Benjamin Chaminade·2d agoThe hard-nosed case against funding career sustainability, answeredPicture the executive committee where I present the idea. Somebody (usually the person who signs off the training budget) leans back and…
Benjamin Chaminade·2d agoYour culture shows up in three dull meetings, so what do you do on Monday?Suppose you already accept the argument. Your engagement survey tells you how people felt during one particular week, while your managerial…A response icon1A response icon1
Benjamin Chaminade·3d agoThe accountable CEO’s case against design thinking, taken seriouslyPicture a chief executive who has sat through one design thinking workshop too many. She has heard my argument that each method assumes a…
Benjamin Chaminade·3d agoFutureproofing on Monday, for managers without a budgetSuppose you have read my case for futureproofing and you agree with it. Futureproofing is a capability that an organisation builds over a…
Benjamin Chaminade·4d agoThe best defence of passion in appraisals, and why it still failsEvery time I suggest removing “passion” from an appraisal form, someone in the room pushes back, and usually it is a good manager. Their…
Benjamin Chaminade·4d agoYour promotion list is the productivity metric you forgotSay you are already convinced. Revenue per employee, value added per head and margin per FTE count what a person produces during the…
Benjamin Chaminade·5d agoThe best case against putting culture before innovation processPicture the sharpest, most sceptical executive you know reading my argument that innovation starts with culture and only then with a…
Benjamin Chaminade·5d agoThe Monday after you stop onboarding by osmosisA festival that runs all year on 33 permanent staff and then takes on around 700 seasonal workers for three weeks in July has no time for…A response icon1A response icon1
Benjamin Chaminade·Nov 6The best objection to protecting your team’s attentionImagine I am standing in front of an executive committee, arguing that mental load at work is a design problem rather than a personal one…
Benjamin Chaminade·Nov 18, 2024L’écologie du travail et le management régénératifLe concept de management régénératif émerge comme une solution innovante face aux défis multiples du monde professionnel. Il s’inscrit dans…
