From strategic planning to strategic discovery
Rod Collins | 13 Aug 2018
In today’s world, strategic planning based on the extrapolation of historical trends is a futile exercise. Instead, staying ahead of disruptive change depends on harnessing the power of collective intelligence.
Disaster equals energy plus misinformation
Janet Howd
In his seminal book on accidents and disasters, Barry A Turner observed that disasters almost always represent failures of intention and that a simple equation - “disaster equals energy plus misinformation” - can to help guard against catastrophic events.
On culture
Duane Dike
Cultures are complicated things: they tend to break down to innumerable sub-cultures like concentric rings. But that doesn’t stop us embracing simplistic cultural stereotypes, be they about nations or organizations.
Swerve and swarm
Max McKeown
You want to know the secret to winning in an age of uncertainty? It's to keep your future open. Planning never guarantees success. Only adaptation guarantees success. Success comes from being confident in your human ability to see opportunity, understand opportunity and grab opportunities.
Why power seekers give advice
Li Huang
Giving advice makes some people feel powerful because they feel that they have influence over others. But that connection with power means that it can also be dangerous.
The dual company
Rod Collins | 03 Jul 2018
In today’s world, strategic plans and once-successful business models can quickly become redundant. So how can companies sustain short-term profitability while building long-term innovation capability? One answer is to create a dual company.
I think, therefore I feel
Duane Dike
How many of us have said, “I’ve been so busy today I haven’t even had time to think?” If you haven’t had time to think, you haven’t had time to lead. Leading without thinking is leading into disaster.
Culture fit vs. authenticity
David Livermore
Authenticity - being yourself - can sometimes collide with organizational values. So how far should any of us be expected to give up our authentic preferences for the sake of an organizational purpose?
The Connected Manager
Are you hiding behind technology?
06 Aug 2018
We all get tired, rushed and overworked. And when we do, it's tempting to use technology as an excuse to take the easy way out by avoiding confrontation or uncomfortable conversations.
Earning attention on webinars
12 Jul 2018
I’m always being asked how to get people to pay attention during webinars. My answer is to ask a simple question: what are you doing to earn their attention?
Podcasts
Long Distance Leadership
What Matters
We talk to our old friend and long-time Management-Issues columnist, Wayne Turmel, about his book “The Long Distance Leader - Rules for Remarkable Long Distance Leadership”.
Hot Topics
Creativity & Innovation
Improve your personal creativity and help organizations do the same.
Customer Service
Because good service starts with good management.
Leadership
Have we learned anything new about leadership over the past few decades?
Team Building
How to put the "we" into a team.
The Change Challenge
Most change initiatives fail to deliver. Here's why.
Interviews
The geopolitics of the steppes
Jean-François Fiorina, Associate-Dean of Grenoble Ecole de Management, talks to Central Asian specialist, writer and explorer, René Cagnat, about the changing geopolitics of a vast region of the globe that is often overlooked.
It’s a fake! Countering the counterfeiters
Counterfeiting has become a global epidemic. Pierre Delval, one of the world’s leading authorities on counterfeiting, talks to Jean-François Fiorina, Associate-Dean of Grenoble Ecole de Management, about the scale of problem and the measures we need to take to combat it.