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Strategy as a Way of Life

MIT Sloan Management Review ($) - Aug 12, 2021

Strategy as a Way of Life

Businesses must root strategy in moral purpose to thrive in a complex, rapidly changing world.

By Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi
From Node to Link

Network Communities - Medium ($) - Aug 8, 2021

From Node to Link

Networks, Workspace, and Remote Working

By Joshua Emig
Why Every Executive Should Be Focusing on Culture Change Now

MIT Sloan Management Review ($) - Aug 10, 2021

Why Every Executive Should Be Focusing on Culture Change Now

To make transformation a reality in their businesses post-pandemic, leaders must build a strong culture to support it.

By Rose Hollister, Kathryn Tecosky, Michael Watkins, and Cindy Wolpert
The Digital Twin Opportunity

MIT Sloan Management Review ($) - Aug 11, 2021

The Digital Twin Opportunity

Developments in enabling technology are opening up more use cases for virtual models of real-world objects.

By Pushkar P. Apte and Costas J. Spanos
Managing project portfolios to unlock trapped capital

McKinsey & Company - Aug 3, 2021

Managing project portfolios to unlock trapped capital

The COVID-19 pandemic has led many businesses to try to minimize short-term capital outlay; considerable capital can be unlocked by rethinking the way project risk is recognized and funded.

By Katy Bartlett, Steffen Fuchs, Mark Kuvshinikov, Peter Trueman, Simon Webb, and Dick Westney
Why leaders need to know the difference between teams and rosters

SmartBrief - Aug 3, 2021

Why leaders need to know the difference between teams and rosters

Most of it is talk about rosters, not teams. While it may sound like semantics, there’s a very big difference — one that affects you as a leader, even if you’re not. …more

By Larry Robertson
CEOs Need a Customer Experience Revolution—Not an Evolution

BCG - Aug 2, 2021

CEOs Need a Customer Experience Revolution—Not an Evolution

Thanks to digital technologies and digitally savvy customers, companies across industries can create a customer experience unlike anything ever seen before. CEOs, take note: this could be the biggest growth opportunity to. …more

By Bharat Poddar, Yogesh Mishra, Karen Lellouche Tordjman, and Rob Bell
Midsize Companies Need a Systematic Approach to Cost Analysis

HBR.org ($) - Jul 30, 2021

Midsize Companies Need a Systematic Approach to Cost Analysis

As companies grow from small to midsize, manual checks will no longer suffice to track a broader array of costs back to individual products or services.

By Robert Sher
Rethinking organisational development

Culture Co-Lab - Medium ($) - Aug 3, 2021

Rethinking organisational development

There’s a real opportunity to create a movement of OD consultants and practitioners who are able to 1) help determine whether there is a technical problem or adaptive challenge 2) challenge the. …more

By Naomi Fox
Overcoming Obstacles to Successful Culture Change

MIT Sloan Management Review ($) - Jul 26, 2021

Overcoming Obstacles to Successful Culture Change

New behaviors must become lasting habits to achieve positive, sustainable change.

By John Kotter, Vanessa Akhtar, and Gaurav Gupta
Real-World Supply Chain Resilience

BCG - Jul 29, 2021

Real-World Supply Chain Resilience

For years, companies have focused on eliminating redundancy in sourcing to reduce fixed costs and promote efficiency. Greater efficiency, however, came at the expense of diminished flexibility and effectiveness—a tradeoff the pandemic-induced. …more

By Rainer Schuster, Gaurav Nath, Pepe Rodriguez, Chrissy O’Brien, Ben Aylor, Boris Sidopoulos, Daniel Weise, and Bitan Datta
Radical Knowledge Management: Using Lessons Learned From Artists to Create Sustainable Workplaces

Frontiers - Jul 13, 2021

Radical Knowledge Management: Using Lessons Learned From Artists to Create Sustainable Workplaces

By Stephanie Barnes

Brave New Work - Jul 27, 2021

Unsuck your next work meeting w/ Sam Spurlin

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times: Meetings are the worst. Instead of being a meaningful work tool to help teams strategize efficiently, meetings more often block things—anything—from. …more

By Aaron Dignan, Rodney Evans, and Sam Spurlin

The Innovation Show - Jul 22, 2021

Better, Simpler Strategy with Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Our guest today shows how the best companies achieve more by doing less. At a time when rapid technological change and global competition conspire to upend traditional ways of doing business, these. …more

By Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Aidan McCullen
Reconstructing the workplace

Deloitte - Jul 12, 2021

Reconstructing the workplace

The digital-ready organization

By Peter Evans-Greenwood, Sue Solly, and Robbie Robertson
A Strategy for Embracing Uncertainty

Bain & Company - Jul 20, 2021

A Strategy for Embracing Uncertainty

There are no crystal balls, but companies can get a lot smarter about envisioning future scenarios and knowing when to act on them.

By Nikhil Prasad Ojha, Miguel Simoes de Melo, and Rajiv Karna
Sheep, Wolves, and Employee Motivation

Management Matters ($) - Jul 21, 2021

Sheep, Wolves, and Employee Motivation

What a game in which virtual wolves chase virtual sheep can teach us about organizational culture

By George Bohan
How finance can use data to create value across the enterprise

E&Y - Jul 19, 2021

How finance can use data to create value across the enterprise

With public perception always in mind, CFOs must strike the right balance between managing the rewards and risks of corporate data usage.

By Marcus Gantzkow, Sebastian Schmidt, Christian Mertin, and Regine Bachinger
Insights on Organizational Environment

Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho ($) - Jul 19, 2021

Insights on Organizational Environment

Part 3: Organizational Environment and Uncertainty

By Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho
How to Achieve Sustainable Remote Work

The New Yorker - Jul 9, 2021

How to Achieve Sustainable Remote Work

Companies must move away from surveillance and visible busyness, and toward defined outcomes and trust.

By Cal Newport

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