Kurt B. Nielsen, an engineer, entrepreneur, and author of 'Liberating Organizations,' shares insights from over two decades in Agile and Lean methodologies. He discusses the need for authentic leadership and psychological safety in teams, while advocating for collaborative decision-making without rigid hierarchies. Kurt emphasizes the importance of balancing enabling constraints with innovation and highlights how organizations can create value by focusing on trust and transparency. His blueprints for 'Constitutional Organizations' encourage individual freedom within responsible frameworks.
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Kurt's Background
Kurt Nielsen, based in Billund, Denmark, specializes in high-end speaker development.
He's passionate about helping people grow and flourish, evident in his book "Liberating Organizations".
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Authenticity in Leadership
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Authentic leadership, rooted in reality and facts, is crucial for organizational success.
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Book's Audience and Purpose
"Liberating Organizations" targets business owners seeking balanced value creation for all stakeholders.
The book analyzes why modern organizations require different operational approaches than traditional manufacturing models.
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Liberating Organizations explores the lack of freedom in many organizations and offers a blueprint for a Liberating Organization—a Constitutional Organization operating under the rule of law, not the law of the ruler. It examines the current state of organizational leadership, highlighting the shortcomings of disengagement. The book proposes a better solution based on freedom, engagement, and responsibility, detailing how to transition to this model. It emphasizes transparency, value stream focus, and team-based problem-solving. Ultimately, it aims to create more value for all stakeholders.
Kurt B. Nielsen is an engineer, entrepreneur, writer and keynote speaker. He has been the CEO of software and consultancy companies, and has for 20 years, worked internationally with Agile, Lean, Scrum, and other progressive leadership patterns.His views are deeply rooted in the Danish Coop movement with focus on individual liberty combined with responsibility for the community.Kurt is the author of the book Liberating Organizations together with a group of collaborators. They have collected a wealth of experience and documented the findings in this book.
Liberating Organizations is a book for those who want to generate more value for all stakeholders through their work in organizations. We propose that this can be accomplished through a resilient and sustainable workplace based on people’s freedom, engagement and their taking of responsibility.The book is an investigation of the cold case of freedom in organizations, why is there so little of it? The result is a solution, a blueprint for a Liberating Organization – a Constitutional Organization where there is freedom under the rule of law – not the law of the ruler. We show how we got to the state we are in now with leadership in our organizations; why it is not ideal – primarily due to lack of engagement; what a better solution could be; and how to get there.
Read about the book: https://liberatingorg.com/
Read an appetizer: https://liberatingorg.com/_d/liborg1.0_appetizer.pdf
Buy the book here: https://prorex.dk/shop/1806-kurt-b-nielsen/18854-liberating-organizations or contact Kurt at kurt.b.nielsen@gmail.com
Picture of the book: https://photos.app.goo.gl/JfCWb8Le2gL823d37
The e-book: https://liberatingorg.com/liborg1.0.pdf
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