
‘Daily Thoughts’ is paused, to assess its value and its next ‘presentation of life’. Bear with us. In the meantime, […]
Banks have had stress tests (imposed) to see how they would cope with difficult market conditions. For example, in the […]
We often hear the need to put some order in Division A, or to restructure X and Y by putting […]
I had a discussion with a client recently, about the resistance to get rid of complicated processes that almost everybody […]
Yesterday’s Daily Thought introduced the formula: (1) Space in the World (Purpose) + (2) Core Beliefs + (3) Non negotiable Behaviours […]
Many companies operate under some sort of ‘Mission and Vision’ framework, often also accompanied, or preceded, by a statement of […]
Please pray for the soul of incrementalism that, after a long and slow incremental illness, left us for good. After […]
If one thing has become clear after all these decades of management soul-searching for more or less universal truths, this […]
Paraphrasing (better, stealing from) American anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) a corporate culture, or, I would say, a subculture that you […]
The description of some company cultures by their leaders may sound like a work of fiction by people inside. I […]
I have on several occasions presented my views on Employer Branding. The trouble with this area, is that it overlaps […]
Culture is not a project, something to do on top of normal work, an extra, something to get your hands […]
There are hundreds of pieces of evidence including serious research that show that human beings (and animals for that matter) […]
The Robust Culture: the culture handles well internal faults and external stress. There may be internal gaps (skills, unfilled positions, […]
A true story. A health care worker is truly struggling to do her work and caring for a son who […]
If you want to have a conversation about the future of work, the nature of work, the post-pandemic work, the […]
The answer to individual negativity is group positiveness. Fighting individual negativity at individual level is a risky fight. If you […]
And still I get lots of people who raise eyebrows, people who look at me with a conspiracy-like smile (‘you […]
Sorry for the medicalisation, an annoying legacy in my brain from many years of diagnosing and prescribing. Unlike many other […]
My revised 12 rules of social change at a scale. These very simple laws apply to any large scale change […]
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Social media is a colossal echo chamber where all cognitive processes are surrendered to one single driver: confirmation bias.
Extracts taken from my new book The Flipping Point. A flipping point in the trend for adopting absurd management ideas […]