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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

Leading Blog

But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge. There’s no sense in denying, or ignoring, it: Human nature plays a role in everyday technical work. Know thyself.

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Let’s Not Kid Ourselves – The Debate Over Hybrid Work Comes Down to Trust

Leading with Trust

Employees have long been “human resources” that are merely a means to an end. Nothing yet invented can replace human-to-human interaction, and I doubt it ever will (although, I wouldn’t be surprised to see future technological innovation that closely mimics in-person interaction).

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The World of the 21st Century CEO

In the CEO Afterlife

I also made the point that the 21 st century CEOs will not allow the changing business, social, economic or technological environments to negatively impact the performance of their enterprise. At this point I will gaze into my crystal ball and prophesize the environments in which 21 st century CEOs will operate, a decade from now.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Authority on new technology and communication. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Agapol Na Songkhla – Chief People Officer and Executive Vice President of Human Capital Group at Thai Beverage (ThaiBev). Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Alex Osterwalder – Co-founder Strategyzer.

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How to Think Differently About a Flexible Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CATALANT

Harvard Business Review

To fully enable a new vision of the future, organizations must make changes in five key business areas: Planning and Budgeting If organizations have easy access to—and indeed rely on—external talent, they can tackle new opportunities, experiment more nimbly, and operate in new areas.

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IBM Focuses HR on Change

Harvard Business Review

It's rare to find a corporate human resources function that accelerates change by actively finding ways to help drive new strategies. Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. Fostered global teamwork.

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You Can’t Engage Employees by Copying How Other Companies Do It

Harvard Business Review

Indeed there is a good deal of evidence that using such individual incentives actually creates self-interest, lowers trust, results in poor teamwork, and diminishes commitment. Becton Dickinson , a global medical technology company, has made its purpose helping all people live healthier lives. Culture is, however, very fragile.