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The Potential of Data Mesh
Following up on Cerys’ exploration of building data capabilities last week, I want to discuss the potential that a Data Mesh approach holds for businesses to achieve this, compared to more centralised data warehouses and data...
Gather more data, understand less…
Some thoughts on why orgs find data capabilities and leveraging insights so hard, despite years of investment and initiatives. There probably isn’t a single organisation that has not had a clear strategic imperative to do more with its data in recent years....
In Search of the Best Blend for Hybrid Learning
Some reflections on hybrid learning approaches as L&D teams start rushing back towards face-to-face offline learning delivery
The key role of the digital workplace in supporting successful M&A integration
In this issue, Livio considers the cultural elements of M&A integrations and how they can be enabled by a purposeful digital workplace strategy The key role of the digital workplace in supporting successful M&A integration Big is not always beautiful Last year...
One Final Mission for the Middle Management Brigades?
The so-called 'squishy middle' of management is often perceived as a barrier to transformation, but what if we engaged this layer as change agents? Good management gets a bad rap Ed Zitron’s critique of lazy back-to the-office articles in the media starts from the...
Uncovering under-the-surface triggers of low level change resistance
Cerys looks at two factors that are often overlooked when considering resistance to day-to-day change resistance and how we can start to untangle them. Much of the way that change and adoption are currently pursued inside organisations focuses on big changes bought...
Measuring the Economic Impact of Digital Change
In this issue, Livio digs into some of the ways that digital leaders can quantify the value of their transformation efforts and translate them into measurable financial benefits. 8 out of 10 IT execs prefer… Demonstrating the business value of IT is an established...
Old Wine in New Bottles
Sometimes change gets stuck between two worlds, and all we end up with is old structures with new branding. During a period of transition or paradigm shift, there is often an interim phase where we use new models to create a slightly better version of the old world...
Mind the Experience Gap
Some thoughts on making 'experience chasms' a bit shallower at the boundaries of traditional orgs. We’re seeing increased interest in customer and employee experience from most organisations, focused on increasing loyalty, revenues, engagement and empowerment. But...
As our world burns, is it time for digital sobriety?
In this issue, Livio digs into the environmental impact of our online addiction and how we can start to change our digital behaviour to help reduce internet-related emissions.
Repeating the Mistake of Abstracting Social Connections in System Design
A few thoughts and links on scale, connection and mutualism in the design of social systems and organisations Scale, connection & mutualism in system design One of the repeated tragedies of ideologies and political systems is the pursuit of scale and control at...
Two Tips for Accelerating the Path Towards Smarter Digital Workplaces
We have some great ideas about the future of organisations and the digital workplace, but we will have a way to go on teaching people and teams the basics It is always great to zoom out and think about the future of work and the competing trends that will shape it:...