Can an organization be built on individuality with a focus on bringing humanity back to business?
I think so.
The modern day corporation was developed to build ’stuff’. To build ’stuff’, organization was needed. To keep the organization flowing, management was needed. Management created processes, procedures, flowcharts, operational efficiencies, human resources, etc etc etc.
Many of these things [...]
I’ve been pondering the question “What is a Leader?” for a while now. It’s a question that’s always in the back of my mind and I’ve never really gotten a good answer too.
What is a leader? Well…many definitions boil down to the old adage of ‘motivating people to do something for the common good’. Some [...]
The opening paragraphs of the chapter titled ‘95 Theses’ from The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual says (taken from this page):
A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter-and getting [...]
McKinsey has recently released a report titled “IT’s unmet potential: McKinsey Global Survey Results” that shows that there is still a lot of work to do to align IT and business.
The survey attempts to answer the following high-level questions:
How IT can serve as a tool to help build competitive advantage
What risks arise as competitors use [...]
In these troubled times, it’s hard for organizations to focus on employee moral and happiness. I’ve heard many ‘leaders’ say things like “they should be happy they have a job” when confronted with low moral and employee unhappiness.
My response to those ‘leaders’ is this:
Think about what will happen when the economy rebounds and the job [...]
