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#IWD2016: Achieving parity one iteration at a time
Today is, as I am sure many of you are aware, International Women’s Day. The theme for 2016 is a ‘Pledge for Parity’. Working in a startup, in new and exciting fields, there are scant opportunities to take a step back and count your blessings. However, last night,...
Linklog 67 : The Future of the Professions
This week’s curator, Lee Bryant, looks at the future of the firm in professional services, shares some updates on Shift*Base activity and picks 5 recommended links from things we have read this week. The Future of the Professions One sector that faces great change...
We’re looking for an office organiser
Job Description We are seeking a super-organised, energetic person with tons of initiative and a willingness to work hard to support our team and manage our new offices in Tech City. In addition to our core team, our office also hosts 3 exciting digital start-ups,...
The Future of the Firm in Professional Services
Many sectors and types of firm are at risk of disruption from digital business models and services, and their organisational structures and practices face a myriad of challenges rooted in new technologies and the ways of working they make possible. Professional...
Linklog 66: Digital transformation, IoT and change
FROM POST*SHIFT Enterprise Social Networks: A Higher Purpose? DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Turning products into platforms. Digital Transformation requires total organisational commitment. Moving Digital Transformation from experimentation to full cultural...
Enterprise Social Networks: a Higher Purpose?
ESNs are now part of the furniture A basic form of social business collaboration is now an expected feature of the modern workplace, at least in terms of the prevalence of ESN platforms like IBM Connections, Jive and Sharepoint, or chat apps like Slack and Yammer....
Linklog 65: Digital Transformation, IoT & Future of work.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Thoughts on the evolution of the digital era. How DT affect's a shift in skill requirements. From an industrial economy to a digital one. INTERNET OF THINGS The IoT's affect on things. How secure is IoT? Who's to blame if IoT should fail?...
Linklog 64: Ways of working, leadership & startups
WAYS OF WORKING Practical steps to achieve a new L&D mindset and approach. Tim O'Reilly's 2009 piece on working on stuff that matters is still good advice in 2016. Is order essential? Another critique of Holacracy. SOME STEPS TO LEADERSHIP 5 ways to...
Linklog 63: Digital transformation, strategy, management & innovation
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Legacy issues beyond IT: key barriers to Digital Transformation. How machine intelligence 2.0 has developed in the past year. Could blockchain become a critical piece of mainstream infrastructure? STRATEGY & MANAGEMENT The fine...
Linklog 62: leadership, management, HR & FOW
LEADERSHIP Can business leaders be effective at both strategy and execution? How to navigate your own ego (video). Stopping yourself from overthinking in business. MANAGEMENT & HR How to bring HR into the core of the business. Rethinking workplace...
Linklog 61: Working culture, trust, strategy, management & growth
TRUST & WORKING CULTURE The importance of 1 on 1s. The challenge of distributed companies is facilitating face-to-face conversations. Embracing the potential of technology (video). STRATEGY & MANAGEMENT 8 ways to change your weekly meeting....
Join our team in 2016
Who we are Post*Shift is an innovative research, software and consulting firm. We work with global organisations to support them in delivering digital transformation, social business, and technology-enabled modernisation programmes. Our core team has worked at the...