1. At the beginning of one's career he is expected to do a good job by doing what he is asked to do in time and with high quality. Anything else would be a bonus. Overall you ( Read more... )

It seems that the role of knowledge and knowledge management is widely misunderstood. People belive that if they find a way to manage knowledge within the origanization and transfer knowledge from superstars to more mediocre colleages it will catapult the organization and its performance to the space. Don't think it works and even can work ( Read more... )

THe mystery that has always bugged me ( Read more... )

What is the difference between junior staff and more experienced staff or manager? Often times, it is not knowledge, or IQ, but judgment. This is what people are paid for - the quality of major or minor decisions the person is taking every day.

Large corporations struggle to find a way to combine global knowledge with local expertise. Of course, a lot depends on the sector. Overall, probably franchising was one of more successful models when essentially a corporation leases its name and certain operational/product standards. Seems to work fine in a wide range of sectors from FMCG to ( Read more... )

In this turbulent modern world short-term thinking is becoming more and more prevailing. When situations, circumstances and opportunities change kaleidoscopically quickly, this seems to be a more natural way to respond. Some research indicated that an average office employee focuses on one task on average for 2-3 minutes (maybe exaggerating a bit, ( Read more... )

Once upon a time life was beautiful: companies were run by entrepreneurs who new what they were doing and why, employees were few and loyal. As a result America became quite a nice place to live in. But then things started changing. Owners became separated from the managers, employees from the owners and in this mess went on and on until it was ( Read more... )

Who gives a shit?
(The most popular expression in US corporations*)

* Based on unofficial, but nevertheless highly scientific study.

The rule is very simple: “You should not care about your work”. No other reason killed more careers than caring about work. People, obsessed with the idea that their work is needed and important, or - even worse - liking what they are doing all kinds of stupid things. They lose touch with reality. They start believing that work is important for ( Read more... )

The trick is as follows: your team member gives you as much work as possible or the most difficult ones. That keeps the ball rolling and you team member has enough time to hang around and advertise his/her achievements (which actually are your achievements ( Read more... )