Tony's Toxic Workplace Survival Guide More and more people online have questions about how to survive a toxic workplace and toxic leadership. Here's a breakdown of some of the most common questions about those topics and my personal answers after leaving a very toxic workplace and a toxic boss suffering from a burn-out myself in 2011. Identifying the Toxin: Q: What are the warning signs of a toxic work environment? Tony: Watch out for excessive...
What Is Opportunity Based Organisational Design? Morning, when I finished my PHD on Business Administration and Knowledge Management in 2001 on 'Transformation of Financial Services Companies. How To Map And Measure Customer Value Created With Relationship Capital" (see the mockup above this blog), I proposed opportunity based organisational design as a way for large financial services companies including the large global corporate, the...
What Is Collaborative Change Management? Collaborative change management is a preferred way in many large organizations of implementing change in the organization by involving preferable all the people who will be affected by it. The idea is to get people on board with the change rather than simply telling them what to do. Here are some of the key benefits of collaborative change management: - Increased buy-in from all employees: When people...
What Is An AI-Powered Organizational Design? Hi, digitally transforming your current business ecosystem into an AI-powered business ecosystem in one of the most important critical successfactors for turning your company into an AI-Powered Company and to survive and thrive in the ai-powered economy and the new age of work. In order to be able to do that successfully, you need to 'open up the blackbox of the organizational design' and design and...
What Is Situational Change Management? It is interesting to see that managers have been learning situational leadership skills to improve their personal skills for decades, but that situational change management, also called context-sensitive change management, has never been on the agenda of traditional corporate thought leaders on developing change-ready people and change-ready organizations. Not even during serious external crises or fast...
Sacred Cows - Founding Succesful Startups In the world of startups, according to Kriegel and Brandt's "sacred cows" concept (see here), these are widely held beliefs about founding and growing a successful startup that may be hindering different types of innovation and hindering success in the current fast changing business environment. Here are some potential "sacred cows" to watch out for if you want to survive and thrive in the AI-powered...
AI And The Death Of The Large Dinosaurs Morning. In my Phd in 2001, 'Transformation of Financial Services Companies. How To Map and Measure Customer Value Created With Relationship Capital", I cited two professors from the Stern School of Business, Smith and Walter, in an article in the Financial Times regarding the fact that Internet technology made the arrival of new 'species' possible: high-tech startups. And also the opportunity for people...
Sacred Cows Make The Best Burgers - 28 Years Later In one of my all time favourite business classics, "Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers," published in 1996, Kriegel and Brandt argued that many companies cling to outdated practices and policies, hindering their ability to adapt. These "sacred cows" – entrenched ways of doing business – become obstacles to innovation and growth. The authors emphasized that 'success in today's fast-paced...
