The false lure of the “all in-house” business model When working for a Fortune 500 or other large business, it’s easy to become accustomed to the more insular organizational structure. Virtually everything anyone could possibly need — legal, finance, marketing, PR,...
Consultatively Scaling up
Agility: HR’s role in flattening the organization
Organizational agility improves both company performance and employee satisfaction. HR can be instrumental in shifting an organization from a traditional hierarchy to a marketplace that provides talent and resources to a collection of empowered small teams, helping...
The Best Companies Know How to Balance Strategy and Purpose
Most companies have articulated their purpose — the reason they exist. But very few have made that purpose a reality for their organizations. Consider Nokia. Before the iPhone was introduced, in 2007, Nokia was the dominant mobile phone maker with a clearly stated...