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Many organizations have a Risk Management function of some sort. Often scattered amongst different constituencies: manufacturing, engineering, R&D etc. It […]
OK, at least you’re reading. Thanks. The organization is a network. Networks have emergent properties. Translation: things come up from […]
Peer-to-peer work, transversal, spontaneous or not, collaboration, peer-to-peer influence, peer-to-peer activities of Viral Change™ champions or activists, all of this is […]
Clicktivism is a form of digital /online engagement that requires the extraordinary effort of one of your fingers, possibly the […]
A book by ex-Microsoft researcher and now MIT prof Kentaro Toyama (Geek Heresy, 20015) is not precisely novel on the topic of […]
An indepth analysis of the world of ‘Digital Transformation’ shows two things. One is that there is no such thing […]
Big L, small l, legacy is the long term outcome of leadership. There will be legacy. You’re better off shaping […]
Model 1. The technology, for example in the form of digital platforms such as Enterprise Social Networks, ESN (Yammer type) […]
If you want to learn from biographies of leaders, from their inspirations, about their traits, maybe tricks, read about Lincoln, […]
We all live and work in bureaucratic organizations. The differences between us is the dose. In today’s world, bureaucracy is […]
At a conference I attended, the very sharp mind of Marten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, ex HP, ex Nokia, reminded […]
How do people change their mind? How can we influence people to change their minds? Well, any of us will […]
Following on from one of the topics discussed during yesterday’s thought-provoking webinar on The Myths of Management – leadership and […]
In our world of management, and in terms of understanding how we mobilize people at scale, we are always behind […]
Three bad news people: People who sell discontent. They become experts. You may have an entire internal sales force of […]
I know it will happen. I’m certain. It’s nothing to do with trust. Trust requires uncertainty. I trust […]
Mastering healthy tension between them, or surrendering to an ‘impossible alignment’ is a choice for leaders and managers. The worse […]
There is something only you can live: your life. Socrates said that ‘the unexamined life is not worth living’. Being […]
I was told, many years ago, by somebody very close to the old Microsoft management, in Bill Gates times, that […]
The Good Mechanics of Continuous Improvement have given us a culture of feedback. Feedback is worshipped. There is a whole […]
