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Is email to blame for what is wrong with office communication?

Is email to blame for what is wrong with office communication?

by Gaby Wolferink | Jan 24, 2023 | Culture, Future of Work, Leadership, Technology | 0 comments

Or are Meetings? Or Slack messages? Or Teams Channels? Or, maybe it’s simply us… ‘This meeting could have been an email!’ How many of us have uttered these words under our breath, sat in yet another pointless meeting? Meetings like these waste so much...
In Search of the Best Blend for Hybrid Learning

In Search of the Best Blend for Hybrid Learning

by Lee Bryant | Oct 21, 2022 | Capabilities, Events, Leadership, Linklog, Technology | 0 comments

Some reflections on hybrid learning approaches as L&D teams start rushing back towards face-to-face offline learning delivery

One Final Mission for the Middle Management Brigades?

One Final Mission for the Middle Management Brigades?

by Lee Bryant | Sep 23, 2022 | Leadership, Organisational structures | 0 comments

The so-called ‘squishy middle’ of management is often perceived as a barrier to transformation, but what if we engaged this layer as change agents? Good management gets a bad rap Ed Zitron’s critique of lazy back-to the-office articles in the media starts...
Uncovering under-the-surface triggers of low level change resistance

Uncovering under-the-surface triggers of low level change resistance

by Cerys Hearsey | Sep 14, 2022 | Culture, Leadership, We Are Hiring | 0 comments

Cerys looks at two factors that are often overlooked when considering resistance to day-to-day change resistance and how we can start to untangle them. Much of the way that change and adoption are currently pursued inside organisations focuses on big changes bought...
Measuring the Economic Impact of Digital Change

Measuring the Economic Impact of Digital Change

by Livio Hughes | Aug 26, 2022 | Digital Transformation, Leadership, Quantified Org | 0 comments

In this issue, Livio digs into some of the ways that digital leaders can quantify the value of their transformation efforts and translate them into measurable financial benefits. 8 out of 10 IT execs prefer… Demonstrating the business value of IT is an established...
Just Another Bad Day at the Office?

Just Another Bad Day at the Office?

by Livio Hughes | Apr 8, 2022 | Future of Work, Leadership | 0 comments

In this edition, Livio reflects on the cognitive deficit of leaders, the undying corporate addiction to meetings, and why these are terrible for getting important stuff done. Reading & learning are not just ‘nice to haves’ There are plenty of reasons why time to...
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It is Tuesday, and time for our first #LinkLog of 2023. @leebryant talks about how, amid the #AI hype and fear-mongering, there is value today in creating augmentative little helpers in the workplace, rather than trying to simply replace people!

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3 Jan

Meetings are a bug. Today, we shipped a fix to this bug at @Shopify.

To start 2023, we're cancelling all Shopify meetings with more than two people. Let's give people back their maker time. Companies are for builders. Not managers.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenamcgregor/2023/01/03/shopify-is-canceling-all-meetings-with-more-than-two-people-from-workers-calendars-and-urging-few-to-be-added-back

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4 Jan

A big reason @zynga produced so many strong games founders & execs is bc game teams were trained to act like startups

1. New teams had to raise money VC style
2. Monthly board meetings for accountability
3. Outsized rewards for success

Here's what each tactic taught our teams👇

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From Tochka-Us to the Twitterdammerung, 2022 was an unpredictable one. For our last linklog of the year, @leebryant offers 4 techniques for navigating macro volatility & uncertainty: https://bit.ly/3jiRFKf - h/t @Noahpinion @FT @D_R_Goodwin @nmoryl @snowded @clayparkerjones @vgr

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