How to ‘Bazooka VUCA’
VUCA is an acronym increasingly widely used to describe the operating climate you, like most organizations, face today: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. This environment … Read more
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Who Didn’t Voice Their Concerns?
If you think about it, no organisational failure of any magnitude can come as a surprise. Someone, somewhere, was aware that things were not right. … Read more
The Great Training Robbery
Much as I would like to take credit for (what I think is) a catchy headline, it is actually inspired by an October 2016 Harvard … Read more
A Better Way than Worker Cooperatives and ESOPs
And that is not all. You might even go so far as to say that, rather than espousing the “socialist” label so often associated with worker cooperatives, the ‘Every Individual Matters’ model takes the capitalist imperative to a new level and extends all the benefits of the capitalist model to your employees. It recognises and rewards the investment of both investors and employees, and ensures they work together to reap the rewards of their mutual contributions in a more effective, more productive and less wasteful system.
Mastering Change
Change is not an unnatural phenomenon. On the contrary, it is entirely natural. Life is all about change. Evolution itself is a process of continuous … Read more
Process vs. People: Closing the Divide
I am continuing to read Brian J Robertson's book "Holacracy" and reflecting on the ideas it introduces. It does describe what the sub-title promises: “The … Read more
Meeting Management’s Greatest Challenges
Apparently there are seven major challenges currently occupying the minds of business leaders and causing them concern. At least, that is what the conference speaker … Read more
Teamwork: Fact or Fiction?
“’Teamwork’ is an illusion created when the individual components within a human system accomplish a goal that is credited to the collective, rather than to … Read more