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Remote working – Organisational Structure and Productivity

The whole business world is in a state of flux when it comes to remote working, some want to return to how the office was pre-pandemic, others want to maximise the opportunity of removing dead wood and utilising the massive savings of having a (semi) remote (and flexible) workforce. But…

peter abrahamJune 22, 2021

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Agile Planning Cadence

In Building the Agile Business we discussed pace layering as a way to understand agile planning and the different cadence at which elements of an organisation change. In Agile Transformation I took this further into how to link organisational strategy (which changes more slowly) through to adaptive execution (which is…

Neil PerkinJanuary 27, 2020

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The Thermocline of Transformation

A thermocline is such a great metaphor for so many things. In the world's oceans (and indeed lakes) a thermocline is the transition layer between the warmer water near the ocean surface and the much colder water that exists deeper in the seas. Rather than there being a gradual lowering…

Neil PerkinSeptember 9, 2019

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Fixed and Growth Leadership

Stanford Psychologist Carol Dweck's concept of fixed and growth mindsets is just a brilliant way of expressing some of the leadership attributes that are most essential in modern, agile businesses. We touch on it briefly in the book, but it's worth exploring further. There are, says Carol (in ‘Mindset: The New Psychology…

Neil PerkinSeptember 3, 2018

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In Order to Scale You Have to do Things That Don’t Scale

Large organisations are pretty obsessed with scale, and naturally so in many instances. Ideas need to have big potential impact, returns need to be sizeable, programmes and projects need to work robustly across large numbers of employees or customers. It's an inherent part of the mindset. But what happens when you…

Neil PerkinAugust 9, 2018

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Remote working – Organisational Structure and Productivity

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