The group kolba has a great short post on organizational change and innovation: Five lessons in how (not) to set up an innovation … Setting up an innovation lab can be a bewildering experience. Our lab here in Armenia has been up and running for two years; during this time there’s been blood and tears but also our fair share … Read More
Seven Immutable Laws of Change Management
Gerry Riskin has a useful note from 2006 for Managing Partners of law firms and others interested in organizational change –Seven Immutable Laws of Change Management. The piece is useful to start thinking of the challenges of org design specific to law firms. Here is Law number one, click through on the links below to read more from Riskin. A … Read More
Culture Isn’t Costly: How to instill positive org culture
An article in from Arshad Chowdhury in Fast Company, about how to set positive & innovative organizational culture: ‘Culture Isn't Costly’. Chowdhury gives practical how-to’s for management of an organization about how to get the best out of people in your organization. Successful company culture can make the difference between a workplace people dread and one they brag about. You … Read More
Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch
Here is a Fast Company article on the importance of culture in organizational success — “Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch”. It’s by Shawn Parr. Get on a Southwest flight to anywhere, buy shoes from Zappos.com, pants from Nordstrom, groceries from Whole Foods, anything from Costco, a Starbucks espresso, or a Double-Double from In N’ Out, and you’ll get a taste … Read More
On implementing social-good-tech
I came across this video essay by Laura Walker Hudson, the CEO of TechChange, which houses the open source messaging system Frontline SMS. She speaks of her experience trying to implement scalable implementations of tech-for-good. She profiles why it’s so hard to get projects off the ground — from the complicated tech questions, to getting the human-centered design right, to … Read More