Tag: Management
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I can do it. Value & Leadership Competencies
PEOPLE & ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Developing the long-term capabilities of others and the organisation as a whole, and finding satisfaction in influencing or even transforming someone’s life or career. (Ross Dawson – Supporting business ecosystems, workforce change) TEAM LEADERSHIP: Focusing, aligning and building effective groups both within one’s immediate organisation and … Continue Reading I can do it. Value & Leadership Competencies
We can work it out. Dealing with difficult people
From Evernote, using the memory of the less good days of the CBK for a better result. Don’t hide – face it. Don’t let anxiety chew you up. Initiate contact to accelerate tension reduction. Change ‘who is in charge’ – disarm them by taking control of the situation or at least your … Continue Reading We can work it out. Dealing with difficult people
007. Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits
Put first things first Seek first to understand… Synergise Sharpen the saw Be proactive Begin with the end in mind Think Win Win
Giving it all away. Good delegation
Recovered from Evernote, notes I made an eon ago: 1. Set the job parameters 2. Select your delegate 3. Explain the work 4. Advise the rest of the team 5. Follow up on check points/deadlines regularly 6. Assess the completed work – don’t expect it to be perfect straight off In … Continue Reading Giving it all away. Good delegation
Rebel in me. When managers rebel
Working at the factory. Iterative manufacturing
‘Capitalizing on the power of microfactories and the crowd, we may be able increase the speed and scope of innovation in manufacturing. Instead of investing our energy in just a few ideas, maybe we’ll eventually test hundreds or more. And in the process, who knows what genius designs we’ll find?’ How Microfactories … Continue Reading Working at the factory. Iterative manufacturing
Ball of confusion. Navigating the new norm of disruption
Attributed to Ajay Bhatia, Chief Information Officer at Carsales.com.au, Navigating the new norm of disruption has been useful in helping think about what outlooks and behaviours are giving me grief working with some colleagues. I hadn’t realised how big a disconnect existed between two groups. It’s not important here who … Continue Reading Ball of confusion. Navigating the new norm of disruption
Yoshimi battles the pink robots. Automation is so yesterday
Automation is so yesterday Thomas H. Davenport In 2011, Foxconn Technology Group (iPhone and iPad and assemblers) said they’d deploy a million robots within three years. CEO Terry Gou believed the robots would replace a million workers. In 2015, Foxconn has about 50,000 robots installed, and still employs a million … Continue Reading Yoshimi battles the pink robots. Automation is so yesterday
Trains, brains and rain. Disruptive, whole-systems strategy
As Cure Brain Cancer moves from ‘start up’ to ‘scale up’, CEO Catherine Stace talks through the success of our disruptive, whole-systems strategy. Catherine Stace on LinkedIn
Working in the coalmine. About to slip down
CSIRO report: Tomorrow’s Digitally Enabled Workforce This 112 page (plus research appendices) report examines plausible futures for jobs and employment markets in Australia over the coming twenty years. Whilst Australia’s workforce is continually changing the current period in history is characterised by a combination of forces likely to be associated … Continue Reading Working in the coalmine. About to slip down
Working man blues. Jobs and automation
‘Workers always lose. Economics always wins.’ University of Technology Sydney Vice Chancellor Attila Brungs referenced a video at a conference I attended last year. Humans need not apply doesn’t need much of an introduction but it does flesh out more of the ideas, opportunities and threats inherent in automation, especially … Continue Reading Working man blues. Jobs and automation
This is the 21st century. Jobs and automation
Two recent videos compel me to comment on emerging angst (not just mine) over the future of work. The first is a short film, The last job on Earth, and the second, a call to action by Annalie Killian, founder of the Amplify Festival, on the need to rediscover the … Continue Reading This is the 21st century. Jobs and automation
