Podcast 6.2 - The superstitious organization

A superstition is a strongly held belief in something that it simply not true. This belief is so strong as to exclude any questioning of its veracity. What gets you in trouble is not what you don’t know. It is what you know for a fact that is not so. In this podcast, I first use metaphor to illustrate how superstition are created, propagated, and maintained. I will follow this with a real life example of the same, including this time the most important part on how they can be called out and the benefits that can stem from doing so.

• Kriegel, Robert J., and David Brandt. Sacred cows make the best burgers. Sydney: Harper Business, 1996.
• Lewis, Michael. Moneyball: The art of winning an unfair game. WW Norton & Company, 2004.

Keywords: Superstition, evidence-based management, vested interests, process view of business, culture change.