The Importance Of Culture on Your Digital Transformation
With the ubiquity, pervasiveness and media hype around technology’s impact on our lives, it would be easy to suggest that we’re being swept forward in blissful euphoria toward a bright and shiny tech-enabled future. That would be overly simplistic and a little naïve. Specters like automation, privacy, government surveillance and black hat hacking suggest, amongst this […]
Corporate Culture : What’s All The Fuss About?
I never cease to be amazed at how certain topics or frameworks enter the business lexicon merchandised as “The Next Big Thing”. We’ve all seen how that pendulum has swung backwards and forwards from concepts like Total Quality, Lean, Six Sigma, Purpose, Blue Ocean, NPS, Employee Engagement and so on. Each concept has had its […]
How To Determine If Your Organizational Culture Is Building Your Brand
Nurturing an organizational culture where employees live the passion of the brand is one of the crucial tasks on which a leadership team must focus its efforts to build a strong brand and business. When the culture of an organization is coherent with the brand’s purpose and values it becomes the “glue” for unifying the […]
Culture, Strategy & The Turmoil of M&A
Another week. Another deluge of press releases announcing another mega-merger. This time between Heinz and Kraft. Inevitably the press releases read like a playbook of PR buzzword bingo. Synergies Complementary competencies Economies of scale And the phrase so beloved of Wall Street analysts….Efficiencies. Efficiencies. Such a benign word in print. Not so benign if you’re […]