2022-04-28 13:14
In this tenth video of the series Leaders for Humanity, hosts Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt interview Hari Tsoukas, renowned scholar and teacher, long-time Chief Editor of Organization S… Read More
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2022-04-25 11:14
In this eighth video of the series Leaders for Humanity, hosts Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt interview Blaine Fowers, renowned psychologist, virtue theorist and philosopher, recipient of… Read More
2022-04-14 13:12
In this seventh video of the series Leaders for Humanity, hosts Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt interview Bruno Frey, one of the most cited economists in Europe, Research Director of CREMA… Read More
2022-04-07 13:12
In this sixth video of the series Leaders for Humanity, hosts Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt interview Alejo Sison, a renowned writer, speaker, teacher and thought leader on virtues and b… Read More
2022-03-31 13:12
In this fifth video of the series Leaders for Humanity, hosts Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt interviewCarol Sanford, a global bestselling author, renowned thought leader, challenging thin… Read More
2022-03-25 12:19
I’ve recently had the pleasure of speaking about The Intentional Organisation with Carlo Marchesi, host of the podcast #ArchitettidiContesti. A great time spent discussing the concep… Read More
2022-03-24 14:12
In this fourth video of the series Leaders for Humanity, hosts Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt interview Alicia Hennig, a well-known expert of eastern philosophy and outspoken critic of mo… Read More
2022-03-21 06:00
My interview on the current employment situation in RussiaI have been interviewed by the HR Policy Association on a few information related to the current situation of employment in Russia… Read More
2022-03-20 14:12
In this third video of the series Leaders for Humanity, hosts Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt interview Stefano Zamagni, renowned and highly awarded Italian Economist, writer and teacher… Read More
Rise! How HR Can Lead The Organization Through The Current Humanitarian Crisis In Ukraine And Beyond
2022-03-19 14:52
How can HR support in the current Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine?On March 17th Prof. Dave Ulrich conducted a webinar together with Wendy Ulrich, with a panel that I joined t… Read More
2022-03-08 16:07
8th of March is International Women’s Day. I tend to agree with those that say that women should not be celebrated one day per year. The fight against discrimination needs to happen ev… Read More
2022-02-28 12:00
One of the most interesting metaphors derived from Software Development into organisation design is Debt. The concept of Technical Debt was first introduced by Ward Cunningham in 1992 when h… Read More
2022-02-27 16:48
On February 24th, Russia’s Armed Forces have started a land invasion of Ukraine. An event we all would think should have been limited to History Books referring to the last century, is… Read More
2022-02-24 18:27
In this second video of the series Leaders for Humanity, hosts Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt interview professor Margit Osterloh from the University of Zurich around the concept of Virtu… Read More
2022-02-21 18:19
The Urgent Case for Rebalancing Society: Hoping for The Best Is Not A Strategy! is the first interview in the series Leaders for Humanity, created and co-hosted by: Antoinette Weibel and O… Read More
2022-02-21 14:19
Many years ago, Melvin Conway observed that the way organisations are structured impacts any system they create. In his article How Do Committees Invent (Conway, 1968), he wrote:
Any orga… Read More
2022-01-14 12:00
Empathy is a topic that is often associated as a virtue of many poems, and it should not be a surprise to find this aspect treated in one of Strickland Gillilan‘s poems. This American… Read More
2022-01-07 12:00
One of the most famous poems in English-speaking literature, If has become a milestone in worldwide poetry, and a reference point for generations of readers. In it, Kipling has been able to… Read More
2021-12-31 12:00
Will is a poem by American poetess Ella Wheeler Wilcox, famous for the collection Poems and Passion in which the famous quote “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep… Read More
2021-12-24 12:30
Harlem, also often known also as Dream Deferred, is a famous poem by Langston Huges, an American writer and social-rights activist. The poem is part of the poem suite Montage of a Dream Defe… Read More
2021-12-21 08:45
I decided to allow myself a great end-of-year present (and probably an even better start in year 2022). For the past years, I’ve always had the opportunity to pursue a mentoring arrang… Read More
2021-12-19 09:30
Ecosystem is the eighth building block of the Organisation Evolution Framework, and is the last element we will explore. This article will be different than the other in this series, because… Read More
2021-12-17 12:00
Thinking is a very well known poem which appeared in 1905 in a collection by Unity Tract Society. Remarkably little is known about its author, Walter D. Wintle, except that he lived in the l… Read More
2021-12-13 10:49
Purpose is the sixth element in the Organisation Evolution Framework. It’s the third “soft” component with Leadership and Corporate Culture, and is also the more complex to… Read More
2021-12-10 09:00
Published in 1895, The Inevitable is one of the most significative poems by American writer Sarah Knowles Bolton, also serving as title of her last poetry collection 1895. The author was a s… Read More
2021-12-03 12:00
This poem was first published in 1891 by Irish poet John Boyle O’Reilly, and is often cited for its description of habits, and how easy it is to get dragged by bad habits across one&rs&hell…Read More
