Transformation: Are you confusing the scaffolding with the building?
Situations evolve. Company cultures differ. You can’t take an approach to change that worked well in one company and think it’ll work exactly the same
Automation and culture go hand-in-hand
Whatever we call it – automation, digital transformation, Industry 4.0, digitalisation – the barriers are the same. Think of the global companies or business units
Productivity: have you got too many Elvis impersonators?
Working hours are up in 2020. No surprises there, as people commute less and work from home more. The average working day has gone up
For digitalization’s winners: culture is fundamental, technology is incremental
As of 2020, only a few global companies (26% according to a large recent study) have implemented digital strategies successfully. The list of failures is
Clear signs for success in a new global role
The path to the top is uneven. Look back on your career and I’ll bet the path you took isn’t exactly what you planned.
Feedback in global companies – four types and two to avoid
To keep global projects running smoothly, you pre-dominantly use two types of feedback: positive feedback and constructive feedback. That’s easy to say, hard to do
The real reasons to digitalize your processes
Evidence is emerging that the “big benefits of digitalisation” bubble is deflating. In a global survey of 2500 top managers, seven out of ten
Five ways to bounce back from a setback
In 1876, William Orton, the president of the Western Union decided not to pay $100,000 for Alexander Graham Bell’s patent for the telephone. Orton said
