The failure A couple of years ago I had a workplace nightmare. I was pushing a big initiative and I needed it to be a success. I had my boss’s boss on my back and the project was going belly up. It was all very unpleasant. There were a few rays of light. A couple […]
Efficiency or Productivity
Which is better? Should you be more efficient or more productive? On the face of it they sound like very similar things, so does it matter which you strive to be? Efficiency is the amount of input you use to produce a standard level of output. If you become more efficient you do the same […]
How Netflix Reinvented H.R.
Harvard Business Review Patty McCord It would be wrong to hold one group totally accountable for an organisation’s culture, but I think the good people in H.R. have a big part to play. They set the rules that employees live by. If I am right and H.R. has such a powerful role, why do most […]
Can You Buy Better?
Organisational Change There are a couple of ways an organisation can improve: 1. It can change its strategy A company can change what it does. This type of change is sometimes called a “stroke of the pen change”, because any chief executive can, with enough money, make it happen. It could be a change in product […]
Everybody Cheats
Who can you trust? When I was a small boy, the most exciting thing in the world was a day trip to London with my father. I was brought up in a field in deepest Yorkshire. The big smoke was amazing. It had museums, skyscrapers, underground trains, toy shops, galleries and ice cream. Best of […]
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