The Google way

03Dec09

I guess Google wouldn’t be Google if they didn’t have their own typical Google way of dealing with undesired turnover. Note: undesired turnover = employees leaving the company while the company does not want these employees to leave.


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Net@work

28Nov09

I recently discovered the intriguing work of Karen Stephenson about networks in organizations. This article describes her Quantum Theory of Trust. Really worth a read. And really worth a think about your own network, your organization’s networks and your role in all these networks.


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No words

26Nov09

After a very long break from this blog, I still don’t have many words for you, just this 30-minute long documentary


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Pulling a dead horse

17Jul09

Changing the culture of a company, business unit, department or team is one of the most challenging aspects of a manager’s life. Trying to change the behaviour, mindset and attitude of people who do not see why they need to do so (and why would they?), will certainly make any leader feel like s/he is pulling a dead horse.

I found some great insights on how to turn a dead horse into a feather on Peter Bregman’s blog post A Good Way to Change A Corporate Culture:

To start a culture change all we need to do is two simple things:

  1. Do dramatic story-worthy things that represent the culture we want to create. Then let other people tell stories about it.
  2. Find other people who do story-worthy things that represent the culture we want to create. Then tell stories about them.

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Leadership is all about the V-I-M thing

12Jul09


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