Organisations have traditionally been viewed through a mechanistic paradigm. This view holds that organisations are like machines and are composed of parts lacking any intrinsic relationship to each other. It is however, fast becoming outdated in today’s highly connected world. Modern perspectives of organisations are increasingly moving away from this mechanistic paradigm towards a view [...]

The variety of discussion people have in elevators without any regard for the unknown audience amongst the rest of the vertical travellers often raises an eyebrow.  Last week however my reaction was somewhat more contemplative and left me pondering the subject matter for some time. I overheard two employees in a corporate client’s elevator discussing [...]

Development of a sound strategy is only half the battle as too many strategies fail when it comes to execution.  In complex organisations it is very often difficult to understand the relationship between strategy and execution, more often than not due to poor communication.  Having a clearly defined business architecture will also assist with the [...]