by Jonathan Winter | posted 20.11.2011
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 [...]
by Jonathan Winter | posted 13.02.2011
What can leaders learn from the ‘Tunisami’ sweeping through the Middle East? Engage with dissent. Listen harder to young employees and give them a voice alongside colleagues. Don’t shut down Web access, including Facebook. You can’t. And it’s their life. Identify and eliminate ‘conversation gaps’ that destroy trust, and bureaucracy that [...]
by Jonathan Winter | posted 22.01.2011
Micro-blogging tools like Yammer are being used to reduce email overload, share knowledge and accelerate learning. Still sceptical? Here are 40 case studies and three benefits. Even more significant are feedback tools like Rypple. To find out more, log in to read McKinsey’s analysis
by Jonathan Winter | posted 7.12.2010
The past 15 years has seen an explosion of technology to automate work processes including communication (VOIP, telepresence) and management (e.g. online appraisal). The result has been an increase in speed and a decrease in costs. But “garbage in, garbage out” still applies. Technology itself will not provide the next productivity leap. For that, we [...]
by Jonathan Winter | posted 15.09.2010
What will the workplace of the future be like? Often the predictions have been wildly off-course: Multiple careers, free agency and tele-working were predicted years ago and yet most of us still work in traditional jobs. In fact, job security is more popular than ever. But now, it seems to me, things are changing faster. [...]