How Haier works: How culture has shaped the world’s leading home appliance maker
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Culture wars: creating ‘buzz’ without being branded a failure
July 31, 2024 • by Philip Thomas in Culture • 9 min read
While it’s tempting for business leaders to think they can safely navigate a divisive cultural and political landscape, in reality, it’s a fool’s errand....
Embracing systemic and cultural changes to bring about “long-termism, now”
Organizations should embrace more radical structural and cultural changes in order to pivot away from a focus on immediate problems and solve the big, long-term challenges of the future, a panel at...
Activists are not the enemy, so let’s work together
March 28, 2023 • by Etelle Higonnet in Culture • 7 min read
Confrontation was always seen as an essential weapon for campaigners, but a new era of cooperation is proving equally effective. With the right approach, everyone can be a winner....
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10 attributes of culture that make it so difficult to change – especially when workers aren’t in the office
Understanding your company’s culture is essential to design a strategy and structure that will enable your employees to perform at their best, says Professor Michael Watkins....
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