SELECTED BLOG POSTS
Data Mesh – Can we de-centralise ownership and usage of data in our organisations to improve its quality, relevance, and usage?
Following up on Cerys’ exploration of building data capabilities last week, I want to discuss the potential that a Data Mesh approach holds for businesses to achieve this, compared to more centralised data warehouses and data lakes (or even data lakehouses!). Perhaps...
Gather more data, understand less…
Some thoughts on why orgs find data capabilities and leveraging insights so hard, despite years of investment and initiatives. There probably isn’t a single organisation that has not had a clear strategic imperative to do more with its data in recent years....
In Search of the Best Blend for Hybrid Learning
Some reflections on hybrid learning approaches as L&D teams start rushing back towards face-to-face offline learning delivery
The key role of the digital workplace in supporting successful M&A integration
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...
One Final Mission for the Middle Management Brigades?
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 from the...
Uncovering under-the-surface triggers of low level change resistance
Cerys looks at two factors that are often overlooked when considering resistance to day-to-day change resistance and how we can start to untangle them. Much of the way that change and adoption are currently pursued inside organisations focuses on big changes bought...