by Shekar Mani | Nov 16, 2025 | Leadership, Stewardship & Culture
Re-thinking and Re-framing the idea of Leaders and their identities Leadership development is one of the most expensive and least effective investments in organizations today. Globally, companies spend $35–40 billion on formal leadership training and nearly $366...
by Shekar Mani | Nov 14, 2025 | Organizational Diagnostics & Analytics
Why Performance Fails Even When Skills Exist Most organizations spend enormous time, money, and energy trying to improve performance by improving skills. Training programs, certifications, content libraries, workshops, and coaching have become the default solution to...
by Shekar Mani | Sep 16, 2025 | Learning Architecture, Models & First Principles
Abstract Organizations, like individuals, learn in cycles. At the individual level, learning unfolds as skills develop into competence, competence matures into mastery, and mastery is anchored in belief and drive. At the organizational level, a parallel but larger...
by Shekar Mani | Sep 12, 2025 | Learning Maturity & Organizational Transformation
1. Introduction: Beyond Alignment and Development In the previous article, we explored the two learning cycles that shape organizational performance: the Alignment Cycle (Being) and the Development Cycle (Becoming). Alignment stabilizes today’s performance by ensuring...
by Shekar Mani | Aug 16, 2025 | Learning Architecture, Models & First Principles
Introduction: A Gap That Costs More Than We Think In most organizations, leaders, business, stakeholders and enablers spend significant time and resources trying to “fix” performance. They adjust processes, tweak job descriptions, add checklists, and refine workflows....
