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Management Now trend report & webinar

Our latest Business Perspectives trend report looks at our current topic of Management Now: tomorrow’s demands on today’s leaders. The report considers the wider world of the future manager, focusing on mindset, culture, technology, agility and current trends. The pace of business has never been so fast, which is why this summary has been designedContinue reading “Management Now trend report & webinar”

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The Power of Trust summary report & webinar

Here we introduce you to our seventh Business Perspectives summary report in the series. This report takes a look at the wider world of Trust and the latest trends relating to social media, content, personalisation, responsibility and work and culture. It also showcases highlights from the masterclass in London which focused on The Power ofContinue reading “The Power of Trust summary report & webinar”

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Best Practices for Creating the Culture of Trust in Your Organisation

Guest blogger: Ahmed Bahwa, Senior HR Manager, Al Bakio International. This content first appeared on HRZone, an online HR publication dedicated to bringing science, opinion, analysis and insight to bear on the rapidly-developing HR function. Culture plays the role of cement in binding the members of a group together. If cement is not good it malfunctionsContinue reading “Best Practices for Creating the Culture of Trust in Your Organisation”

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Bounded Innovation – the limitations of organisational reality

Guest blogger: Fiona Beukes, The Open University MBA, UK Marketing specialist, BNY Mellon Innovation in some respects is like the Holy Grail of business – How do you do it: disruptive or continuous? How do you foster it in your organisation: Incentives? Creative downtime? Hire the right talent? Although these are obviously worthy avenues toContinue reading “Bounded Innovation – the limitations of organisational reality”

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“It’s the culture, stupid!”

Guest blogger: David Mayle, Lecturer in Management and a member of The Open University’s Centre for Human Resource and Change Management. Talking of quotes, I’ve always been fond of Nick Negroponte (he of MIT Media Lab fame) and his “The best way to guarantee a steady stream of new ideas is to make sure thatContinue reading ““It’s the culture, stupid!””