Dateline: January 3, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. To kick off our new year, this post is not really about one idea…but about 7. At the beginning of each year as a way to wrap up the past year, we look for the most insightful 'summary'. This year, we found just the list at Harvard Business Review's Blog Network by Katherine … [Read more...]
Google’s Role for Managers
December 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: December 20, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week we look at a recent Harvard Business Review article by Professor David Garvin, which was commented on by Drake Baer at Fast Company. The topic is the role of managers at Google, who famously eliminated managers in an effort to be flat, encourage innovation and … [Read more...]
Managing New Ways to Work
April 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: April 19, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. A recent Harvard Business Review article by Tammy Johns and London Business School Professor Lynda Gratton suggests that there have been 3 waves of change in the way knowledge workers work in their article, The Third Wave of Virtual Work. In three major waves of change over the past … [Read more...]
Leading Change Takes More Than Just a Great Leader
April 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: April 5, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. A recent blog on the HBR Blog Network (published by Harvard Business Review) featured a thought piece entitled, "Change Management is Bigger than Leadership" by Wharton Adjunct Professor Gregory Shea and his associate, Cassie Solomon (they are authors of a new book, Leading Successful … [Read more...]
