Procurement as an interface

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...

Rethinking the role of your digital team

In our most recent research, many CIOs and CDOs complained that their digital strategy has only affected the edge of the business. Digging into this, we see that one of the biggest root causes is the siloed digital team. Originally separated from the business to...

The Automotive Tortoise versus the Hare

The automotive sector is a fascinating place to work right now thanks to the rapid acceleration towards electric vehicles and autonomous driving. The changes we are seeing will not just transform a major product category and an industry, but also, just as the...

How do we design new organisational structures?

At Post*Shift, we are interested in not only new organisational structures, but also the process of prototyping, testing, and implementing these designs. We would like to share three ideas on the structural elements of a digital operating model that fascinate us: Open...