2021-11-30 12:04
Last week I’ve had the chance to give a short presentation to a class of students of the MSc in Management of Human Resources of the University of Milan, invited by prof. Luca Solari… Read More
2021-10-10 16:01
The recent news that Giorgio Parisi has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, has driven a lot of attention of one of his research fields: making sense out of chaos. He has particularly… Read More
2021-04-14 13:00
This 1849 poem by Alice Cary is widely quoted, especially for the line “For he who is honest is noble“. Nobility is a relevant topic in a moment where the United States consolida… Read More
2020-12-23 00:00
East Coker is the second poem of T. S. Eliot‘s 1943 book Four Quartets, one of the pillar books of this great poet. Its key messages are around the need for human beings, and… Read More
2020-12-20 17:10
On December 18th I took part in an online webinar organised by Boundaryless, as part of a cycle of meetings to support the new White Paper published by Simone Cicero and the team on New Fo… Read More
2020-12-16 00:00
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is a powerful poem by Maya Angelou, the renowned US poet and civil rights activist who died in 2014. This poetry is famous for its intimate description of fre… Read More
2020-12-09 06:00
What Work is, is a poem by Philip Levine, an American poet often considered the poetic voice of the American working class. It is part of a collection by the same title, where the author has… Read More
2020-12-05 07:00
Dancing Bears by Polish journalist Witold Szablowski is one of those “serendipity” reads that comes by as a reference from another book. I found it mentioned in&nb&hell…Read More
2020-12-02 06:00
The Road Not Taken is a poem by Robert Frost that looks at the inevitability of choices and the fact that everyone has to follow its own path. Yet, there is also an irony into this: by choos… Read More
2020-11-29 14:16
The Tyranny of Merit is the latest book by Michael J. Sandel, an American Political Philosopher known for his address on the issue of Justice. I encountered this book as I was working on my… Read More
2020-11-26 06:44
Corporate Culture is the sixth component of the Organisation Evolution Framework. It’s the second of the “soft” elements after Leadership, and probably one of the most… Read More
2020-11-25 06:00
Poetry is a poem by Marianne Moore, which reveals the profound sense of poetry as a place for the genuine. Can poetic reflection push us to be more authentic? In great part, this is the reas… Read More
2020-11-23 17:20
What is the role of an HR Business Partner? What is the ideal career path to becoming one?What is the difference between an HR Generalist and an HRBP?How do you ensure a real partnership wit… Read More
2020-11-22 15:44
Work: The Last 1,000 Years is a book by Prof Andrea Komlosy from the University of Vienna. Despite the echo of a handbook like an experiment from the title and the cover, this book is a true… Read More
2020-11-18 06:00
The Thought Fox is a poem by Ted Hughes on the process of creativity in the work of a poet. An important lesson on the role of disciplined creativity. Written in 1957, it represents a very p… Read More
2020-11-17 16:24
Work. A History of How We Spend Our Time is a very recent book by James Suzman, a British anthropologist and photographer who has derived much of his expertise from spending time in the Kala… Read More
2020-11-11 06:00
I Keep Six Honest Serving Men is a short poem by Rudyard Kipling, that deals with curiosity and the sense of wonder that children have. Asking Questions is all about the focus of this poetry… Read More
2020-11-04 06:00
No Leaders Please is a short poem by Charles Bukowski, that talks of change and conformity, and the need always to reinvent yourself as an individual. A powerful message, especially consider… Read More
2020-11-03 06:00
The Infinite Leader by Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren is a book that focuses on the failure of current leadership models, and propose a new alternative way of seeing Leadership as a balancin… Read More
2020-11-01 07:51
Our Ultimate Quest for the Meaning of Work has started with a Brief History of Work, where I tried to analyse the evolution of the meaning of work across time. I have then explored… Read More
2020-10-31 00:00
How to Survive the Organizational Revolution is a recent book by Ard-Pieter de Man, who is professor of management studies at VU Amsterdam plus Pieter Koene and Martijn Ars, both working in… Read More
2020-10-28 06:00
Basecamp is a clear example of Intentional Organisation. As with the Netflix Case Study, I have decided to start writing about a few organisations as examples of the Intentional organisation… Read More
2020-10-26 10:04
Last week I have been invited to participate in a lesson at the Universität St.Gallen (HSG) by prof. Antoinette Weibel, where I presented, for the first time, a short version of the inv… Read More
2020-10-26 06:00
It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work was written already two years ago by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the two minds behind Basecamp. I have already reviewed their book ReW… Read More
2020-10-25 09:00
Our Ultimate Quest for the Meaning of Work has started with a Brief History of Work, where I tried to analyse the evolution of the meaning of work across time. I have then explored… Read More
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2020-10-24 06:00
I’ve decided to make available what I read across the week, not only through social sharing (usually available on both Twitter and LinkedIn) but also by creating a number of Links coll… Read More
2020-10-21 13:18
Curated News on Work as Job is my ever-developing collection of articles and news on the topic of Work as Job, that I collect through my readings across the web. Work as Job is one of the ma… Read More
