by Cerys Hearsey | Dec 20, 2018 | Culture |
As organisations struggle with the increasing complexity of change, they are at increased risk of moral missteps. The challenge of ensuring products are ethically designed can come second to being disruptive, innovative and cutting-edge. Many large organisations take their cue from Facebook, Google and Uber who are not covering themselves in glory in this area…
by Lee Bryant | Oct 25, 2018 | Culture |
The challenge of transforming large, complex organisations that have grown up around calcified hierarchies and process management structures is a hard one, so we should not be surprised that people often have different areas of focus or emphasis about where to start and what matters. But at some point, we have to face up to and challenge the core system that sustains the old and holds back change…
by Cerys Hearsey | Sep 20, 2018 | Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership |
This weeks curator, Cerys Hearsey examines the role of Chief Digital Officer and how they set the tone for organisation-wide transformation efforts. Organisations that want to become agile and adaptive often hire a central Chief Digital Officer to guide their...
by Caroline Boyd | May 3, 2018 | Culture, Leadership, Learning |
This week, Caroline Boyd makes the case for building a coaching culture inside your organisation. Coaching is traditionally made accessible for select, top executives in an organisation. But the aims of coaching – facilitating learning, providing opportunities...
by Caroline Boyd | Apr 19, 2018 | Culture, Enablement, Leadership |
Recently I’ve been seeing some pushback against the buzz around employee empowerment. Like any management trend, there is a valid critique to be voiced when an organisation talks about empowering their employees, but in reality doesn’t follow through and...
by Sam Thomas | Mar 1, 2018 | Culture, Future of Work, Innovation |
Social, collaborative innovation, powered by the wisdom of the workforce is like a golden goose – it can produce great value, but only if the conditions are just right. You need the right workforce, motivated and aligned in just the right way. Innovation...
by Cerys Hearsey | Feb 22, 2018 | Capabilities, Culture, Digital Transformation, Future of Work |
One of the first changes a team notices when making the move from traditional ways of working to something more agile and flexible, is how often the words accountable, responsible and ownership crop up in team discussions. Often used interchangeably, they soon become...
by Caroline Boyd | Feb 15, 2018 | Culture |
Speed is unarguably a competitive advantage for organisations in the digital age. But this can lead to entrenched, outdated thinking and ways of working. But even the best teams struggle with complacency if the org culture and management practices are not designed to...
by Sam Thomas | Nov 23, 2017 | Culture, Enablement |
Building a culture of trust between management and the workforce is a key factor in reducing resistance to organisational change, and it helps create stronger alignment and sharing of ideas and practices. But, typically, trust is only measured once a year, or once a...
by Christine Overby | Apr 27, 2017 | Digital Transformation |
This week General Electric turns 125, and Vice Chairman Beth Comstock celebrated with the tweet: You don’t get to be 125 years old without learning about #change! Happy birthday @generalelectric. At a time when the average lifespan of a listed...