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Reflections on clarity, management, and organizational patterns.

They explore how management is understood, practiced, and learned over time.

This page brings together:

  • Conceptual essays and longer reflections
  • Observations drawn from practice and research
  • Explorations of recurring organizational patterns
  • Questions that support learning before action

These texts are not commentary and not opinion pieces.
They are written to invite reflection and understanding.


What are the six principles that make management a competitive advantage?

What are the six principles that make management a competitive advantage?
Lukas Michel | Management Insights, Lukas Michel
Lukas Michel explains what the six principles are that turn management into a competitive advantage. Read more

The challenges of the digital era for managers

The challenges of the digital era for managers
Lukas Michel | Management Insights, Lukas Michel
Lukas Michel, explains what challenged the digital era brought for managers and how to deal with them. Read more

Management performance as a competitive advantage

Management performance as a competitive advantage
Lukas Michel | Management Insights, Lukas Michel
Six principles that turn your management into a sustainable competitive advantage Read more

People-Centric Management: Concerning issues

People-Centric Management: Concerning issues
Lukas Michel | Management Insights, Lukas Michel
There are several issues that managers should be concerned about in 21-century organisations. Read more

People-Centric Management: How the Global Drucker Forum influenced the book

People-Centric Management: How the Global Drucker Forum influenced the book
Lukas Michel | Management Insights, Lukas Michel
My new book is all about people, agile and management in 21-century organisations. Here is what's behind the story. Read more

What can you do in uncertain times?

What can you do in uncertain times?
Lukas Michel | Management Insights, Lukas Michel
The current Corona virus crisis is real VUCA. It has forced many businesses to reduce or limit operations within days. Here are four things you can do. Read more

Does agile matter?

Does agile matter?
Lukas Michel | Management Insights, Lukas Michel
Agile is in fashion. Organisations initiate agile projects and expect to become more agile—often with limited facts to start with. Here is the evidence. Read more

Management, the only remaining competitive advantage

Management, the only remaining competitive advantage
Lukas Michel | Management Insights, Lukas Michel
Michael Porter has dominated the literature and practice in the area of competitive advantage over the last 30 years. But, today’s world is dynamic. Read more

When executive confidence and competence diverge

When executive confidence and competence diverge
Lukas Michel | Management Insights, Lukas Michel
Many advisory colleagues may recall coffee conversations after social and business events with executives about management. Read more

De-cluttering organization and management

De-cluttering organization and management
Agility Insights AG, Michel Lukas
For sure this sounds familiar to you: more meetings, more reports, more presentations, more justifications, more appraisals, more goals,… Read more
 
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Why This Page Exists

Some insights cannot be captured as milestones or records.
They require space for thinking, articulation, and return.

NOTES is where patterns are explored, assumptions are examined, and language is developed for making management discussable.


How to Read This Page

You do not need to read everything.
The notes are not sequential and not time-bound.

They exist to:

  • Support reflection
  • Deepen understanding
  • Offer orientation when questions arise

Some readers visit occasionally.
Others return when clarity is needed.
Both uses are intended.


CLARITY BEFORE CHANGE

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