2020-10-21 13:18
Curated News on Diversity and Inclusion is my ever-developing collection of articles and news on the topic of Diversity, that I collect through my readings across the web. Through this page… Read More
2020-10-21 13:18
Curated News on Organisation Design is my ever-developing collection of articles and news on the topic of Organisation Design, that I collect through my readings across the web. Through this… Read More
2020-10-21 13:18
Curated News on Work as Personal Realisation is my ever-developing collection of articles and news on the topic of Work as Personal Realisation, that I collect through my readings across the… Read More
2020-10-21 13:17
Curated News on Leadership is my ever-developing collection of articles and news on the topic of Leadership, that I collect through my readings across the web. Through this page, you will be… Read More
2020-10-20 12:28
The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change is a fascinating take on the concept of Job and Employment in the United States by journalist Ellen Ruppell Shell. The jour… Read More
2020-10-18 06:23
Our Ultimate Quest for the Meaning of started with a Brief History of Work, where I tried to analyse the evolution of the meaning of work across time, with a specific focus on… Read More
2020-10-14 05:00
Uncharted, by Margaret Heffernan, is a book that, while reading, seems to be drained by its own content. The great narrative makes this a quick and entertaining read, the structure, however… Read More
2020-10-12 05:00
One of the exciting development of recent years is the appearance of several truly high-quality newsletters. Instead of just providing a digest of existing content, many writers give truly o… Read More
2020-10-11 07:00
Our Ultimate Quest for the Meaning of Work has started with a Brief History of Work, where I tried to analyse the evolution of the meaning of Work across time, with a specific… Read More
2020-10-05 05:00
The Ultimate Quest for the Meaning of Work cannot avoid looking into the depths of our History. In this first post of the series, I will try to give a quick overview of how the con… Read More
2020-10-04 12:36
What is the Meaning of Work? I guess many of us have been raising this question over time. I have just recently celebrated my 20th anniversary of working, yet the true meaning of work can be… Read More
2020-10-01 14:00
Dear Friend, Dear Reader, Dear Casual Visitor,
We always celebrate birthdays and some anniversaries. But do you all recall your first day at work?
I have to say that I’ve had man… Read More
2020-09-29 05:00
Team of Teams is a book that is built with the army’s rigour. Written by former US Army General Stanley McChrystal together with Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chriss Fussell… Read More
2020-09-28 05:00
People Analytics is one of the most important topics in the development of HR through the Digital Age. The capability to extract sense from big data, and be able to anticipate future needs a… Read More
2020-09-23 05:00
Organisation Design is Architecture Design might be a bold title. The sentence is not mine and is a quote by Allan Kelly, a technology consultant expert in Agile. It captures a lon… Read More
2020-09-22 05:00
Team Topologies is probably one of the most pragmatic and practical Organisation Design books I have read in recent years. Considering that this is a book written with technol… Read More
2020-09-21 05:00
Leadership: Theory and Practice by Peter G. Northouse can be considered the Bible of Leadership theories. The author is Professor Emeritus of Communication in the School of Communicatio… Read More
2020-09-18 12:00
When Reed Hastings published Netflix’s Culture Deck in 2009, it stimulated a few other companies to follow the same path, through an initiative that was also supported by The Motley Fo… Read More
2020-09-16 00:00
Who are you, really? What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits or defined characteristics that make us who we are. But Brian Little is more interested in moments whe… Read More
2020-09-15 05:00
Netflix is a clear example of Intentional Organisation. I have decided to start writing a few posts on examples of organisations to illustrate the concept of the Intentional Organisatio… Read More
2020-09-14 05:00
HR Technology, HCM, HRMS, HRIS… many different topics to focus on the world of Technology associated with HR, yet is not always easy to untangle yourself from the plethora of provider… Read More
2020-09-13 13:00
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention is a book that many awaited. Since when, in 2009, Reed Hastings released the Netflix Culture Deck to the public, the dis… Read More
2020-09-13 08:14
The Netflix Culture Deck became quickly famous back in 2009 when it was released in the public, outlining the revolutionary culture of Netflix. There are multiple versions circulating on the… Read More
2020-09-09 05:00
Despite the increase of COVID-19 cases again in many countries (up to the point that some already speak of a Second Wave), many companies are planning their return to the office. Some mayors… Read More
2020-09-08 13:00
Compiled by Ayush Sharma and Rahul Garg this is an excellent guide on First-Principle thinking. “First principles are the Lego building blocks for thinking. These Lego b… Read More
2020-09-08 05:00
Simon Western’s book “Leadership: A Critical Text” is in its third edition. It draws on a holistic framework built to understand Leadership from a critical-analysis standpo… Read More
2020-09-02 15:24
Building the Intentional Organization is the realisation that we need an entirely new approach to the way we intend organisations and their design. It is the acknowledgement that&n&hell…Read More
2020-09-02 15:11
During the last Teal Around the World event in July 2020, I have been able to present the concept of the Intentional Organisation.
