Publications
October 11, 2021
Weekly Report 21-73
WEEDING OUT MIDDLE-MANAGERS TO FLATTEN ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE & PAYROLL COSTS, a trend responsive to the pandemic, can indeed “make companies more agile, enable faster decision-making and trim costs. But keeping employees engaged has become an increasing challenge and, for many, a false Utopia, where the leadership vacuum becomes filled by informal hierarchies, with people lesser... Continue
October 11, 2021
Weekly Report 21-74
DISRUPTION OF ANY MARKET FOR PRODUCT OR SERVICES, by delivering greater efficiency, effectiveness & cost reduction, is now the risk which any businesses faces from Digitized Information (anything which can be represented in ones & zeros, making it easy to share, distribute & access). The capacity of most people to receive info on a small... Continue
October 1, 2021
Weekly Report 21-72
MOTIVATING WORKERS TO PERFORM OPTIMALLY is dependent on process and your personal expectations, but usually more a matter of compatibility with the employee’s values. Motivation is “a skill to create the three psychological needs for generating the vitality to thrive: choice, connection and competence.” When insufficient performance leads a manager/supervisor to ‘write up’ that person... Continue
September 29, 2021
Weekly Report 21-71
STRATEGIC PLANNING IS TYPICALLY A PROCESS OF “ALIGNING the (presumed & forecasted) external environment with internal capabilities, but developing strategy inside-out with a group of executives is likely to be more operational than strategic, more continue-as-before than innovative… The rapid face of change in business – shift to online, rise of start-ups, digital marketing, social... Continue
September 22, 2021