Questions for leaders: 'How is our thinking changing on...?'

"Until you accept that it's the collective assumptions and beliefs of your organisation that constrain performance, success, etc., you'll ALWAYS be stumbling around in the dark."

Bob Marshall

The most powerful forces affecting the performance of an organisation are the assumptions and beliefs of its leaders. 

In most organisations there's a 'perfect storm' of inertia because 

a) leaders are not encouraged to question themselves and, 

b) no one is encouraged to question leaders.

Looking outside of their organisation and its current rituals can help leaders to acknowledge the new forces at play and pose useful new questions. For examples:

'How is our thinking changing on what we now need more of / less of from all of our people?'

'How is our thinking changing on what is valuable to us and why?'

'How is our thinking changing on where we need stronger connections?'

'How is our thinking changing on the environment we now need to create to achieve our strategy?'

'How is our thinking changing on enabling faster learning?'

(Or maybe, your thinking (still) isn't changing at all?).