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Category Archives: management
Change your mind first to change your life
“Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” – George B. Shaw. The more I speak about the Fourth Revolution, the more I consult in the field of organizational change, the more I … Continue reading
The best change programs are simple and applied ruthlessly
Yourself or your organization needs a drastic change? How can you do that? Too many change gurus and consultants will engineer and recommend large, complex programs. Yes of course, you need to re-engineer processes, communicate, engage with people. My take: … Continue reading
100,000 people are ‘online game laborers’ today, and growing!
The Fourth Revolution also creates revenue opportunities for the citizens of emerging countries in more surprising ways than being service providers for commodity services that still require creativity and intellectual initiative. According to a World Bank report, the market of gaming-for-hire, … Continue reading
3 useful ideas for real entrepreneurs
Once in a while I see an interesting idea for entrepreneurs and I note it down – I sometimes lose its origin though. Here are some words of wisdom for the would-be entrepreneur. Funny enough they could also apply to … Continue reading
The under-rated power of Appreciative Inquiry
Have you heard about Appreciative Inquiry? It is certainly one of the most powerful coaching tools I know. It works extremely well in change situations – personal or organizational. What is it about? Often people and organizations know they have … Continue reading
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The corporate revolution is upon us!
The coming corporate revolution due to collaborative technology becomes mainstream. See for example this interesting article by Forbes “Social Power and the Coming Social Revolution”. Several examples in this paper show how consumers can influence company decisions, sometimes decisively. While … Continue reading
Open leadership – giving up control is inevitable
As the Fourth Revolution grows and spreads, giving up control is inevitable. Leaders cannot any more control everything that is being done in the organization. Organizations cannot control any more their market as they used to do (for example, spending … Continue reading
Video of the month: Gary Hamel on the future of management
In the following video, Gary Hamel, an influential business thinker, tackles the future of management, or how management needs to change to get out of the Industrial Age mindset. Watch the video: Gary Hamel on “Reinventing the Technology of Human … Continue reading
How long will corporations still be able to resist to internal social networks?
Lately the pressure increases dramatically for companies to setup internal social networks. Two main reasons for that: a lot of people can now access internet on their mobile, so that they can access Facebook and the like without being bothered … Continue reading
Establishing effective co-located teams is not in contradiction with the Fourth Revolution
There is a misunderstanding hanging around. The Fourth Revolution allows long-distance communication, the creation of networks and communities across incredible distances. Yet for the process of creativity to unfold, when something really challenging needs to be done, nothing can beat … Continue reading
Emotional work: where the value lies today
Today, in the Fourth Revolution, what is the value chain of human activities like? At the bottom is manual work. That’s worth almost nothing, because anybody can do it. Above that is intellectual work, in the sense of processing work … Continue reading
A sure way to retain your employees
As knowledge and development is today a major part of the compensation package, then the one and only way to retain your employees is to give them more of: knowledge and development! And you know what? That can be almost … Continue reading
Modern collaboration tools… going against the Fourth Revolution!
There is an amusing contradiction. We could think that all virtual collaboration tools should be bringing us toward the Fourth Revolution, into the Collaborative Age. On the contrary, some virtual tools do in fact keep us in the Industrial Age … Continue reading
How to measure the degree of bureaucracy of your organization
How bureaucratic is your organization? Here is the ultimate test. It’s fairly simple. It’s based on the fact that bureaucracy is the triumph of the means over the end. So, take the objectives of your organizations, of your department, or your personal … Continue reading
What motivates the K.E.E.N.?
There is a great video from Dan Pink about motivation: the surprising truth about what motivates us. It shows the incentive schemes of the Industrial Age corporation only work for mechanical skills. Once the task involves cognitive skill, rewards lead … Continue reading
The bureaucratic entanglement (final)
You can be super protected by a strong shell from predators. You can be an excellent swimmer. You can still get entangled in what you thought was the safety net of your procedures, processes, control systems. And then you cannot … Continue reading
The bureaucratic entanglement (part 2)
Bureaucracy is pervading our mindset so much that when we are faced with a problem, our first reaction is to add another layer of bureaucracy. Take the Enron scandal for example. What was the reaction? A book of new rules, … Continue reading
The bureaucratic entanglement (part 1)
Bureaucracy is stifling entrepreneurship. While it looks like rampant redtape is there for all the good reasons, it is stifling bureaucratic companies to death. Entangled in their procedures they will one by one topple over. Open, fluid organizations based on … Continue reading
The Institutions’ Revolutions – part 6 of the Manifesto is online!
Four Institutions will be deeply transformed – manufacturing, government and representative democracy, education and intellectual property. Find out how they will be transformed in part 6 of the Fourth Revolution Manifesto – now online. You can access the part VI … Continue reading
The organization Revolution – the part 5 of the Manifesto is online!
Organizations – the core value producing institutions of the Industrial Age – will be fundamentally transformed. They will become OPEN and FLUID. Discover the new philosophy of organizations and how it will transform the world in part 5 of the … Continue reading