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Please register now to read all responses and to join this discussion yourself. It's easy and 100% free.     Log in Coalition > Forum > Thinking Politically in the Corporate Environment Thinking Politically in the Corporate Environment Abid Mustafa, Director, United Kingdom, Member In companies that are besotted by (Ed: ~ full of) politics and intrigue, problem solvers rarely fix issues and are more likely to spawn new problems that weigh heavily on the organization’s ability to serve customers and respond to market trends. This is because most problem solvers in such organizations eschew thinking about the political dimension of problems. For them problem solving is apolitical and necessitates issues to be understood and analyzed, root causes identified and validated, and initiatives developed and implemented that eventually result in workable solutions. The solutions— by and large—are delivered in the form of processes and governance models, roles and responsibilities, training, automation etc. Problem solving in this manner always conforms to the politics of the company or what I like to call the “corporate order”. No matter how hard problem solvers try to fix problems, the corporate order always ensures that facets of the solution they deem to be dangero (...) Read more? Sign up for free   Please register now to read all responses and to join this discussion yourself. 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