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De-mystifying Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is more than just a technology initiative. It means ensuring our organisations are ready for the challenges and opportunities of digitisation in terms of products and services, but also the organisation that produces them and the business models...
Guide Networks: How To Involve The Whole Firm In Digital Change
For digital transformation to stick, change has to become routine. Yet most companies still struggle with implementation, particularly the sort that requires people to not only adopt new practices but also to rethink more deeply-rooted attitudes and expectations. A...
Event: Building Digital Leadership Superpowers Within Your Organisation
Now more than ever, companies need leaders who thrive in a digital age. These leaders see the possibilities of new customer experiences and use this vision to motivate their teams. They know how to wield influence in flatter, more connected org structures. They use...
From Analogue Management to Digital Leadership
Eight years ago this week, I started my first real job, for a global financial institution. It was in the wake of the financial crisis, so banks weren't exactly "employer goals", but to be honest, I was just grateful to be getting a regular income. And my role? My job...
Manufacturers: When Tackling Digital Transformation, Don’t Ignore A Weak Core
Debate concerning the inevitable decline or imminent resurrection of western manufacturing has raged for years. The continuing search for long-term solutions to the vast, shifting market dynamics has left a litter of change projects behind. There may be...
Why Job Descriptions Need To Go
After hiring upwards of fifty people over the past ten years, I am ready to fess up. I loath writing job descriptions. A few years ago at a previous company, I introduced a new product director role within my business unit. I knew what I was after: someone who...
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Rebuilding the IT-Business Bridge for the Future of Work
One of the organisational issues holding back many firms trying to accelerate the digital transformation is the gap between IT/Digital functions and the wider business. The business needs to be able to trust IT to play a leading role in digital-driven business...
Stop confusing employee engagement and culture
Over Christmas, like many, I had time to catch up with family and friends I don’t get to see as often. Aside from the usual exchange of life updates, these conversations usually turn towards questions of work, namely: ‘What is it you’re doing at the moment?’. My usual...
Resolutions for Change in 2017
2016 has been quite a year. Any PESTLE analysis would paint a picture that contains more turmoil than most would have predicted 12 months ago. However, at Post*Shift, we have seen some glimmers of hope through better realisation from companies of their digital...
No Single Tech Vendor Will Own ‘The Future Of Work’
This post is co-authored by Cerys Hearsey and Christine Overby. It originates in our shared experience using these tools in our Post*Shift "Living Lab," and our shared belief that adaptive organisations will only emerge at any scale when IT and the business work...
How to Set 2017 Priorities for Digital Transformation
If you are like us, you will be spending the next two weeks tying up projects and working through a long task list. The most concrete references to 2017 may still be in your planning documents. Even so, now is a good time to sequence your 2017 activities, so that you...