Part 2 – The Discourses of Work through History

Sergio Caredda·13 October 2020·People & Change

...Discourses. Our Ultimate Quest for the Meaning of Work has started with a Brief History of Work, where I tried to analyse the evolution of the meaning of Work across time, with a specific focus on western culture. We have seen that Work has had different meanings, often associated with… Read More...

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Innovation and risk – how to categorise corporate IT initiatives

Daniele Rizzo·12 October 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...Information Technologies activities, consuming in different quota both operational (OPEX) and capital investments (CAPEX), may easily account for financial needs up to several percentage points of Corporates turnover [1]. These figures are probably going to further increase, the more the mantra of Industry 4.0 – and following releases – resounds. This is huge… Read More...

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The future of managing will be through ecosystems and platforms

Paul Hobcraft·12 October 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...I am constantly drawn to ecosystems and platforms as the connecting mechanism that can drive the need for greater collaboration, sharing, and exchanging, and for this, we need to learn a new form of ’emerging’ management practice. Collaborating in collective ways helps break down complexity. To be ready to respond… Read More...

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Becoming a Platform Professional—MBA courses, Executive Education and More

Peter Evans·12 October 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...Platform businesses can now be found in nearly every corner of the economy.  This growth is driving the need for professional managers who can lead the complexities of running platform companies or platform product lines within larger companies. A decade ago, when platform companies were just gaining traction as an… Read More...

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The role of patient-centricity in health care innovation

Yahya Mohamed Mao·7 October 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...Despite considerable progress in digital transformation, health care still is a digital dinosaur. The future of health care consists in laying today the foundation for a just, patient-centric and smart health system. Today’s headlines are still made by the Coronavirus outbreak and more specifically, its impact on the worldwide economy… Read More...

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Protecting sensitive data​ – understanding the NIST 800-171 cybersecurity framework

Cathy C. Smith·7 October 2020·Cyber Security

...Today, cybersecurity threats, incidents, and breaches are prevalent in organizations of all sizes and industries, especially during this COVID-19 era. Frequent public announcements of data breaches are distributed by hospitals, financial institutions, retail stores, and a variety of businesses informing consumers almost daily. In this fast-moving agile environment even, the… Read More...

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Your guide to re-inventing business for the post-Covid digital economy

Phil Darby·6 October 2020·People & Change

...There’s been a lot of talk recently about remote working, whether it will stick once we learn to live with Covid19, or if we’ll all just get back to the office eventually. Are we really in the process of re-inventing business? In the past week or so (and that’s a… Read More...

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The ultimate quest for the Meaning of Work. Introduction

Sergio Caredda·6 October 2020·People & Change

...What is the Meaning of Work? I guess many of us have been raising this question over time. I have just recently celebrated my 20th anniversary of working, yet the true meaning of work can be sometimes difficult to grasp. For sure, Work is a foundational element in the… Read More...

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Why does science get things wrong?

Kevin Gray·27 September 2020·Data & Analytics

...Many widely-held scientific theories were later proven badly wrong, as this brief article shows. How can this happen? The answer is in some ways simple and in other ways not so simple. First, science is still evolving and our understanding of many basic phenomena remains far from complete. Another reason… Read More...

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When everyone leads

Karen Ferris·27 September 2020·People & Change

...You have a choice. You can accept the status quo or you can step up and become the leader you are looking for.  Stop waiting and start leading. Leadership is not bestowed. It is not a title. It is earned through action and example. Magic happens when everyone leads. This… Read More...

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We need to rethink technology for the 21st century

Greg Satell·27 September 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...The industrial revolution of the 18th century was a major turning point. Steam power, along with other advances in areas like machine tools and chemistry transformed industry from the work of craftsmen and physical labor to that of managing machines. For the first time in world history,… Read More...

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Organisation Design is Architecture Design

Sergio Caredda·22 September 2020·People & Change

...Organisation Design is Architecture Design might be a bold title. The sentence is not mine and is a quote by Allan Kelly, a technology consultant expert in Agile. It captures a longtime belief I have consolidated over the past few years, about the innate necessity of collaboration and co-design between… Read More...

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