Category Archives: change

Why people are going mobile? The web is too slow.

Posted on May 22, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

Just as video killed the radio star, advertisements have killed the web. People are going mobile for all the reasons why the web used to be good before the developers and advertisers got a hold of it.  Back around 2000 … Continue reading →

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Public resignations do these change a corporate culture?

Posted on May 5, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

You chafe under an organisational hierarchy seemingly focused on the wrong goals, or behaviour, or even potentially criminal activity, and you dream that you can change it through a bold personal act.  For some, it will be a report to … Continue reading →

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Which is more difficult? To admit your mistakes or to admit someone else was right?

Posted on March 15, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

Perhaps the hardest thing to do at work (and in life) is to admit when someone is right, especially if you disagreed with them.  In many books on management and learning organizations, we hear about the need to admit when … Continue reading →

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What a photocopier tells you about your corporate culture

Posted on March 10, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

Many times leaders will ask themselves how they can tell the morale of their troops. Sure signs of bad morale are easy to spot. We see slumped shoulders, people looking at their shoes, people not picking up after themselves and … Continue reading →

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Is the future of work an aristocratic democracy?: Leo Strauss on Managment

Posted on February 26, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

Harold Jarche has a challenging post about the future of management and the future of work at his site: Enterprise 2.0 and Social Business are Hollow Shells without Democracy. Are the future of work and the future of management inherently … Continue reading →

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Reducing the Deficit: Leadership and the challenge of deficit thinking in management

Posted on February 11, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

One thing I have been noticed is how managers and leaders approach problems.  In a previous job, I had a couple of projects that were technically challenging and had to get sign off from a number of managers before being … Continue reading →

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Media response to a political crisis is different from business crisis: lessons for Microsoft

Posted on November 22, 2011 by lawrence serewicz

The difference between a political crisis and a business crisis, from a media response perspective might be small, but it is important.  The structure to a political crisis has a different focus and context. Politics is structured around wrestling in … Continue reading →

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Three reasons why Apple will disappear by 2020: What Machiavelli tells us about managing Apple’s future.

Posted on August 29, 2011 by lawrence serewicz

Apple is changing with Steven Jobs stepping down from his current CEO role to become Chairman of the Board.  In doing so, he presents Apple with a challenge and one that all companies have to face.  How do you replace … Continue reading →

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