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Moving From Ad-hoc Hybrid Working to a Hybrid Work System in 2023

Moving From Ad-hoc Hybrid Working to a Hybrid Work System in 2023

by Lee Bryant | Dec 6, 2022 | Future of Work, Learning, Organisational structures | 0 comments

In this edition, Lee considers how we can learn the lessons of ad-hoc hybrid work and create a fully-featured hybrid work system to help us hit the ground running in 2023.

The key role of the digital workplace in supporting successful M&A integration

The key role of the digital workplace in supporting successful M&A integration

by Livio Hughes | Oct 12, 2022 | Culture, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Organisational structures, Strategy | 0 comments

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...
Old Wine in New Bottles

Old Wine in New Bottles

by Lee Bryant | Aug 12, 2022 | Culture, Future of Work, Organisational structures, Strategy | 0 comments

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...
Siloed Capability Development Cancels Out Transformation Advantage

Siloed Capability Development Cancels Out Transformation Advantage

by Cerys Hearsey | May 13, 2021 | Capabilities, Future of Work, Learning | 0 comments

How can we work to build a truly developmental organisation, allowing new capability development to be for everyone, not just those closest to the customer? With any transformation effort, it makes sense to target meaningful organisational capabilities rather than...
How do you change the place where work happens?

How do you change the place where work happens?

by Laura-Jane Parker | Sep 6, 2018 | Digital Transformation, Enablement, ESN Adoption, Learning, Technology | 0 comments

Welcome back to the Post*Shift Linklog, picking back up after our summer break. This week’s contributor, Laura-Jane Parker, reflects on the challenges faced by organisations in encouraging new ways of working. The digital workplace tools landscape has had a...
Empathy and organisational change

Empathy and organisational change

by Caroline Boyd | Aug 10, 2017 | Culture, Digital Transformation, Future of Work | 0 comments

In seeking to transform our organisations, one of the biggest challenges we face is changing human behaviours, and the organisational cultures that shape them. This post looks at the role empathy and empathic design can play in creating the systematic change required...
Enterprise-wide Agility: Doing versus Being

Enterprise-wide Agility: Doing versus Being

by Cerys Hearsey | May 4, 2017 | Culture, Enablement | 0 comments

“Doing agile is a set of activities, but being agile is the state of mind, the ongoing capability, and the cultural adaptability.” ― Pearl Zhu, Digital Agility: The Rocky Road from Doing Agile to Being Agile When working with global firms seeking to inject agility...
Linklog 90: Organisations Under Pressure

Linklog 90: Organisations Under Pressure

by Sam Thomas | Aug 18, 2016 | Linklog, Strategy, Thoughts | 0 comments

This weeks curator, Laura-Jane Parker, reflects on how organisations under pressure expose their true culture and what can be done if those behaviours aren’t what you want to see; she also shares 5 links for further reading on the topic. What’s your...
Linklog 90: Organisations Under Pressure

Linklog 73: Social Teams in Utilities can be Key Players in Organisational Change

by Cerys Hearsey | Apr 15, 2016 | Linklog | 0 comments

This week’s curator, Lee Bryant, looks at how we can identify and solve some of the scaling problems that small-team-based organisational structures faec as they grow; he also shares some related guides from Shift*Base and picks 5 links for further reading on the...
Digging beneath the surface of individual and collective culture change

Digging beneath the surface of individual and collective culture change

by Laura-Jane Parker | Mar 31, 2016 | Culture, Events, Leadership, Learning | 2 comments

Beyond the foosball table For so many major high profile failings within corporations, one culprit comes up time and again – culture. From attempts at scaling small start ups to mature organisations, to the failure of major banking institutions implicated in the...
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