Three episodes here of firms weighing up the big return to the office. It covers themes that I’ve covered in the newsletter over the last few weeks. What are other firms doing? How will they make their decisions. Over the 2 episodes I’ve chatted to stacks of people to get their views. Firstly I talk…
I was in Beirut this time last week (I give a first hand account here – this photo was 30 yards from our Airbnb) and I wasn’t going to send a newsletter this week but here’s a selection of some great links I’ve seen in the last couple of days that I’ve loved reading. DESTINATION…
In the midst of confusion we often look for conviction and certainty, for leadership. And when we don’t see it pioneering individuals step up to fill the void. In that spirit I was taken with this Twitter thread from Dan Shute this week. As of August 31st (second waves/pandemic resurgences notwithstanding), we’ll be adopting what…
Just 1% of workers want to return to the old world Cord cutting is coming to the workplace. Over the last few years the satellite/cable TV business has seen a reduction in their penetration as more subscribers started asking themselves ‘why do I pay for all these channels I don’t use?’ In the UK the…
Popular posts you might have missed: The 12 Questions Every Firm Should be Asking, Whiteboarding the New Rules, Office Culture Crumbling Before Our Eyes Like me you may have enjoyed King George trilling “What comes next?” in Hamilton on Disney+ over the summer. As firms head towards the train wrecks of summer breaks this is the question of the…
I’ve been reading Gary Hamel‘s forthcoming new book, Humanocracy. He believes that the single most empowering (and profitable) thing that businesses can do is eliminate their creeping bureaucracy. He talks about how increasingly organisations are paralysed with red tape and bureaucracy. The end result is that they can’t get anything done. There are some clear…
“We think people want to be liked, but they need to be needed”. A thoroughly stimulating discussion here – that I’ve allowed to run long because it’s so interesting. I met a brilliant guy called Misha Byrne who worked for a company called NeuroPower. I was so taken with what he was talking about…
As discussed in the newsletter last week almost every business right now is working out what their new culture looks like – and in the absence of answers – commissioning experiments is pretty much the order of the day. There seems to be a societal simmer beginning to bubble over as a result of the…
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