by TomorrowToday Global | Oct 25, 2010 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Future Trends, Organisational Development
Forced rankings and other merit ratings that breed internal competition are bad management because they undermine motivation and breed contempt for management among people who, at least at first, were doing good work. These systems require leaders to label many people...
by TomorrowToday Global | Oct 25, 2010 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Future Trends, Organisational Development
Forced rankings and other merit ratings that breed internal competition are bad management because they undermine motivation and breed contempt for management among people who, at least at first, were doing good work. These systems require leaders to label many people...
by Graeme Codrington | Oct 20, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends, Organisational Development
Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School, and writes regularly on the future world of work at her blogsite. She does a lot of work internationally, and is currently completing a global research project on key issues related to the...
by TomorrowToday Global | Oct 20, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends
The interest in Social Media in the business world is growing. And it’s growing ‘upwards’ in the organisation. I say ‘upwards’ because increasingly I’m engaged in conversations with the Gate-Keepers around whether they should our shouldn’t jump in? The weight of the...
by TomorrowToday Global | Oct 18, 2010 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Future Trends
Meet Elon Musk, care-of Wikipedia: “Musk was born and raised in South Africa, the son of a South African engineer and a Canadian mother who worked as a New York City dietitian and model. Musk bought his first computer at age 10 and taught himself how to program;...
by Graeme Codrington | Oct 18, 2010 | Archive, Future Trends
Earlier this year, the S+B newsletter of Booz & Co ran an excellent article on forecasting and decision making. The headline summary is simply that in a world of uncertainty, managers are constantly required to make predictions about the future. It is therefore...