Is it time to put bureaucracy to bed? What has worked for businesses yesterday will most likely not work for businesses today or tomorrow. “Business is at crossroads and it’s time to focus on moments of truth, even if they’re uncomfortable truths” explained Gary Hamel, launching his new book What Matters Now: How to win in a world of relentless change, ferocious competition, and unstoppable innovation at London Business School. It is a time for businesses to adopt fundamental ideological changes to be able to sustain and compete within the marketplace. ... Continue Reading ...

It’s been an exciting year – economic turmoil in Europe, extraordinary growth in many of the developing countries, the rise of some companies and demise of others. What is clear is that we are in the midst of an industrial revolution greater than the world has ever seen with all the turbulence, the challenges and the opportunities that previous revolutions have brought. ... Continue Reading ...

There is a deep gulf between the sterile, one-way and almost Orwellian practices of the corporate IT network and the rapidly-evolving, chaotic organism of today’s Intranet.
What would it look like if the social world of Web 2.0 collided with the corporate Intranet? What would happen if information was disseminated from outside in, instead of inside out; from the people working on the front line?... Continue Reading ...

Last week in New York I was astounded to hear a business head from one of the multinationals, who - just off the flight from Shanghai – remarked that in her business right now, turnover rates for young people is approaching 80%.... Continue Reading ...

It has been a fascinating week. Sometimes the world seems to stand still – whilst other times it lurches forward at alarming speed. This has been a week when the world seems to have accelerated as we saw four of the trends we are watching in the Future of Work Research Consortium lurch forward. They are part of the portfolio of 32 trends we are tracking, and which we believe have the potential to significantly shape the world of work over the next two decades.... Continue Reading ...