11th April 2018
More and more companies are committing to innovation, as a mechanism for differentiation. A scenario of this kind requires companies to continue exploiting their traditional business, while exploring at the same time future possibilities for creating value. Accordingly, organizations must create environments that permit both approaches to coexist harmoniously. Often the day-today business life ends…
1st February 2018
1. Gartner Top 3 HR Insights for 2018 A focus on organizational culture, manager coaching and equitable pay will set the foundation for improved performance outcomes in 2018. Today’s disruptive workforce trends have caused a lot of upheaval. But amid challenges such as remote workers, shorter employee tenure and frequent team structure changes, real life has changed for…
24th January 2018
The year 2017 has been full of challenges in all areas. While it looks like the economy will bounce back, new circumstances are emerging that may bode for uncertainty in the future, like the one we have just gone through. To tackle this new future, companies must take a breather to reflect and analyse the…
10th January 2018
1. What do we mean by innovation? Today, the word innovation is on the lips of every executive or organizational leader, so often that it sounds like the latest fad of the moment or the promo item of the month. Conceivably for some companies, this is their reality: to say or to seek to be…
3rd January 2018
1. The Psychology of People Analytics By Tom Haak in Analytics in HR The attention to people analytics has increased enormously over the last few years. Many organizations have established people analytics teams, and several promising start-ups have developed software that can help HR with people analytics. The assumption is that if we have access…
28th December 2017
Discover here our best selection of articles of December 2017 1. Designing your office around the five senses. By Dr Marie Puybaraud Why human interaction matters more than ever in an age of digitisation. Have you ever wondered which features in your office directly stimulate the five senses? The view of the sky, the tinkling of a…
22nd November 2017
Time and time again we have highlighted the importance of and the need for digital transformation in today’s organizations. Clearly, the analysis of how and to what extent the company should be transformed digitally has become a must for business. Except knowing where we are headed isn’t enough, as the effort to reach it will…
13th September 2017
Times of change are times for leadership. Fairly stable scenarios are the ideal terrain for managers. There are scenarios where the priority is to tackle a drastic change in the environment; this is when organizations and society need leaders who redefine the rules of the game. However, in less turbulent circumstances, what companies need are…
6th September 2017
Design Thinking is a method for creative problem solving, based on understanding the in-depth needs of different stakeholder profiles and its goal is to generate solutions that bring value to all stakeholders. The most common applications focus on designing new products, services or business models. Apple, Airbnb, Starbucks, Nintendo, Nike and Google are leading companies…
30th August 2017
How to successfully work across countries, languages and cultures by Tsedal Neeley for Harvard Biz Review According to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report, the number of people in the global labor force will reach 3.5 billion by 2030 — and yet there will still be a shortage of skilled workers. The result is likely to be intensified global…