What is a ‘High Reliability Organization’? In my last briefing, 10 Reasons Why You Should Think About Recession, I introduced the term ‘High Reliability Organization’. This of course raises a question ‘Just what exactly is a high reliability organization?’ That’s the question that I would like to quickly address here […]
In a recent LinkedIn Pulse article I answered the question ‘Can my organization live forever?’ It’s a really relevant question as the life expectancy of many organisations is limited – only around 0.1% – yes – 0.1% – of businesses live beyond the age of 40! Avoiding a premature corporate […]
Your biggest enemy? Fear is the enemy of innovation – that is the very big message from the latest research[1]. If you want to develop an innovative, far-sighted business, then you have to be aware of the two types of fear that could destroy your vision, your organisation’s innovation efforts […]
We all know what groupthink is. Those decisions that are made within the closed confines of a well-established and cohesive teams. Decisions that appear perfectly rational to the decision-making team, but when implemented have disastrous results. The problem is that the destructive grip of groupthink can spread outside small decision-making […]
In this LinkedIn Pulse article I question the robustness of many of the popular assumptions that under-pin globalization and business strategy – from the ongoing rise of social media through to the stability of a connected world. I also provide ideas that you can work through with your management team to […]
It’s all too common to assume that innovation barriers exist within the structure of our organizations. Or even in the skills our staff possess. These are common areas that many leaders will look at when they start the process of building innovation capabilities in their organizatons. Yes, you will find […]
Download a pdf version here Overview Frequently we become so busy, so absorbed by our day to day work that we forget to ensure that our organization has a clear and well communicated purpose. Yet research tells us that a clear and widely understood ‘purpose’ is the hallmark of a […]
The news that the once ubiquitous Blackberry – the makers of the ‘phone that everyone just had to have – has put itself up for sale, is another stark reminder that success can bring its very real and unwelcome problems. Blackberry, formerly Research In Motion, is the latest in a line up of […]
Are there lessons for managers and business leaders from Kim Jong Un? Well, yes there are in a roundabout way. I cut my teeth, a couple of decades ago, on managing change by leading a new IT project that would revolutionise the way that the organisation worked. It would enable […]
The news that Research in Motion (RIM) is suffering from declining revenues and that Apple might have peaked remind us of the organizational life-cycle. The organizational life-cycle is a little used management tool, but it could be the most powerful that business leaders deploy. There is a lot of research […]
