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Posts tagged Joy in Work

Goal Setting is Often an Act of Desperation, Part IV

For the past four months, I’ve been writing about organizational goal-setting. In Part I of the series, I proposed four conditions that organizations should understand prior to setting a goal. In Part II, I introduced the idea of “arbitrary and capricious” education goals as well as the first five of my 10 Key Lessons for Data Analysis. In Part III I rounded out the lessons with an introduction to lessons 6-10. In this installment, we’ll take a look at an applied example of the lessons in action.

Learning to ImproveJohn DuesMarch 31, 2022Joy in Learning, Joy in Work, Improvement Science, Continual Improvement, System of Profound Knowledge, improvement in action, improvement project

The Psychology of Joy in Work

Each part of the SoPK is interdependent and equal in importance. Nonetheless, if there is one of the four components that seems to flow through each of the others, it is psychology. A leader of organizational transformation must understand the psychology of individuals, the psychology of groups, the psychology of society, and the psychology of change.

Learning to ImproveJohn DuesFebruary 18, 2021w. edwards deming, System of Profound Knowledge, Psychology, Joy in Work, charter schools, school improvement