Posts Tagged ‘culture’

IBM ShortCuts Podcast: What is Web 2.0

IBM’s Web 2.0 evangelist David Barnes is interviewed in the newest IBM ShortCuts Podcast. What does the phrase Web 2.0 refer to? In this episode, Shortcuts Web 2.0 evangelist David Barnes discusses the meaning of this often used phrase and gives a brief explanation of its implications. This is a short interview (mp3), nothing new […]

Inside Yahoo!

Time looks behind the Purple Curtain at stuff like Company Colors, The Big Seat, The Games They Play, Lofty Goals, Opening New Doors, Carving Out Real Estate, In-House Experts and Intrepreneurs. Besides being illustrated with nice pics, which point out that this company knows its way in corporate ID and aesthetics, some insights are delivered, […]

Machtspielchen again …

Ein kleiner Nachtrag zu Prof. Weidner und dem Interview in der FAZ, dieses schöne Fundstück (via frapp): Zwingende Kombination, je länger ich darüber nachdenke: »Kriminologe und Managementtrainer« Auch das gefällt: Psychopathologie

Machtspielchen im Management …

Hier ein wirklich lesenswertes Interview aus der FAZ vom 13.01., ein Gespräch mit dem Hamburger Erziehungswissenschaftler, Kriminologen und Managementtrainer Prof. Dr. Jens Weidner … aus meiner Sicht entlarvend. Das Interview ist eine reine Freude, wer nach Beispielen für Management- und eben auch Machtpathologien sucht wird hier gut bedient. Interessant ist u.a. dieser kleine Passus, der […]

Why GM’s Plan Won’t Work

An interesting article that highlights some reasons why huge institutions, like e.g. GM, have such a hard time changing: They are attached to their (cemented) organizational structures as they are facing a changing world. Why is it so hard for those inside GM to see the inevitable? Take a step into the Detroit mindset. No […]

Change is hard and failure looming

Many of the critical questions media companies face today deal with human capital, knowledge management, digital assets and expertise. Media companies are supposed to be sophisticated managers of these assets because these are the main if not only assets these firms possess. Hence, they are pure-form exemplars and the lessons drawn from their experience for […]