Changing the Way we Think to Change our Organisation

by | May 3, 2016

Here at Post*Shift, we recently had the pleasure of hosting the author Dave Gray for a glimpse into the world of his new book ‘Liminal Thinking’. Dave had set out to write a book on agile, but his research into the difficulty of scaling agile practices in...

Digital transformation in insurance: beyond CX

by | Apr 29, 2016

Do insurers get FinTech? Coming at a time when, according to Gartner, “half of CEOs expect their industries to be substantially or unrecognizably transformed by digital”, the apparent lack of engagement with FinTech displayed by insurers in a recent...

Enterprise Social Networks: a Higher Purpose?

by | Feb 1, 2016

ESNs are now part of the furniture A basic form of social business collaboration is now an expected feature of the modern workplace, at least in terms of the prevalence of ESN platforms like IBM Connections, Jive and Sharepoint, or chat apps like Slack and Yammer....

Transformation at the speed of Haier

by | Nov 26, 2015

The Financial Times published an update on Chinese firm Haier’s ongoing transformation yesterday that provides a useful insight into the thinking of CEO Zhang Ruimin. We have documented some of the Haier story and its innovative management techniques in...

Organisations in the age of algorithms

by | Oct 6, 2015

Earlier this week, I gave a talk at the excellent State of the Net event in Milan about organisations in the age of algorithms. I have embedded the slides at the bottom of this post, but here is an outline of what I had to say. This is an exciting time for...