by Keith Coats | Nov 23, 2010 | Archive, Organisational Development
In their recently published book, Hacking Work, Bill Jensen and Josh Klein argue that business has lost control of the conversation with their employees and still hasn’t admitted that or dealt with the shift in control that has occurred. I think they are right on the...
by Graeme Codrington | Nov 18, 2010 | Archive, Organisational Development
“Results: Keep what’s good, fix what’s wrong, and unlock great performance” by Gary L. Neilson and Bruce A. Pasternack was written in 2005, and never made the best selling big time (buy it at Amazon.co.uk or Kalahari.net). A search for it...
by Keith Coats | Oct 26, 2010 | Organisational Development
Intel has employed a cultural anthropologist. At first glance that seems like Ferrari taking on board an estate agent. Why would a chip-making tech company rope in the services of an anthropologist? Genevieve Bell (the cultural anthropologist in question) goes by the...
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...
