by Lee Bryant | Aug 12, 2022 | Culture, Future of Work, org structures, Strategy |
Sometimes change gets stuck between two worlds, and all we end up with is old structures with new branding. During a period of transition or paradigm shift, there is often an interim phase where we use new models to create a slightly better version of the old world...
by Livio Hughes | Apr 16, 2021 | Capabilities, Strategy |
How can HR functions adopt a more creative, targeted approach to developing home-grown digital talent? The digital people challenge The digital skills gap was already widening fast before COVID-19 struck, as this World Economic Forum report shows. Since then, the 1-2...
by Lee Bryant | Feb 1, 2018 | Future of Work, Strategy |
In software development, over the past decade or more, agile principles have sometimes been overtaken by strict adherence to agile methods (Scrum, Kanban, estimations, standups, etc) at the expense of flexibility and – ironically – agility. Some challenges...
by Caroline Boyd | Jan 18, 2018 | Enterprise social platforms, ESN Adoption, Innovation, org structures, Strategy |
Overcoming functional silos is high on the list of pain points of most organisations. Important to know is all silos lead to detrimental insularity. This causes teams to lose alignment with the wider org, which has lots of negative knock-on effects. Silos...
by Cerys Hearsey | Dec 21, 2017 | Digital Transformation, Future of Work, org structures, Strategy, Uncategorized |
When organisations begin ‘going agile’, one topic that seems to be debated endlessly is which scaling framework to use – there are a fair few plus variations to choose from: SAFe, LeSS, scrum of scrums etc. I’ve worked with organisations to implement and...
by Lee Bryant | Nov 13, 2017 | Digital Transformation, enablement, Innovation, org structures, Professional Services, Strategy |
I had a very interesting session last week with procurement leads responsible for sourcing legal and consulting work for major organisations. I came to the session wanting to talk about service-oriented, not product- or project-oriented strategic sourcing, and to lay...
