Hacking HR to Build an Adaptability Advantage

There is a vast amoint of books or articles to read to get informed and stay on the edge of what you do. No one can read them all. Plus, external information is a great way to stay up to date with your knowledge and remain adaptative. Public libraries are...

Create a forum where questions can be asked, where the past can be challenged, where ingenuous remarks are seen as valuable contributions to think in an innovative way

Listen to the ones who bring you a fresh view because they are coming from another company, another level of hierarchy or...

Bosses aka “the man” frequently blur the line of sight to the customer forcing people to choose between meeting the needs of the boss or the customer. The fact that the boss doles out reward [raises, good evaluation, promotion etc.] and punishment [poor assignments, no raise or even firing] based...

Open feedback, as Michele Zanini presented in his hack on 360 feedback, is essential for an adaptable organisation. I would like to suggest a further move into the core of strategic adaptability by inviting all employees to evaluate the strategy as such.

We actually did this some years ago in...