by Cerys Hearsey | Sep 19, 2023
Employees trying to up-skill face a real dilemma, one which becomes even more acute when their organisation is undergoing transformation: on one hand, they are caught in the prevailing cult of bare minimum learning, and on the other, the organisation’s ever-changing...
by Lee Bryant | Sep 5, 2023
We are already seeing the decline of hierarchy as an organising principle for leadership in large organisations, and we have increasing evidence, such as this from Leandro Herrero, that positional authority is far less powerful than networked influence as a way to get...
by Seb Kowalski | Jul 25, 2023
Organisations generate rules and guidelines to govern behaviour and to avoid problematic outcomes, but over time these rules can chip away at the sense of ownership, autonomy and accountability that we want to see in a modern workplace. Getting the balance right is...
by Radko Diev | Jun 27, 2023
A couple of years ago, in a fast-growing convenience retail company, I took on a new responsibility – operations. As a newly-appointed Operations Director, I was overwhelmed with the details of how individual processes work, urgent high-risk escalations, and...
by Seb Kowalski | Jun 13, 2023
A common fallacy in team working is the assumption that productivity and continuous improvement are strongly correlated, meaning that when one improves so does the other. In fact, we need to juggle both at the same time, and that means paying attention to the subtle...
by Cerys Hearsey | May 16, 2023
Cerys explores different learning strategies that can enhance the effectiveness of your personal learning system. It is great that employees are increasingly being encouraged to shape their own learning and career development. But for those employees suddenly finding...
