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Wall Street Journal: The End of Management
Wall Street Journal: The End of Management
Can the 20th-century corporation evolve into this new, 21st-century organization? It won’t be easy. The “innovator’s dilemma” applies to management, as well as technology. But the time has come to find out. The old methods won’t last much longer.
Harvard Business Review: The Hireless Recovery
Posted by admin in cost-cutting, employees, relevance on July 27th, 2010
Harvard Business Review: The Hireless Recovery
Executives and entrepreneurs aren’t asking “Who should we hire?” They’re asking, “Why should we hire?” World-class firms are still looking for world-class people. But when world-class people aren’t what’s needed, world-class firms will consider world-class alternatives. Most people looking for a job today aren’t competing against each other. They’re competing against alternative ways to getting that job done.
Broadband Breakfast: The White House Wants to Make Work Cool Again
Posted by admin in Uncategorized, relevance, remote work, telework, workplace, workshifting on April 6th, 2010
Broadband Breakfast: The White House Wants to Make Work Cool Again
Introduced as the Teleworker-In-Chief, President Obama described workplace flexibility as essential to the well-being of our families and the success of our businesses. “It affects the strength of our economy—whether we’ll create the workplaces and jobs of the future we need to compete in today’s global economy.” The call for flexible employment opportunities couldn’t have been more clear.
Soapbox Media: Redefining the workplace
Posted by admin in collaboration, office space, relevance on February 9th, 2010
Soapbox Media: Redefining the workplace
Do office cubicals create a productive work environment? A couple of Cincinnati companies don’t think so. In fact, one organization laid out a cube farm in its original office space, and, over time, realized that many creative ideas got trapped inside these cubes. The bottom line, although not explicitly stated to me, cubes carried a high opportunity cost. They had to go. And along with them, a number of other office artifacts considered “conventional.”
OC Register (Blog): Next corporate dinasaur: Office leases?
Posted by admin in cost-cutting, office space, relevance on January 26th, 2010
OC Register (Blog): Next corporate dinasaur: Office leases?
Who’d be buying office space today? Well, one company– TechSpace Holdings — just bought an LA office building (it already owned in Aliso Viejo) for its burgeoning business of flexible renting to companies that don’t want to commit to long-term office leases. Victor Memenas, chief operating officer, explains …
Business Week: How to Not Go Out of Business
Business Week: How to Not Go Out of Business
Maintaining relevance is essential in every industry. As long as competition thrives and technology continues its relentless march forward, companies that don’t evolve are destined for extinction. The good news is that innovation doesn’t always have to be radical. Apple (AAPL) is a company that knows how to stay relevant. As a result, it keeps me a loyal Apple customer.