Javier Raventós, of Pepe Jeans, evaluates his experience with Madavi: “The experience has been really positive. It has mobilized people, and above all it has given the teams the capacity to do things and to transform, as well as empowering them and that is a potent factor.” Someone said that large companies become so and maintain […]
Steve Jobs had a great phrase: “ Focus on the things that you have the opportunity to do well”. One of the greatest business leaders looked to strengths not weaknesses. This is the basis of appreciative inquiry and the methodology we use at Madavi to “change the way in which organizations change”. Appreciative inquiry is a […]
Women in Leadership – The creation of a balanced world. To create a more balanced world it is necessary to change the paradigm of leadership amongst both men and women. This is already happening in many companies. A good example is Meta4, a technological company, where feminine leadership is included in the organizational culture and compliments […]
By Ana García Villas-Boas, partner at Madavi In Spain, women represent only 19% of Management Committees and 11% of Executive Committees, even if it has been proved that companies with a greater number of women in leadership positions achieve better results. 58% of university graduates in Spain are women, however this fact has not led to an […]
“No-one should be named in a managerial position if his or her vision is focused on the weaknesses rather than the strengths of people ” Peter Drucker. In an ever more globalized world which is in constant evolution, organizations are undergoing transformation processes as never before and converting into areas which are more diverse, innovative and […]
Fernando Iglesias, founder of Madavi, has recently done an interview for Capital Humano on appreciative inquiry, addressing the cultural changes that are necessary to implement this system into the heart of companies. “What is the point of putting focus on what we DO NOT have when we have so much,” he points out. – What […]
Appreciative Inquiry is transforming the culture and business of organizations in a simultaneous manner. How? It is based on a simple premise: A system moves in the direction that it investigates, that is to say, companies grow and develop at a greater speed when they investigate what they DO HAVE and what they DO WANT […]
According to the law of transformation: the most rapid and effective method is to mobilize simultaneously the best of what exists towards goals and aspirations. Two dominating paradigms impede us. The first dominating paradigm is sequentially: first, one thinks – but only amongst a few-, then you communicate, deploy and control. All of this according […]
