Horizontal promotions
A few weeks ago, somebody in HR was telling me about a problem that was keeping her awake at night. Faced with the rapid growth of the company, the board had promoted their best technician to product team manager. This was someone who was operationally
Sleeping with the enemy
In recent years I have been observing a curious behaviour in certain companies, especially those that are still mentally stuck in the 90s (however “digitalised” they may be). Each and every one of them embark on “brand transformation” processes only from the
Starting the house from the roof
This summer I have been working on a fascinating organizational architecture case where a company, assessed by a group of “traditional” consultants, was trying to solve an operational problem by redesigning its organizational chart.
Recommendation of the month
The new new product development game. Hirotaka Takeuchi & Ikujiro Nonaka. This paper, originally published in 1986 and that HBR offers in its digital version has an incredible significance, since in it Takeuchi and Nonaka laid the foundations of Scrum
Teams: Euroleague Basketball.
I must admit that before starting my collaboration with Euroleague Basketball, the only words I knew about this sport were “Final Four” and “MVP”. Now, I find it impossible to watch a game without thinking about all the hard work behind it.
