Hacking HR to Build an Adaptability Advantage

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To cut through the complexities of an organisation and identify what needs to happen to help it adapt to its environment; clarity is key.  At a macro level clarity of purpose at an organisational level and cascaded throughout will enable individuals to understand the moving parts, how they contribute to...

By Kate Frain on June 5, 2022

People with energy, enthuasiasm, engagement, and the inclination to apply their ideas need access to resource and opportunity.

Often the challenges which most deeply concern the organization are bunkered away in the inner circle. Transparency is a great first step to - at least - enable visibility, but if we wish...

By Sean Schofield on June 4, 2022

In successful organisations it is not just the Management team that drives toward organisational objectives, it is the culture and psychological environment itself which collectively draws all its people towards achievement. Everything from pride in the brand-name to the security of knowing that grievance and disciplinary procedures are fair and...

If you want an organization to adapt, if you want people in an organization to adapt, you have to be able to communicate. It all seems so simple, communication, it 's as old as mankind but apparently we have forgotten the impact of it. So still many mistakes are made because...

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A mind that is closed to possibilities cannot even begin to adapt because it blocks any new or anomalous information that is the catalyst for change.

An emotional state that is protective/defensive cannot acknowledge it's "wrongness" and vulnerability and create a willingness to change.

A structure that is restrictive cannot...

Relationships between individuals and how power is distributed in a truly adaptable organisation needs a new paradigm.  Could a principle of subscription offer a new way of defining, working, relating and connecting?   Describing what I pledge in contribution against that which is offered in all relationships.  No contracts but...

By Julie Steel on May 29, 2022
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Most organizations control information in order to control decisions and people.  Yet developing the most prescient view of tomorrow’s threats and opportunities, or of today’s most pressing issues, requires open and uncensored decision-making processes that exploit the organization’s collective wisdom.  Moreover, organizations where employees lack the data to act quickly...