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Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw commented on Self-Build Job Roles

I really like this idea. I have seen a few companies dabbling in this area - a couple of IT Services companies tried out a scheme for allowing employees in (tedious) roles to spend 10-20% of their ti... More

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Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw commented on Yes, you can

I think this is a cool idea - in large part because you really don't need any permission to get started. I have also noticed over many years of running executive seminars on innovation that "fear of ... More

3 years 2 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw commented on Forced migration of recruiting herd

Hi Indy, yes, I completely agree. It is all too easy to "follow the pack" in hiring, or indeed in any other area, and that leads to conformity, lack of differentiation, me-too strategy and so on. O... More

3 years 2 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw commented on Volunteer for Hardships

Hi Stephen I love the idea of giving fresh recruits "hardship" postings where the challenge is enormous and potentially-life changing for them, whereas the risk for the company and the individual, ... More

3 years 2 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw commented on Experimentation Up Front

Hi Edna, I think this is a terrific idea. I am reminded of Henry Stewart, CEO of Happy Ltd in London which is an IT training company. He refuses to look at CVs when hiring - he just asks candidate... More

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Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted A disenfranchised front line

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Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted Ossified management processes

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Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted Tracking the Enemies of Agility

Last week, as part of a course on “strategic agility”, I taught a case study on the decline of Nokia to my MBA students. I asked them: Why did Nokia fall from industry leadership to also-ran statu... More

3 years 9 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted Three principles for making innovation a reality in your company

4 years 9 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw commented on Management Ideology: The Last Bastion of American Hegemony

A quick response to Alistair's comments, as well as earlier ones from Faly, Alberto and others. By positioning this blog against the "American" management ideology, I attracted quite a lot ... More

4 years 9 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted Management Ideology: The Last Bastion of American Hegemony

5 years 3 weeks ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted The Cure for Corporate Inertia

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Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted Is your intranet fit for the future?

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Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted Customer Engagement is Employee Engagement (and vice versa)

5 years 3 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted When it comes to project work, casting is everything

5 years 4 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted The Future of Management: Is it Deja vu all over again?

5 years 9 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw commented on The M Word

Elad, thanks for your comments. I think you are correct to say that most of us are working with unhelpfully-broad definitions of management (and leadership, for that matter). But I need to... More

5 years 9 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted The M Word

5 years 11 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw posted What is your Management Model?

5 years 12 months ago

Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw commented on Overcoming the mothership syndrome: the story of Irdeto

Here are some quick responses to the questions posed by readers: Peter Forth: yes, its interesting to ask whether this story would be such a "big deal" for the Gen Yers in the workplace, who have g... More

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A disenfranchised front line

The first insights into changes in your business environment come from the people on the “front line” – salespeople, developers working with third parties, purchasing managers. But their voice –if it is raised at all—typically gets drowned out among all the others clamouring for top executive attention. The solutions here...

By Julian Birkinshaw on May 8, 2022

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Ossified management processes

We get things done in big firms through management processes –budgeting and planning, performance management, succession planning. These processes create simplicity and order, but they also become entrenched and self-reinforcing. One example: I was asked to put on a webinar for a big publishing company a couple of years ago,...

By Julian Birkinshaw on May 8, 2022