Despite the intense challenges of COVID19, the shift to remote and hybrid work has also delivered productivity benefits to organisations. However, the new equilibrium complicates the development, maintenance and scaling of organisational culture. A more autonomous work environment has also reinforced the need for deep-rooted values that govern workplace conduct. These conditions create the possibility […]
For decades, HR practitioners, business owners and team leaders have been vexed by what effect company culture has on employee motivation, and vice-a-versa. This is the question that saw Lindsay McGregor and Neel Doshi in 2015 survey 20,000 workers in 50 major companies, conduct a series of experiments and peruse a score of academic research. […]
Strategy in essence is a plan of action designed to achieve a specific aim or objective. Formulation typically begins in abstract terms and gradually solidifies into on-page-prose. One way of doing so is through developing a strategy map. A strategy map is a visualisation of the strategy planning process. A strategy map categorises the […]
The allure of digital transformation Innovation is crucial to an organisation’s long term performance. Half of all listed companies on the S&P 500 are forecast to be replaced in the next 10 years, with a primary reason being their inability to adapt through innovation, spearheaded by the rising dominance of digital technology. This has led […]
In situations of extreme stress, where assumptions are exploded and the most carefully planned budgets and projections prove ineffective, problems appear so large they can seem insurmountable. According to organisational theorist Karl E. Weick’s seminal January 1988 paper, Small Wins: Redefining the Scale of Social Problems, a problem’s size “often precludes innovative action” because the […]
Author: Anandini Dabas The world of work is rapidly changing. New technologies driven by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are causing fundamental shifts in the labour market and creating a re-evaluative conjecture on what work is. The certainty workers possess on livelihood sustainability is now hinged on permanent-insecurity. The largest contingent radically propounding ‘neo-work’ are […]
