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 …
You’re either the one that creates the automation or you’re getting automated. Tom Preston – Werner – Software Developer Is your job safe? McKinsey, the global consulting firm, stated that: “Fewer than 5% of occupations can be entirely automated using current technology. However, about 60% of all occupations could have 30% or more of their constituent activities automated. …
What is happening with automation and globalization, that’s not going away. Campbell Brown – TV News Reporter & Entrepreneur Handy’s inner ring is going through changes. Process work is reconfigured by tech, Including robotics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, 3-D printing, and software. Process work that can be standardized is automated as machines are getting smarter and …
You can see the Handy Work Model in many companies including Uber, Google and many highly-valued companies. Many companies use the Handy work model, which looks like this: “In 2015 Uber, the world’s largest taxi company owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s …
If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing. Edwards Deming – Quality Guru I’ve introduced the Handy Work Model to thousands of VUCANs in workshops and seminars. The common refrain I hear is: ‘it’s so bleak and negative’. Good point. It is what it is. This is what’s happening …