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Work design
Reclaiming a concept that has lost weight in the business organization: vocation
Vocation is often defined as ‘a strong feeling’ to do something, a job, a career, an occupation, to dedicate one’s […]
Some working places are ‘non-places’, and as inspiring as Clinical Isolation Units
Working in a ‘non-place place’ can’t deliver inspirations and aspirations. Ideas need infections, not Clinical Isolation Units. Marc Auge is […]
Disruptive innovation, like charity, starts at home. Your mind and your people, that is. The rest is the easy part.
The concept of disruption in management has been applied to innovation before. A disruptive innovation is a technology, process or […]
HR competence systems need two things: a diet, and a dose of honesty
Medium and big organizations tend to use a competence system that segments people by grades and by degree of competence. […]
Beware of the assumed magic properties of the word ‘Prioritize!’
‘Prioritize’ is a word that I particularly dislike because it is overused and misused in a terrible way. I have […]
Organizations wired wrong (4 of 5): Don’t team up with people you know very well.
Affinity, like-minded groupings and ‘we know each other very well’ works if what you want is to get things done, […]
Try to have no work-life balance. The more you lose the balance, the more you’ll enjoy it.
This is of course not something every mortal is privileged to do: to make ‘work’ an exciting, fulfilling and meaningful […]
Rewarding collaboration by reinforcing individual contributions is management’s decaffeinated espresso: good taste, no effect.
Can we work on the collective and reward the individualistic? Well, sure you can, it happens every day. But it’s […]
Bold leadership pays off. It can also be killed by those who are highly paid to be professionally afraid
Years ago, I persuaded a pharmaceutical client to make three bold moves in one: (1) To create a New Product […]
Your opinion, your input or your expertise, please. Or just talking. 4 different things we often mix up.
Listening to everybody’s opinions is an unquestionably healthy feature of open organizations, inclusive cultures and good leadership. But it requires […]
Most good clues about the culture of the organization can be found in the invisible, the unsaid. This is where serious culture work needs to start.
Public sector health in many parts of the world has been financially squeezed. Committed health workers have continued to deliver […]
Small steps, small wins against an accelerated reality. Sensible strategy or a suicidal note?
‘I am convinced that a well thought out “small wins approach” is the premier path to effective strategy implementation, and […]
In empowerment terms, be careful what you are asking for, you might get it.
The project team has been complaining for a long time of their lack of empowerment. They have a lot of […]
No more teams, please, we need to team-up.
The prestigious publication ‘The Economist’ has published an article under the title ‘Team spirit. Businesses are embracing the idea of […]
Engagement, empowerment and ownership culture meet in one single point. Obvious, simple, and incredibly forgotten.
Employee engagement efforts, ownership values and empowerment behaviours must meet at one point. It’s simple, not terribly controversial, based upon […]
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