Coordinating change
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 4, 2006 10:48:00 AM
Changing people in an organisation can become a battlefield. With, often, a change team or department (also known as Organisational Design, Strategy, etc), Human Resources, Training and Development (also known as Leadership these days) and Communications all staking out territories an …
The story that never ends
by Tony Quinlan on Aug 31, 2006 4:24:00 PM
I don’t really believe all the talk of change fatigue I hear. Oh, I don’t deny that some people get tired of constant change programmes running, but that’s a different thing altogether. (I also don’t agree with that old change management cliche "No-one likes change except a baby with …
Marketing isn’t quite a story
by Tony Quinlan on Aug 18, 2006 10:00:00 AM
I notice that Seth Godin’s talking about marketing as storytelling again over at Guy Kawasaki’s Signum sine tinnitu in this post: Ten Questions with Seth Godin
The Scottish PC legend
by Tony Quinlan on Aug 14, 2006 9:02:00 PM
Happy birthday the PC – 25 years old. Back in 1995, when I first started looking at stories and narrative in change contexts, I was working at IBM’s manufacturing site in Greenock, Scotland. At the time, it was manufacturing all the PCs for Europe, Middle East and Africa. The site had …
Engagement isn’t a strategy
by Tony Quinlan on Aug 11, 2006 10:21:00 AM
Spare us from this stuff. Please. The Institute of Directors is planning a conference The IoD Leadership Series – Part I: Developing Dynamic ‘People Strategies’: The Foundation of Successful Business
Bigenders, little-enders, egg-eaters and body-builders
by Tony Quinlan on Aug 2, 2006 10:35:00 AM
This comes as an ongoing relief. There are places (still!) where communications tools are debated and discussed and practitioners are concerned with online vs offline tools – the modern PR equivalent of Lilliput vs Blefescu (the islands that argued over whether to eat eggs big end fir …
Pay attention
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 24, 2006 10:35:00 AM
Where do you direct people’s attention in your organisation? What are the overriding figures and measurements you use? and why don’t they see more than just those?
Mirror neurons
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 21, 2006 6:10:00 PM
New evidence indicates clues about the source of empathy – mirror neurons.
Process vs innovation, rational thought vs cognitive patterns
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 19, 2006 10:06:00 AM
For a very limited time, McKinsey has The McKinsey Quarterly: The adaptable corporation available to read and download for readers of their Strategy newsletter. It’s a good piece, and highlights some key points that many modern organisations are not just failing at, but actively obstr …
Organisational change from a brain perspective
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 17, 2006 10:57:00 AM
I loved this article in a recent edition of strategy+business.
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