We need a reality check on the many ‘studies’ that have been published in recent months about various business challenges. Their focus ranges from executives’ thinking time, organizational alignment, and capabilities for effective execution. These are in light of the dramatic changes that are foreseen to be brought on by AI. In the other court …
I spoke at a business gathering recently and had a chance to meet an individual on the Board of a large organization. This person has been on more than a dozen public company boards during the past 50 years. I later learned she’s been listening to management complain about issues that haven’t changed in five decades. …
Connect the dots!! What’s the first thing that pops into your head when you hear that? Perhaps you see a series of dots connected by lines that zigzag across a page. Do you see any gaps between the dots and the lines? An executive, Dennis, in a medium-sized diversified business, was asked “How do you …
“Leadership is acknowledging there is an elephant in the room.” Unknown Today I want to share a perspective on ‘management’, given the current state of the world of work. The Management Function, as I see it, is bigger than ‘risk’, a topic I have written about a lot. While risk is yet to be effectively …
If ever you thought disconnect and dysfunction don’t happen in your organization, I invite you to read this post by my colleague and guest writer, Geoff Marlow. By Geoff Marlow, on Substack 15 Jan 2023 “The one who knows he is confused is not that confused.” — Zhuangzi ¹ In organisational life, lots of attention and …
