Does Amazon have culture spot on?
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_line_height=”1.4em”] If all you care about is hitting the numbers, it can be argued that it does. Values is the word that makes many a driven, hard-nosed exec lean back with skepticism. When you think about Amazon, you think ‘bad culture’ because […]
The Trump-Brexit effect, at your organisation now
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] If there’s one thing 2016 has shown us, it’s the stark divides we’ve allowed to creep into our once united nations. Rich and poor, urban and rural, old and young, black and white, left and right, have and have nots, them and […]
Collaborative problem-solving: working with, not for, a client
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] It’s a funny thing how communications agencies typically work. The belief permeates that we (i.e. the agency) always needs to be one step ahead of the client. Have the answers. Know how to solve a problem. But I disagree. Impressing the client […]
‘Values’ means actions, not words
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Need further persuasion that values are big business? Today being official World Values Day should do the trick. The UK Values Alliance has earmarked October 20th as a chance for the “many values driven organisations all over the world” to “speak up […]
The evidence behind values and purpose
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font=”Open Sans Light||||” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “Ultimately, the companies that perform exceptionally well clearly demonstrate their mission, culture, and values”. –Forbes Magazine, “The Best Places to Work in 2016” (December, 2015) If you’ve been paying attention to the business media over the last couple of years, you’ll know by […]