From the archive – Creativity requires discipline to be effective… Opinion piece written in the fall of 2005 for Canadian HR Reporter; later republished by India’s Effective Executive magazine.
According to CEB, CHROs should rethink their role and place change capability building high on the agenda for 2016. In this blog post, the author highlights CEB’s reasoning; points to a new McKinsey article that addresses the design side of the challenge; and provides further guidance on creating an organization that moves with strategy.
Article first written for the blog of HR People & Strategy (USA). Also appeared on the blog of the Strategic Capability Network (Canada).
Although design thinking traces its roots to the late sixties, the discipline entered the business world a mere decade ago. According to Tim Brown and Roger Martin, two respected thought leaders in the field, the time has come for design thinking to go to the next level.
My take on it: it is all about the need for innovators to think like change leaders – whether they are working on super complex or relatively simple innovations.
Article first written for the blog of HR People & Strategy (USA). Also appeared on the blog of the Strategic Capability Network (Canada).
A conference got the author to reflect on his ambivalence toward neuroscience… Article first written for the blog of HR People & Strategy (USA) – the executive arm of SHRM, the world’s largest HR membership organization. Also appeared on the blog of the Strategic Capability Network (Canada).
This article appeared in “Executive Series”, a monthly feature in Canadian HR Reporter (Thomson Reuters). Edmond Mellina wrote this commentary following an event he attended about CEO successions.