I was fortunate to speak to Gary Hamel about his 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….
“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…
Seth Godin, Matthew Syed, Adam Grant, Zeynep Ton – let these experts be your guide as we take you a course of inspiration to fix your work. Listen, share and discuss this selection of episodes. If you’re looking to fix your own work culture these episodes give you a course of listening to take your…
Tuesday and Thursday, see you there. BOOM!” A lot of us are starting to long for human contact again and the office feels like a happy place to be. But what does the office of the future look like? I chatted to the brilliant Antony Slumbers (follow him on Twitter here). Antony is regarded as…
The 12 Questions as a PDF Every firm in the world is going through the same challenges right now. They are asking themselves the same questions about what work looks like in the future. The problem for many is that their considerations are flitting between things that seem urgent at this moment, rather than exhaustive…
Sign up to receive these updates. Cities are markets for talent, we’re about to dismantle them The end of office culture is a game of chicken – it’s already over but when do *you* jump? Frequently evolution is so gradual, so incremental that we often miss what a series of tiny changes has aggregated into….
Go deep with the whole playlist Listen to the world’s most sought after culture doctor: Frances Frei is the Red Adair of work culture problems. If something goes wrong at WeWork, Uber or Riot Games there’s one name you call… You’ll be thrilled to hear the brilliant, thoughtful interview she gives. She’s very clear answering:…
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