Is your organisation stuck in the industrial era?
February 26th, 2015 | by Jonathan Gifford
Is your organisation stuck in the industrial era? Find out now by taking our quick, twenty-question How Steam Are
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The 25 golden rules of rubbish management
December 12th, 2014 | by Jonathan Gifford
I have been observing managers, and was for a long time managed by managers, for more years than I
Status stress: the perfect way to destroy creativity at work
October 18th, 2014 | by Jonathan Gifford
Are you ever stressed at work? That was a trick question. We are all stressed at work, in ways
Maverick! Ricardo Semler’s 10 democratic changes at Semco
January 31st, 2014 | by Jonathan Gifford
In my previous blogs, I have given some background to the story of Ricardo Semler, who took over the Brazilian
Anarchy in the workplace: in praise of self-organisation
January 31st, 2014 | by Jonathan Gifford
In my earlier blog, Ricardo Semler, Maverick: organisational democracy or anarchy? or I said that I didn’t believe that ‘democracy’
Ricardo Semler, Maverick: organisational democracy or anarchy?
January 30th, 2014 | by Jonathan Gifford
If you are interested, as I am, in how we can drag the organisation out of the old, nineteenth-century,
The five essential characteristics of all great entrepreneurs
October 2nd, 2013 | by Jonathan Gifford
What are the 5 key characteristics of every great entrepreneur? Or possibly six (see below). Well, I’m afraid that,
Forging strategic partnerships – Apple strikes deal with Microsoft
January 13th, 2012 | by Jonathan Gifford
The very real animosity that existed for so many years between Apple and Microsoft, both at an organisational level
Giving colleagues reasons to be proud: the Greg Dyke Way
March 30th, 2011 | by Jonathan Gifford
In an earlier blog Greg Dyke and John Birt: lessons in leadership I explored the dramatic difference in leadership
Louis Gerstner’s vision for IBM: the customer is always right
February 7th, 2011 | by Jonathan Gifford
In my blog ‘Gerstner and the IBM turnaround: vision or execution’, I wrote about the life-threatening hole that IBM-
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