As the Fourth Industrial Revolution is knocking at everyone’s door, pushed and accelerated by the pandemic to embrace the new world of remote working and social distancing, the human cost already felt in locking people down in their rooms. A year of lockdowns and restrictions on the movement of people has provided the answer, automating […]
Since most organizations are managerially oriented, namely their very nature is hierarchical. The real challenge for leaders inside these organizations is to invert the top-down pyramid. There will be a tremendous resistance from all corners to halt the initiative. Inverting the pyramid means people will be at the top not senior managers. Decisions will be […]
Most people think that a disruptor is someone who is only in the capacity of Steve Jobs or Elon Musk. Challenging a status quo is not confined to rocket science and technology. Many great historians, writers, doctors, entrepreneurs, actors, philosophers, teachers, engineers are outstanding disruptors. By definition, a disruptor is someone who strives to challenge […]
While some countries after still studying, examining and reporting some side effects of the vaccines after the roll-out. The World Health Organization has unquestionably decided and reported that there is no evidence of a link between AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and clots. The WHO might be right or wrong regarding the link between the vaccine and clots, […]
Get noticed in today’s world is getting difficult day after day. COVID-19 pandemic has plummeted most markets and saturated the rest. Changing the dynamics and tactics is necessary to protect your niche. For example, the online and social media world is an over-saturated market. Everyone is talking, promoting, selling, educating, etc. Carving out a niche […]
During a business call with an ERP consultancy implementing a new HR system, the HR consultants kept repeating same narrative to the client, we are deploying to your business the best HR practices. Hearing that for more than half an hour, I decided to stop this conversation and pointed out some flaws in their HR systems and […]
Since most hiring in companies is managerially done. Managerially means the recruitment drive is done by managers and the assessment is based on skills and technical competencies only. The result is that managers hire future managers. The result is a very committed managerial organization that is hard to shift to a leaderly position. When leadership […]
Carrying out a huge leadership transformation in the organization is no longer the HR key job. The HR fleet in most organizations are service administrators not transformers. I know many HR and OD people who have a strong desire to change, but they are stuck between senior management old mentality and their relentless desire to […]
A company is just a group of people. Businesses are not made up of structure and policies; they are made up of people. The true concept of culture is hugely misunderstood, and most people, including business consultants, senior managers and leaders, do not know the true meaning. They always grapple with explaining the core of […]
Before practising any trade or a profession, a great deal of study or training is required to perform it right. The case is different for studying leadership. Careful, I am not talking about the irrelevant leadership which is mistakenly taught as a management subject in most business schools. Also, there is a big problem in […]
