Culture IS strategy, just ask Amazon

Hilton Barbour·29 June 2020·People & Change

...As a career strategy guy, my fascination with Culture stems from several pivotal experiences. Running the Enron business at Ogilvy in the late 90’s. Safe to say they were some of my most driven, ambitious and explicitly “winner takes all” clients. Pesky rules and accounting principles weren’t going to stand… Read More...

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Culture is the catalyst for your corporate growth

Hilton Barbour·29 June 2020·People & Change

...It is perhaps the ultimate irony that I’m penning this article from the Air Canada lounge as I prepare to spend two days with the Organizational Culture group at Southwest Airlines in Dallas. Southwest Airlines is part of a small select group of organizations, like Zappos, Patagonia and Four Seasons,… Read More...

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The single critical question you need to ask about your culture

Hilton Barbour·29 June 2020·People & Change

...I really do count my blessings. At a formative juncture of my career, I joined ad agency Ogilvy&Mather (now just Ogilvy) in Toronto. Beyond the obvious attraction of working on IBM and Kraft, I was enamoured with their culture of “long hallways” and “gentlemen and ladies with brains”. It was… Read More...

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10 Essential Behavioural Science Blogs

Sergio Caredda·29 June 2020·People & Change

...Behavioural Science is today one of the greatest contributors to the underpinning concepts of the Human Resources function. Which is why I tend to focus a lot on sources of thought in this area. In reality I will use the term very loosely, as often contributions would come from… Read More...

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13 Reasons Why – #2 Stay Out of Jail

Karen Ferris·29 June 2020·People & Change

...I recently did a series of short videos on LinkedIn entitled 13 Reasons Why exploring why every organisation needs to invest in building and sustaining a workforce that is resilient in the face of constant, uncertain, complex, volatile and ambiguous change. I received positive feedback on the series and… Read More...

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How to leverage opposition to your advantage and drive change forward

Greg Satell·29 June 2020·People & Change

...Clearly, we live in a time of great flux. First, #MeToo, then Covid-19 and now a new racial consciousness in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. The most important task for leaders over the coming years will be to guide their organizations through change. Make no mistake, it… Read More...

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Digitally advanced organizations have weathered COVID-19 best, but it’s not too late to transform

·23 June 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...The pandemic has shifted the priorities of digital transformation. New research from IMD has found that organizations prioritizing innovation have recorded the best performance throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past few months, this joke has circulated the business world: Who led the digital transformation of your company? *… Read More...

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The latest Global Economic & Retail Growth forecasts as we reopen globally

Tony D'Onofrio·22 June 2020·Customer Engagement

...Throughout the COVID-19 lockdown phase, I have been following very closely the global economic and retail growth trends in anticipation of the reopening phases which are now underway in many parts of the world. Good signs from key markets such as USA which saw the biggest… Read More...

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An Agenda for Business Ecosystem Leadership – Part 1 of 4

Roland Deiser·22 June 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...In an effort to structure the largely uncharted arena of business ecosystem leadership challenges we identified twelve key issues executives need to be aware of. They represent, in no particular order, the essence of the numerous inputs we received from expert conversations, a mini think-tank, and the results of a… Read More...

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COVID-19, Cyber Security and the “new normal”

JC GAILLARD·17 June 2020·Cyber Security

...It is hard not to see tech, security and privacy coming out stronger. As we all struggle with lockdown conditions and the impact the COVID-19 crisis is having on our lives and our businesses, one sentiment seems to prevail: The sense that – somehow – life after the coronavirus will… Read More...

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Organizing for business ecosystem leadership

Roland Deiser·15 June 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...Over the last two or three years, the concept of the business ecosystem has gained significant prominence, almost to the point that it is about to replace “digital transformation” as the buzzword du jour. Books and articles related to the subject proliferate, and the world’s most prominent management conference –… Read More...

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13 Reasons Why – #1 ROI

Karen Ferris·15 June 2020·People & Change

...I recently did a series of short videos on LinkedIn entitled 13 Reasons Why exploring why every organisation needs to invest in building and sustaining a workforce that is resilient in the face of constant, uncertain, complex, volatile and ambiguous change. I received positive feedback on the series and was… Read More...

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