Management Innovation
Your Company Needs a Digital Nomad Policy
The authors’ research shows that the number of Americans describing themselves as digital nomads rose by 49% between 2019 and 2020, and that unlike in previous years, traditional job holders made up a majority of these workers in 2020. Despite the large and growing number of these employees, few organizations have formal policies and programs…
Read MoreThe Breakthrough Incubator: A proven approach
Many CEOs face something like the “$1 billion challenge”: how do I deliver the significant growth that the markets expect? For companies in established mature sectors with low singledigit growth prospects or where technological disruption is threatening to erode or even destroy the current business, this challenge is critical and even existential. Incremental growth through…
Read MoreConversion toward ultra-high efficiency
The conversion toward ultra-high efficiency is worth the effort, as we have found this level of efficiency can lead to operational savings of more than 25%. In this Viewpoint, we share some of the key elements incumbent companies must consider when facing the challenge of ultra-high efficiency.
Read MoreThe ‘Amazon Way’ of Strategy
In the nearly three decades that he led Amazon, Bezos developed a series of unusual leadership principles — which some argue are the backbone of his success. Talk to anyone who’s ever worked there, and you don’t have to wait long before you hear the phrase “customer obsession” as the why behind the business. For…
Read MoreWhy Companies Must Embrace Microservices and Modular Thinking
Organizations can reduce coordination complexity with modular thinking, microservices, and APIs.
Read MoreWhat comes next? The Resurgence of Innovation Hubs for Business & Industry
What can you do today that you couldn’t do a year ago?
Read MoreHow permissionless organization design gives your company an advantage
In a time of exponential growth in technology, we need to rethink the org.
Read MoreThe Global Applicability of Rendanheyi
As a senior partner at McKinsey & Company (US), the top three management consulting firms in the world and the “Goldman Sachs of the consulting world,” Aaron De Smet is particularly interested in the Rendanheyi management model that has “blossomed” around the world in recent years. On May 27th, he interviewed Mr. Zhang Ruimin, Chairman…
Read MoreHow to Successfully Scale a Flat Organization
Many startups today have adopted a “self-directed” model, which includes flat organizational structures, minimal hierarchy, self-management, and an emphasis on empowerment. When these companies are small, this model confers all sorts of advantages. But it’s hard for companies to stick to that model when they grow and scale.
Read MoreOrganizational Change Is About Orchestrating Organizational Systems
New technology creates adoption curves, and these curves regulate the pace of an organization generating future value. The ability to manage these adoption curves will dictate that pace and therefore the nature and composition of how organizations scale. This is organizational change management. It is how to decompose these “adoption curves” that sets apart those…
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