-pandemic Thursday Throwback: Engaged in a joint event with the Corporate Rebels at Centigo Consulting in Stockholm on December 4, 2019. If people aren’t following the Corporate Rebels’ mission to make work more fun, they’re missing out on some of the best business stories on the planet– the new book Corporate Rebels: Making Work…

Train Wreck Management: Celebrating 180 Years of Command-and-Control Business Management

Happy 180th Birthday, Train Wreck Management! Yesterday, October 5, 1841 marked the birth of business bureaucracy when two passenger trains collided on the Western Railway, killing 2 and injuring 17. The railroad appointed Major George W. Whistler (whose wife, Anna, would famously go on to pose for “Whistler’s Mother”) to lead the investigation. Borrowing ideas…

Washington University in St. Louis: Self-Management Seminar with Engineering Management Students

Pleased to connect with Washington University in St. Louis Adjunct Professor Jay Goldstein and his brilliant STEM class of Engineering Management students, where we walked through the Self-Management Canvas and practiced a bit of organizational self-management magic with two pet services companies.