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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...
How To Lead In The Age Of Algorithms
Corporate leadership is already struggling to keep up with the connected workforce and increasing speed and complexity in the digital economy. But looking ahead to the rise of algorithmic and human-machine co-working, the situation is even more worrying. A reboot...
The Next Wave Of Utility For Enterprise Social Networks
By 2017, McKinsey predicts that 70% of companies will have an Enterprise Social Network (ESN). Now that these platforms are finally mainstream, we need to focus on how to increase their utility and usefulness for employees and the wider organisation. Adoption and...
Organisations in the Entrepreneurial Age
From the Etsy store owners, Upworkers, and Uber drivers of the gig economy to the thousands of start-ups taking their place on the starting blocks in the great race to start-up success every year, there's no doubt that technology has enabled a new era beyond the...
Can utility companies make the transition to energy platforms?
The past few days, I have been taking part in European Utility Week in Barcelona, where I gave a talk on why the future of connected products and services requires that utility firms become connected companies, and how a business-as-a-platform model is the...
From Pyramid To Platform: The Future Of The Firm In Professional Services
In five years, will professional services firms look a bit more like software companies? On first glance, this might seem implausible. For a very long time, firms have been organised around fee earning partners who crafted reputations based upon expertise and...
The 5 Muscles You Need To Exercise For A Functionally Fit Culture
During the first half of 2014, I trained for and ran two half-marathons, back-to-back. This was a huge achievement for me as for the first time in my life, I didn't get out of breath just from climbing stairs. Finally, I had become the holy grail of "fit". Shortly...
Leading A Digital Generation: The Five Organisational Superpowers You Need
Tuesday, February 18, 2014. That's the day at my previous company when the reality of leading millenials hit me. That morning, when I booted up my laptop, my calendar made me pause. I turned to a junior consultant sitting to my right and said, "I've been at this...