Platforms – Who does really understand the underlying patterns?
from our guest blogger Dr. Peter Veil What a hype, what a buzz! Disruption and platform business models is all mouth, everybody talks, everybody acts. The hype has arrived even [...]
Holacracy – Sunny And Shady Sides
An appealing approach on the wrong track? - by guest blogger Patrick Halek - What a shame: organisations and societal entities act far away from what their potential could [...]
Thought Bites: Categorisation and thinking
Today I read again about how our brain works, what influences our thinking and what makes us "intelligent". This is a core basic for developing Artificial Intelligence, which will be a key [...]
Thought Bites: A new type of post here on the xm-blog
Today I decided to open up a new category here on the blog, called "Thought Bites". In this section I will post unfinished ideas, thoughts and other snippets that come [...]
Trying Harder Does Not Work
Challenges of today and tomorrow cannot be met with approaches of yesterday - by guest blogger Patrick Halek - Cold coffee - but very dangerous It’s no news at [...]
What Young Leaders Really Want? Real Leadership Development!
Money, power, success? Over decades these aspects were assumed as the key desires of managers by the broad public. But is this still the case? A recent MIT study identified aspects, what talented young leaders [...]
Hierarchy in organizations – is it really so bad?
Hierarchy and Democratic Organizations! A new trend is currently rising at the horizon of organisational design: The democratic organization, self organization or non-hierarchical network structure. From many corners the management [...]
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Successful Year 2016
Dear all, thanks for reading our blog and being part of the larger xm-community. We had a very successful year, with growing numbers of readers and increasing interaction with managers [...]
The Networked Organization Reloaded
Since the 1990ies we discuss the networked organization as a specific organisational form, which stays in contrast to the traditional hierarchical form and market oriented structures. Myself I wrote my [...]
Innovation Is Not About Technology
Innovation is about connecting people and knowledge creating advancement - by guest blogger Patrick Halek - From knowledge to innovation Yesterday, the knowledge-society was declared vital for our future. Today, [...]