The Quantified Organisation: can change become routine?

by | Nov 17, 2014

One of the challenges we have wrestled with since we launched Post*Shift is how to combine the best elements from new theory, ideas and models in the most practical and actionable way possible, whilst retaining enough flexibility to address the unique features and...

Openness is the best defence

by | Aug 27, 2014

I really enjoyed spending a few days last week in the historic city of Prizren, Kosovo, at the inaugural Doku:tech conference, held in the open air overlooked by the fort that gives the city its name. The event was organised by Kushtrim Xhakli alongside the...

How to scale without losing your mojo

by | Feb 1, 2014

I am a big fan of the Dare Conference, which has created an interesting space for people to share practical skills for digital workers. After enjoying the first edition last year, I agreed to speak at Dare Mini and tell part of my own founder’s story. The video...

Grow your own organisational structure

by | Aug 12, 2013

MBA libraries and airport bookstores are testament to a surfeit of ideas about how to manage companies more effectively. Most of this advice takes corporate structures as a given, and offers sage advice to enthusiastic executives on how to succeed within the existing...