Sharing our thinking in the open helps connect with others trying to advance the future of digital working. Our archive of articles and links is open and available below.
Building, Managing and Leading a Hybrid Workforce
"In the future, when Microsoft leaves a security-flaw in their code it won’t mean that somebody hacks your computer. It will mean that somebody takes control of your servant robot and it stands in your bedroom doorway sharpening a knife and watching you sleep.” ~...
Linklog 82: Decentralised Organisations: a failed experiment
This week’s curator, Lee Bryant, takes a look at what the failure of the first blockchain-powered Distributed Autonomous Organisation (DAO) can teach us as about decentralised organisations, and shares some links about this emerging topic. Decentralised Organisations:...
Linklog 81: We’re on a mission to change how we work
This week’s curator, Livio Hughes, takes a more in-depth look at the background to this week’s big Shift*Base news, shares some related guides from Shift*Base, and picks 5 links for further reading. We're on a mission to change how we work Our biggest news by far this...
Linklog 80: How HR can support new, more agile ways of working
This week’s curator, Livio Hughes, looks at the enabling and strategic role that HR professionals should play in developing more agile, digitally-fluent, and responsive organisations; he also shares some related guides from Shift*Base and picks 5 links for further...
Linklog 79: What is the future of Professional Services Firms?
This week’s curator, Ea Ryberg Due, looks at the future of professional services firms; she also shares some Shift*Base Guides for firms that wish to become more networked and picks 5 links for further reading on the topic. What is the future of Professional Services...
Linklog 78: Bridging the gap between IT and the business
This week’s curator, Thomas Ridings, looks at the IT communications gap that emerges as businesses struggle to come to terms with their digital futures and explores how we can create a common language for describing digital. Thomas also gives an overview of some...
The role of IT in digital transformation
There is still a fundamental difference in understanding between IT and the business when looking at how digital contributes to organisational capabilities. Digital has been a key agenda item for some years now. You could (wrongly) assume that most corporations...
Linklog 77: Practical Approaches to Becoming Purpose-led
This week’s curator, Laura-Jane Parker, looks at organisational purpose and some practical starting points to established businesses becoming more purpose-led; she also shares some related guides from Shift*Base and picks 5 links for further reading on the topic....
Hard-coding the ‘why’ into how
Expect more, demand more Earlier this year, Deloitte released their fifth annual Millennial Survey which - besides confirming what many are experiencing around the significant reduction in average tenure, and feelings of loyalty that this generation have towards...
Linklog 76: The Secret to Getting Ahead is Getting Started
This week’s curator, Cerys Hearsey, looks at how we can identify powerful starting points for Digital Transformation within organisations; she also shares some related guides from Shift*Base and picks 5 links for further reading on the topic. The Secret to Getting...
The Secret to Getting Ahead is Getting Started
A key challenge for organisations approaching digital transformation is knowing where to start. There are many reports available about the why, how and when of Digital Transformation. After reading them, you might think it sounds like a simple process for...
Changing the Way we Think to Change our Organisation
Here at Post*Shift, we recently had the pleasure of hosting the author Dave Gray for a glimpse into the world of his new book ‘Liminal Thinking'. Dave had set out to write a book on agile, but his research into the difficulty of scaling agile practices in traditional...