Traditional Closed KI Management vs CenterPoint Open KI Management
- Closed KI
- Authoritarian
- Rigid
- Unyielding, inflexible
- Condescending
- Dogmatic
- Imposing
- Distant, isolated
- Unrealistic expectations
- Prescribed agenda
- Has all the answers
- Directive
- Requires subservience
- Promotes dependent, subservient behavior
- Hierarchical approach
- Intellectual
- Inequitable
- Bureaucratic
- Rule-based
- Individual-focused
- Uses intimidation
- Compartmentalized
- About systems
- Negotiations
- End justifies the means
- Treats staff like children
- Uses rules to control people
- Reactive
- No one wins
- Open KI
- Egalitarian
- Fluid
- Yielding, flexible
- Respectful
- Open-minded
- Unimposing
- Approachable, accessible
- Practical solutions
- Solutions emerge
- Asks questions
- Inquisitive
- Encourages autonomy
- Promotes self-directive, self-regulating behavior
- Intermutual approach
- Intuitive
- Just
- Humanistic
- Personnel-based
- Team-focused
- Relies on self-motivation
- Inclusive
- About relationships
- Reciprocity
- The means is as important as the end
- Treats staff as adults
- Uses rules to provide structure
- Proactive
- Win-win