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The World’s Most Toxic Culture?

5 July, 2018 by James Lawther 4 Comments

The Four Pests

Organisational culture If you have been reading this blog for a while you will have noticed that I am a caught in a repeating loop.  The human equivalent of a stuck record. I write about organisational improvement.  There are lots of fascinating advances in technology, management thinking and other whiz-bang solutions that I could pontificate […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: blame, command and control, culture, human nature, incentives, management style, rhetoric, targets

People Trump Technology

20 May, 2018 by James Lawther 1 Comment

Tibetan Monk

Poverty Nepal is one of the 30 poorest countries in the world.  In the fiscal year 2015-6, the average weekly income was 1,556 Nepalese Rupees. That’s about £10.50. Agriculture forms the base of the economy. Two-thirds of the population make their living from farming.  The industrial and commercial sectors are also based on agriculture; processing […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: automation, collaboration, human nature, systems thinking

Why Change Fails

12 May, 2018 by Rebekah Villon Leave a Comment

Change

The need for change There is lots of pressure on companies to be nimble, to innovate, and to change. Yet these directives fail time and again. This has lead to widespread puzzlement and a host of research and articles analysing why: Changes fail Giant companies fail Innovation fails This analysis offers powerful insights into the […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: human nature, reinforcing behaviour

Can You Change Corporate Culture?

30 April, 2018 by James Lawther 1 Comment

corporate culture

Corporate culture is stable It develops over time, employees self select to be part of it, which in turn reinforces it. Or at least Jeff Bezos thinks so A word about corporate cultures: for better or for worse, they are enduring, stable, hard to change. They can be a source of advantage or disadvantage. You […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: culture, management style

The Three Sources of Influence

21 April, 2018 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Influence

Transformation transfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n NOUN – A marked change in the form, nature, appearance or character of something or someone, especially so that that thing or person is improved. The world is talking about transformation — it is the word of the moment.  Everybody wants some of it… So how do you create organisational transformation?  It is […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: influence, leadership

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