November 2014 Stockholm @ Pappas Deli In a previous text I talked about involving the delivery team in all levels of abstraction. Today, I thought I’d elaborate a tad on that subject. If, at the point when any idea reaches the team, the level of abstraction is low, the inevitable result will be a few […]
November 2014 Stockholm – Pappas Deli Let’s talk for a while about knowledge work. And let’s start with the tricky task of defining it. The term was coined by the great Peter Drucker back in the 1950’s, and was then used to describe the growing sector in the workforce who did not perform what was […]
I recently found myself sitting in a panel discussion at Berghs School of Communication here in Stockholm. We touched upon a number of subjects, such as process- and group development and how the advertising/communication industry is transforming. The audience consisted of students who wanted to get a grasp of what sort of skills they need […]
November 2014 Stockholm If you find yourself in an organization that subscribes to the “organization-as-family” metaphor, you might consider yourself rather lucky. The majority of organizations around the world have not yet reached such an “advanced” evolutionary level. So says the research. An yet, even if the “family” metaphor is evidence of “better” than what […]