This is not as an alternative Organisation model, but… Read More
2020-09-02 13:00
During the Teal Around the Conference, I also attended last July, Otti Vogt, Chief Operating Officer C&G of ING, presented his view on the new leadership needed for what he defines as… Read More
2020-09-01 07:00
Unboss is a book from danish authors Lars Kolind (a veteran leader and board member for various firms) in and Jacob Bøtter (a “millennial” serial start-upper). Originally… Read More
2020-08-31 05:00
Employee Experience is one of the most vital issues for the HR profession. Understanding the need to focus on employees as true customers, developing and managing a true Employee Experience… Read More
2020-08-26 11:27
In this webinar held for the London Business School, Gary Hamel explains why a blend of military and production-line inspired hierarchies crush employee ideas and creativity. Based on his… Read More
2020-08-25 11:00
Humanocracy is the latest work of Gary Hamel, this time supported by Michele Zanini, co-founder of The Management Lab. I’ve already mentioned that Hamel has been a great inspirer… Read More
2020-08-21 11:19
After having analysed the four foundational pillars of the Organisation Evolution Framework, it’s time to investigate its fifth element: Leadership. I have been careful to provide, wit… Read More
2020-08-12 05:00
Organisational Intelligence may seem a weird concept at first. It may vaguely refer to a) an internal security department within an organisation as well as the capability to collect inf… Read More
2020-08-05 14:49
What are the Risks of Remote Working? As Remote Working is still the hot topic of the year, thinking, from an HR perspective, what the risks of a fully flexible workforce are, is a simp… Read More
2020-07-13 07:00
Future of Work or Work of the Future? I have already been challenging you on this topic. Yet the idea of understanding the challenges of the evolution of work (particularly in a moment where… Read More
2020-07-10 04:50
It’s finally that time of the year where you pause and reflect. And have decided to take a break also from all my digital presence. I had worked hard in the past weeks to keep at least… Read More
2020-07-06 05:00
The New Normal has been a trending topic in the last weeks, as commentators of many different kinds have been trying to foresee what could happen after Covid19 pandemics settle. Th… Read More
2020-07-02 05:00
Uncanny Valley is a memoir novel by Anna Wiener, currently a writer for The New Yorker, but that experienced first person the culture of Silicon Valley of the 2010s, through various experien… Read More
2020-07-01 07:00
Can we design ourselves to be more inclusive? In this TEDx Talk, Thaniya Keereepart explores three design principles to help us overcome everyday bias. Thaniya’s passion lies at the… Read More
2020-06-30 23:00
On July 9th I will be participating in Teal Around the World, a one day, 24hours long global virtual conference focuses on “exchanging perspectives and best practices, as well as to ch… Read More
2020-06-29 07:00
Behavioural Science is today one of the greatest contributors to the underpinning concepts of the Human Resources function. Which is why I tend to focus a lot on sources of thought in this a… Read More
2020-06-26 07:00
A few weeks ago Redthread research published a very interesting research report focused on the following question: Why are some organizations able to continue performing effectively and sust… Read More
2020-06-24 08:15
The Intentional Organisation. A trip between Consistency and Innovation is the title of the webinar that I will be holding (in Italian) on June 29th, as part of a series of events hosted by… Read More
2020-06-24 05:00
Marcel Zeelenberg is a psychologist at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He studies how emotions affect economic behaviour. Among others, he has done research on guilt, shame, pride and… Read More
2020-06-23 11:51
What is an Inclusive Employee Experience? I would define it as an experience by which every employee feels positively connected to their organisation by being consistently recognis… Read More
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