Dr. Adizes regularly posts blog articles on a variety of topics that are designed to enlighten, challenge, and get you thinking. Select a category to explore.

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November 15, 2024

Learning from Mistakes

One of my mistakes in life was opening a high-class, sit-down restaurant. I had consulted for many restaurant chains over the years, and I thought I knew how to run a restaurant. I wanted one with Turkish food, which I love, especially since there were no Turkish restaurants in Santa Barbara, where I reside.

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November 8, 2024

The Benefits of Not Expecting

It is normal to expect; it is normal to want; it is normal to desire. We are human beings with needs, and these are expressed through desiring, wanting, and expecting.

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November 1, 2024

On Building Compassion

During the Adizes Institute annual convention, Prof. Rajendra Sisodia, leader of the Conscious Capitalism movement, commented that to manage with the heart, with love, which should be the future of management if humanity is going to survive, it is not enough to have mutual trust and respect.

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October 25, 2024

The Role of Luck in Business

More than once, successful executives have emphasized to me the importance of luck. “A lot of our success,” they said, “is simply being in the right place at the right time. We were lucky, and we succeeded.”

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October 18, 2024

On Managing with Love

Let me reiterate some points I've made in previous blogs and expand on the topic.

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October 14, 2024

“The day after” - Quo Vadis Israel?

If Netanyahu does not attack Iran to prevent its development of nuclear arms, I wonder what the rationale was behind provoking Iran by killing a Hamas political leader who was visiting Iran—thus violating its sovereignty.

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