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Codified Ways of Working
An integrated, connected tooling ecosystem is needed to support strategy to execution I'll be honest. I've never been a big fan of tools....
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OKRs: a checklist
How good are your OKRs? Here is a set of questions to ask yourself to check to see how good your OKRs are. Overall: ☑️ Who is the...
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Biggest enabler to flow of value – Value Streams
One of the biggest blockers to flow of value in large organisations is from teams delivering and operating in functional silos. I have...
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Quarterly Cadence – a ninja move to create transparency, flow and focus
"Help! I don't know what work my team is working on. I can't see it in one place. I don't know who is working on what? My team is telling...
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Mitsubishi Electric: A 100-Year-Old Company in Digital Transformation
Faced with a rapidly evolving business landscape fueled by AI and faster cycles of product development, Mitsubishi Electric—a...
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Strategy Execution: 5 Themes From Industry Leaders
At Sooner Safer Happier we recently hosted cross-industry discussions between five global brands that are leaders in banking, aerospace,...
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New Podcast Episode! Ways of Working at ABSA with Nick Manterfield
Listen to the ways of working changes that ABSA has gone through as told by Nick Manterfield, CIO of Corporate Bank and Group Payments....
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New Podcast Episode! Squads, Tribes, Chapters and Guilds at Spotify. The origin story with Joakim Sundén.
Squads, Tribes, Chapters and Guilds at Spotify. The origin story with Joakim Sundén, someone who was in the room when deciding the...
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Strategy definition – how might we write our strategic choices in a way that we can execute? Outcomes and key results.
When we start to think about the shift from output to outcome, what we are really trying to drive is an unlock of value from initiatives,...
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New Podcast Episode! Ways of Working at Suncorp with Lauren Lance
Listen to Jonathan Smart's conversation with Lauren Lance, Executive General Manager Enterprise Delivery at Suncorp to find out more...
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What is BVSSH?
September 2015 was the last time that seven of the top ten firms by market value were not information technology firms. Fast forward...
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Demystifying strategy: From an elusive word to a muscle needed by everyone
Strategy is a word that is elusive. It has an air of mystery. It is a word that is thrown around a lot and with loose meaning. It is a...
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Future of ways of working - A story from the day-in-a-life of a VRO
Earlier this year, it occurred to me that we talk a lot of the problems that we need to solve when it comes to ways of working, but we...
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(6) From Steam to Steel
Andrew Carnegie, a key person in the third technology revolution, had a fascinating life, working in all of the first three technology-led
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New Podcast Episode! Ways of Working at UBS with Rob Berini
Listen to the ways of working changes that UBS has gone through as told by Rob Berini, MD and Head of Digital Enablement. It’s the Age of...
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(5) Introducing… the Organisation Chart!
This is the 5th blog post in the Organising for Outcomes series . It is helpful to understand where we’ve come from, how today’s ways of...
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(4) From Craft to Capitalism (Part 2)
In the previous post, nine key aspects of the First Industrial Revolution were listed. We're now going to take a closer look at each one of
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(3) From Craft to Capitalism (Part 1)
It’s 5:55am and a bell is ringing. Elizabeth just made it in through the tall, imposing factory gates before they close at 6am. The next tim
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(2) How We Got Here
This is the second blog post in the Organising for Outcomes series . It is helpful to understand where we have come from, to understand...
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(1) Organising for Outcomes
This is the first blog post in the Organising for Outcomes series . It is helpful to understand where we’ve come from, how today’s ways...
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