Wherever you live and whether you care or not about the UK staying in or exiting the European Union (EU), the result of Brexit in eight month’s time will affect you. The same goes for any Trade Wars sparked through new tariffs. Why? Firstly, because we live in a highly interdependent and therefore complex world […]
Archives for July 2018
How to Lead Change Management – A Systemic Approach
Any time leaders try to introduce change into an organization they will be faced with the fear and conflicts of the people involved in the changes. This is true for digital transformation and it is true for any major shift. If these reactions and resistance to change are not managed, they will remain real and present […]
Systemic Change Management – a Joined-Up Way to Transform
“The only thing that does not require maintenance is obsolescence”, as Dr. W. Edwards Deming used to say. This is a fundamental truth: if we do not evolve, we regress. What makes everything more complicated is the pace at which we must evolve to survive. Technology speeds everything up, including the world of technology. We’ve been looking at […]
How to Start Building Cooperation for the Digital Future
Digitization will inevitably lead organizations to shift their way of working in radical ways, especially regarding cooperation. Dr. Domenico Lepore writes here about transforming the enterprise for the digital future. According to Gartner senior VP Dale Kutnick, digitalization will require: business development; the IT department and the product management or engineering team – to work […]
Protecting Mental Health with Organization Design? Why That’s Possible
Mental health and anxiety are issues that are increasingly to the fore. The wellbeing of employees cannot be separated from how their work is organized, and in so many companies that organization is inadequate for today’s complexity. Indeed, every day, people are struggling with the shortcomings and frustrations of a traditional hierarchical/functional organization. Careers are […]
