The myth of shareholder value

Greg Satell·26 August 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...The Business Roundtable, an influential group of almost 200 CEOs of America’s largest companies, recently issued a statement that discarded the old notion that the sole purpose of a business is to provide value to shareholders. Instead, it advocated serving a diverse group of stakeholders… Read More...

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Give it up. Knowledge-based leadership and collaboration

Karen Ferris·26 August 2019·People & Change

...Transitioning people through constant change. In this series of posts, I am exploring the Give It Up model in which we move away from the command and control of manager to the delegation and trust of true leaders. Knowledge-based leadership When leaders delegate and trust, leadership becomes based… Read More...

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Why most corporate innovation programs fail (and how to make them succeed)

Greg Satell·18 August 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...Today, everybody needs to innovate. So it shouldn’t be surprising that corporate innovation programs have become wildly popular. There is an inherent… Read More...

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Will smart cities redefine urban energy?

Nathan Sykes·18 August 2019·Enabling Technologies

...Most of the world’s population lives in cities. These centres of socialisation and commerce have always been where progress and technology happen. However, as smart city projects take off all over the world, these urban areas will become even more convenient, comfortable and efficient places to live and work. Among… Read More...

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Cyber Security in the “when-not-if” era

JC GAILLARD·18 August 2019·Cyber Security

...No longer just as an equation between risk appetite, compliance requirements and costs. The “When-Not-If” paradigm around cyber-attacks is changing the deal completely around cyber security. Many large organisations now assume that breaches are simply inevitable, due to the inherent complexity of their business models and the… Read More...

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Why mid-size professional service firms should position for the autonomous buyer

Randy Shattuck·18 August 2019·Customer Engagement

...Most small to mid-size professional service firms today acquire clients by way of referrals. I recently interviewed a leader of a mid-size management consulting firm who stated that 85% of their new business opportunities come from referrals from existing clients or from their network of business contacts. This is a very common… Read More...

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Traditional leadership in the digital age

Phil Darby·18 August 2019·People & Change

...It’s understandable that the relationship a business founder has with the organisation they have created is personal. The same principle extends to business leaders who have steered their organisation through years of growth. However, when the very things that delivered success become the instruments of the organisation’s demise, which is… Read More...

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Give it up. Motivation – transitioning people through constant change

Karen Ferris·18 August 2019·People & Change

...In this series of posts, I am exploring the Give It Up model in which we move away from the command and control of manager to the delegation and trust of true leaders. Motivation When we delegate and trust, employees come to work and say ‘Game on!’ Motivation… Read More...

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How to scale Agile across your organisation: An interview with Peter Abraham and Neil Perkin

Peter Abraham·14 August 2019·Delivery

...‘Leading Digital Transformation’ is a weekly podcast series produced in collaboration between The Digital Transformation People and Rob Llewellyn digital transformation advisor and founder of CXO Transform. During this series, Rob interviews experienced practitioners, authors and thought leaders whose stories and experiences provide valuable insights for digital transformation success. Read More...

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Herding leopards

Peter Murchland·13 August 2019·People & Change

...An advanced leadership skill that I have developed over the last three to four years … What does the expression mean? Where does it originate? It is a combination of two well-known expressions: Herding cats A leopard never changes its spots What I have come to recognise is that there… Read More...

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Give It Up. Innovation. Transitioning people through constant change

Karen Ferris·12 August 2019·People & Change

...In this series of posts, I am exploring the Give It Up model in which we move away from the command and control of manager to the delegation and trust of true leaders. Innovation So now that we have climbed the ladder from command and control to delegate and… Read More...

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How AI will impact future workforces

Richard Chiumento·7 August 2019·People & Change

...Things are getting real now when it comes to deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. But there is little doubt that the speed of its march is troubling some workers in the UK. According to a survey released by think tank, Fountech.ai, two-thirds of adults (67 per cent) are… Read More...

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