The approach of September always seems to bring with it a quickening pace. But while people seem a little more focused, will they get more done? Business guru and author John Kotter believes there's still a lot of 'busyness' masquerading as true urgency -- not a...
A century ago, Henry Ford's idea of choice when it came to its Model T was "any colour, as long as it's black". Today, the customer calls the shots -- increasingly so, says best-selling author and strategy professor C K Prahalad. ...
It may be silly season, but the numbers on this survey are pretty alarming nonetheless: according to hospitality recruitment website Caterer.com, 66 per cent of 4,300 people it surveyed detest their current job and 43 per cent actively dread going to work every day. The hospitality sector's...
Laying out how Apple outstrips Facebook, Havas Media Lab's Umair Haque argues we should start thinking of platforms as markets, like Apple. "Apple took something terminally closed -- the mobile value chain -- and pried it radically open," he writes. In doing so, Apple...
A couple of tips: Candour's much to be admired. But our social upbringing teaches us the need of a little opacity, argues Stefan Stern in the FT. He's considering the merits of a new book, "Beyond Bullsh*t" by Samuel Culbert, a professor of management...
Author C K Prahalad sees a future where the customer really is king, and businesses will be able to offer individuals just about anything. It's all explained in his latest book, "The New Age of Innovation", as much a practical manual as a manifesto for change....
How is it that some companies seem to get so lucky? London Business School professor of strategy Freek Vermeulen discusses the importance of chance events to business in his podcast. Researching his study, "Fortune Favours the Prepared Firm", Vermeulen discovered that business success...
Lack of authority and an inability to see where their contribution fits into the big picture is leaving Generation Y, or Millennials, disengaged and disenchanted with work, according to a report by BlessingWhite. Surveying more than 7,500 people and interviewing 40 HR and line managers, the report...
BlessingWhite consultancy has some valuable tips on how managers can get themselves and their teams motivated. Reflect and recharge. Where are you on the engagement spectrum? You can't help your team if you're spinning out of control. Consider what matters to you. Then consider where the organisation...
There could be a serious spin to this: music can be a great tool in helping you focus on a task, as Jurgen Wolff explains. There may be a commentary about how art reflects the age in which it was made (in which case, expect 'The Bear Market Blues' any...
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