Thanks to input from well-known employers in India, Europe and the US we are discussing plans for a new ‘Innovation Academy’, in collaboration with MLab. This will equip HR and business leaders to solve business challenges by challenging the beliefs and assumptions underpinning six fundamental activities: 1. Strategic Planning 2. Agile Work Design 3. Real-time [...]

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I was with a group of Talent & OD professionals from the City of London, talking about the perils of the ‘9-box matrix’ and other common management practices. They nodded enthusiastically: “We agree – it is complete nonsense”. Then I asked: How many of your organisations have these practices? To my astonishment all nodded again: [...]

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Emerging markets strategies in places like India and China should be renamed: Emerging cities strategies, according to McKinsey. Guangzhou and Shenzhen, for example, are both tier-one cities, located just two hours apart. But Guangzhou’s people mainly speak Cantonese, are mostly locally born, and like to spend time at home with family and friends. In contrast, [...]

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Around the world, Fab Labs are springing up, enabling people and businesses to manufacture goods locally using 3D desktop printers in a process described as ‘additive manufacturing’. Their potential impact is explored in the first of a series of papers produced by Ci for stars, a Swiss-based global symposium for ‘leaders of the next generation’. [...]

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Tomorrow’s best companies will be built on the ‘triple context’ of economic success, strengthening society and respecting the environment, according to this new report produced with Tomorrows Company and other partners. The report calls for a new mindset in the way companies create value through people: Recognising talent in everyone rather than pouring disproportionate resources [...]

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