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In this section, Marianne shares her thoughts on Adaptive Organisations, Leadership and HR on a monthly basis.

Creating a winning culture through ally-rich, psychologically safe actions and narratives

Mar 01, 2021

Creating and maintaining healthy, high performance cultures have never been more difficult. Here are three things I have learnt in the last few years and especially in 2020:

  • Actions and words count
  • ...
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How successful organisations create, transform and maintain their cultures

Feb 01, 2021

Culture is difficult to create well, transform and maintain, but a couple of organisations have been able to create, transform and maintain cultures that both drive performance and engage their employ...

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Becoming an Adaptive HR function: An excerpt from my upcoming book

Jan 01, 2021

Industry 4.0 is disrupting HR as much as any other function. HR is at a crossroads and change is urgent. For a long time now I have read and watched in despair how the Human Resource function is strug...

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Why Personal Agility is the Superpower we all need to thrive now

Dec 01, 2020

We are more distracted and stressed than ever before. With COVID 19 and the era of lifelong jobs being over, our work  and personal lives are becoming more disrupted and complex, but those who commit ...

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Employee Experience – more critical than ever

Nov 01, 2020

The number one issue on the mind of HR professionals in 2020 was employee experience. Many organisations have not even started and those that have, have not done a very good job. With COVID 19, HR nee...

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The challenges Professional Service and Consulting Firms face in the future of work and COVID context

Oct 01, 2020

Professional Services Firms are not immune to the challenges of the future of work and the disruption of the COVID pandemic. I start with definition of a professional services firm and then go on to d...

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The future of work and ongoing disruption: challenges for leaders

Sep 25, 2020

We are in one of the most challenging contexts in history with Industry 4.0 (the future of work) and Black Swan events like COVID converging to create a crisis never felt before by leaders. Bostrom (2...

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Adaptive Organisation Design and Good Jobs

Aug 01, 2020

Complexity is driving new organisational forms. According to Mercer, 96% of executives are planning structural changes in the next year. The main reasons cited by C-suite leaders for these changes are...

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Redesigning key people processes that cause the most frustration and confusion for leaders and employees

Jul 01, 2020

As HR starts to transform its strategy and employee experience, it needs to prioritise the areas and processes causing the most frustration for leaders and employees. The amount of articles and discus...

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Becoming an Adaptive HR function: An excerpt from my upcoming book

Jun 02, 2020

Industry 4.0 is disrupting HR as much as any other function. HR is a crossroads and change is urgent. For a long time now I have read and watched in despair how the Human Resource function is struggli...

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