Stratified Systems Theory: Part I

By Leslie Pratch
“To fit” means to be the same size as something else, and size is something that can be measured. Organizations talk a lot about job fit. Can we measure a human being, measure a job, and then say whether they are the same size? Let’s look at what ought to have been two [...]

Behavioral Strategy?

By Leslie Pratch
McKinsey Quarterly came out today with a section on “Behavioral Strategy.” I can discern no new ideas, no new thinking. The best material on behavioral strategy as a science (an evolving one but nevertheless one that shows promise of becoming the basis for defining enduring parameters of a true behavioral strategy, is an [...]