FROM OUR BLOG 

A Post*Shift blog post mini-series on disruption in financial services:

INFLUENCING CHANGE

The Change Equation is Wrong, argues Jason Little, and agile transformation is the way forward

Performance review systems as a killer of positive change as companies scale fast

The role of social power inside organisations – useful interview by Gloria Lombardi

 

NETWORKED ORGANISATIONS

What makes an organisation networked? asks this excellent HBR piece

Some more characteristics of the networked organisation from Alma Dakaj

What would a Slack-run firm look like if we automated middle management?

 

STRATEGY & LEADERSHIP

On platforms, ecosystems and funnelling value – great piece by Ben Thompson

Why Special Forces began to rely less on top-down management

Former Special forces General Stanley McChrystal’s book provides great evidence for networks beating hierarchy

 

…AND FINALLY

The rather bureaucratic Holacracy constitution is becoming more human-readable and is now open source