The Quantified Organisation: can change become routine?

by | Nov 17, 2014

One of the challenges we have wrestled with since we launched Post*Shift is how to combine the best elements from new theory, ideas and models in the most practical and actionable way possible, whilst retaining enough flexibility to address the unique features and...

Openness is the best defence

by | Aug 27, 2014

I really enjoyed spending a few days last week in the historic city of Prizren, Kosovo, at the inaugural Doku:tech conference, held in the open air overlooked by the fort that gives the city its name. The event was organised by Kushtrim Xhakli alongside the...

Is the idea of disruptive innovation overstated?

by | Jun 17, 2014

Jill Lepore has produced an excellent, well-written and passionate refutation of Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation in the New Yorker; but I can’t help thinking the target of her piece is not just Christensen’s work, but also...

External engagement requires better internal organisation

by | May 22, 2014

As part of the work we do helping organisations overcome legacy structural and cultural barriers to new ways of working, we look at areas of the business that suffer disconnects and silo problems. One of these is often the relationship between externally-facing...