Many [business] people focus on what is static, black and white. Yet great algorithms can be rewritten. A business process can be defined better. A business model can be copied. But the speed of execution is dynamic within you and can never be copied. When you have an idea, figure out the pieces you need quickly, go to …
Is there one right type of work structure or organization for a company? The current favorite is a projectized structure. Peter Drucker, the eminent management expert, said: ‘every organization in the developed countries will have to be designed for a specific task, time, and place’. In other words, work and organizations will be projectized along lines that …
VUCAN DRIVERS – PROJECTS Old Norm New Norm Full time & gig work Alternative models Ad hoc project rules Cost, schedule, quality project rules Sequential projects Agile projects Core work Project and gig-work Large organizations Nimble & small organizations Project manager Project steward and juggler Project direction Project administration Authoritarian project manager Collaborative project manager Project …
Many of us think that our day-to-day work is our function or job title. In reality, we spend most of our work time doing projects. What does a project look like? A project can be software team, orchestra, or movie production team. For example, most movies are projectized by a team of VUCANs consisting of writers, …
Are you a core processworker or do you support the core (think of Handy’s model)? What do you think of Handy’s ½ x 2 x 3 rule of corporate fitness? What do you like and don’t like about the model in COVID time? Are you in the inner, middle or outer ring of the Handy …
Sometimes we make the process more complicated than we need to. We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach …
Either you drive disruption or you’re outpaced by it. Porsche – Auto Company I give lots of professional talks. I ask attendees: “how many of you know your company’s business model?” Less than 10% do. Why does it matter if you know your customer’s or employer’s work model? It may follow the Handy model or a variant. …
Don’t just buy a new video game, make one. Don’t just download the latest app, help design it. Don’t just play on your phone, program it. Barack Obama – President “Disruption is a predictable pattern across many industries in which fledgling companies use new tech to offer cheaper and inferior alternatives to products sold by established players” …
The gig economy today is not a choice of wanting to be a 1099 worker. It’s work on top of other employment. Fred Goff – CEO Jobcase Excessive and conspicuous consumption have been the expectation and norm in many western economies. We believed buying lots of unneeded stuff based on compulsion would make us happy, but resulted …
Not only must we fight to end disastrous unfettered free trade agreements with China, Mexico, and other low wage countries, we must fight to fundamentally rewrite our trade agreements so that American products, not jobs, are our number one export. Bernie Sanders – Politician Many companies have this business model: develop their brand; design product …