An MIT Sloan Management & Capgemini research study prompted this edition of Food for Thought. The key theme – business leaders are lacking urgency when it comes to pursuing opportunities being afforded by technology. This quote from the article sums it up best: “There are two wrong ways to approach (digital transformation),” MIT’s George Westerman told
Silos allow management and teams to focus, however, they also create barriers to collaboration and the flow of much needed information. In this interview by McKinsey with Paolo Cederle, CEO of Milan-based UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions, Paolo outlines the business model UniCredit designed to move away from siloed thinking and provides some key insights into
I was listening to the radio just recently. A caller was asked about something he had done that was a bit unusual and his answer was “Run a 14km fun run in a Gorilla suit with my best mate”. Asked how wearing gorilla suits impacted their race time, his answer caught me and the radio
A few days ago I was watching Ashton Agar as he approached one of the great milestones in sport, a century (100 runs) in his first-ever match at the elite level, in circumstances that meant it would be unique in a game that has been played for over a century. He did not make that
I recently came across an old copy of BRW Magazine (November 2012) which explores “What Australia’s fastest growing companies have in common”. The article frequently uses the word resilience. Resilient is to me what organisations become when they are good at managing risk. I kept reading and was interested to learn the four common traits