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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...
Linklog 60: Ways of working, diversity and digital transformation
WAYS OF WORKING Working culture's effect on start-ups. Don't underestimate the value of an insider. Empirical research: how to benefit from stress. DIVERSITY & CULTURAL INCLUSION How are you handling unconscious bias? Diversity as a competitive advantage...
We’re looking for an enthusiastic self-starter
What we are looking for We are seeking an entrepreneurial and enthusiastic intern to join our team in the beginning of 2016. The perfect candidate will be a savvy social media user with a strong interest in social media communications, and an understanding of our...
Linklog 59: Org design, scaling with agile and ways of working
ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN Should organisational structures define how we build tech? Why it's important that your company acts as a unified whole. Four principles to help balance organisational design. SCALING WITH AGILE How to do agile scaling while supporting a...
Linklog 58: FOW, culture and entrepreneurship
FROM THE POST*SHIFT TEAM A new way for corporates to innovate with start-ups. FUTURE OF WORK Five ways work will change in the future. An example of what social scientists can bring to corporate research. From plan-and-control to strategic agility. ...
Transformation at the speed of Haier
The Financial Times published an update on Chinese firm Haier's ongoing transformation yesterday that provides a useful insight into the thinking of CEO Zhang Ruimin. We have documented some of the Haier story and its innovative management techniques in Shift*Base for...