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 Lee Bryant | Mar 21, 2023
5 perspectives on how to harness the power of evolution within competitive environments to improve our organisations. Kevin Kelly is a kind of techno-elder, and I often enjoy his musings, such as this interview with Noah Smith that references ‘What Technology Wants’,...
by Lee Bryant | Dec 6, 2022
In this edition, Lee considers how we can learn the lessons of ad-hoc hybrid work and create a fully-featured hybrid work system to help us hit the ground running in 2023. 2021 was a year of enforced remote working for most office-based roles; and in 2022, we saw the...
by Livio Hughes | Oct 12, 2022
In this issue, Livio considers the cultural elements of M&A integrations and how they can be enabled by a purposeful digital workplace strategy The key role of the digital workplace in supporting successful M&A integration Big is not always beautiful Last year...
by Lee Bryant | Sep 23, 2022
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...
by Lee Bryant | Aug 12, 2022
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...