The oft-quoted phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast” has been attributed to Peter Drucker (see “Does culture really eat strategy for breakfast?”). Even if Drucker didn’t say it, the idea that ...

Many organizations have become attuned to the need for formalized change management, which helps support enterprises facing inflection points, such as restructurings, mergers, divestitures and changes ...

Co-Founder and Culture Designer at Human Workplaces, a culture management firm helping leaders align culture with growth and innovation. I rarely need to convince senior leadership that culture is ...

Change isn't a one-off pit stop. It’s more of an open road trip, constantly evolving and demanding that you map out new routes on the fly. Enter the concept of building an adaptive culture—the ...

A strong organizational culture can reduce the need for managers. That’s because when a culture is strong, workers have sufficiently internalized goals and values to act autonomously and effectively ...

This is the third in a series of articles about the need for manufacturing companies to re-evaluate their culture. There’s gold in them thar hills! The question is, how do you get to the treasure ...

Work with these six building blocks. by Jay B. Barney, Manoel Amorim and Carlos Júlio It’s well-known that firms where strategy and culture align outperform firms where they do not. It follows, then, ...

What a great idea—evaluating performance, not based on interpersonal relationships, but on what employees actually produce! The recent piece in The Atlantic, “Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future,” ...

Are you resilient? It’s not an idle question. If there’s one word that I’ve heard at every supply chain event I’ve attended this year, its resilience. It is, of course, in response to the last few ...

We’ve all heard this famous admonition from the founder of management consulting, but what does it mean to us, today, in the legal world? The legal industry – or, perhaps more precisely, the ...

On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven were lost during return to Earth. A group of distinguished experts was appointed to comprise the Columbia Accident Investigation ...

Change is hard. Whether it’s a personal change, a business transformation due to a new technology rollout, or a shift in company culture, most people tend to resist change, even when it’s beneficial.