The so-called One Global Culture is a confederation of: (a) Geographical cultures and sub-cultures (Italy, USA, France etc) (b) Functional, […]

Ryan Holiday (media critic, stoicism vendor, marketing strategist) is ‘the bestselling author of Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a […]

The writer Nicholas Carr said about the influence of the Internet on the way he wrote and, in general, on his […]

Random thoughts: People content with average achievements in the market, launch a party when the statistics show a few points […]

Louis Gerstner, chairman of IBM from 1993 until 2002, recalls in his autobiography, the company’s use of a competence model […]

Memo to all functions and Business Partners (HR, OD, L&D, Internal/Corporate Communications, Strategy Units, Finance, Health and Safety, Branding/PR, and […]

We can do much better than this. But we don’t. On the contrary, we exploit these platitudes and repeat them […]

There is a romantic view of the organization that sees it completely borderless, inside and outside. Inside, this view says, […]

A good friend, an expert in Communications, has created her new website with a prominent quote of mine, ‘Change Management […]

These are us, you and me. OK, apologies for calling you ordinary. But it’s not disrespectful. Believe me. It’s like […]

Stage 1: The Accidental Management team. The team is composed by whoever reports to the top. You are in that […]

It could be argued that ‘silos’ are part of the human condition and group interaction, and Chris Rodgers (Informal Coalitions) […]

‘People like me’ is a category in its own right in the Edelman Trust Barometer. Multiple sets of data point […]

There are many ways to list our own assets. And that’s something that is very healthy to do. Practice it […]

The Communications function in organizations has still today one of the best chances to drive strategic change. To do this, […]

If leadership is a praxis, something that ‘I’ do (name and surname here, please), then, knowing a little bit about […]

At some people’s request, I am revising an old Daily Thoughts on ‘solidarity’ in the work place. Solidarity is one […]

There are two opposite and wrong reactions to Employee (engagement/satisfaction) surveys. At one end, there is the ‘ignore the findings’. […]

Passion is an emotion, or set of emotions. You may want, indeed, that your people are passionate, but you can’t […]

‘Let’s be real and aware of the current budget realities’ is a warning that leaders should give to their people […]