Older Workers Lean Towards a Gig Mindset
One might expect younger people to be more gig-mindset oriented at work. That’s not what the data show!
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Global Scale for the Gig Mindset Research 2018
Figure 3 for “How a Gig Mindset Inside Organizations Will Shape Our Future”, published on LinkedIn and as part of a series of posts for the 10th Global Peter Drucker Forum blog.
The first phase of the research was a short online survey involving 297 people around the world who feel an affinity to the gig mindset as we defined it.
Gig vs. Traditional Mindset – 8 Behaviors
Figure 1 for “How a Gig Mindset Inside Organizations Will Shape Our Future“, published on LinkedIn and as part of a series of posts for the 10th Global Peter Drucker Forum blog.
The framework for the gig mindset research started with a description of 8 contrasting behaviors. The version you see above is the current result after many hours of conversation and refinements with the Global Gig Mindset Advisory Board.
The Inclusive Organization and the Reachability Factor
How can you build the right balance between global and local needs, desk-less and desk workers, and the center and the edges? If you can get it right, it will change the DNA of your organization to one of genuine inclusiveness. You will fortify the sense of common purpose and belonging. Originally published on the Global Peter Drucker Forum Blog. (more…)
Seeding an entrepreneurial work culture
…… The original, longer version of this post was published on October 31, 2016 on the Global Peter Drucker Forum Blog. First published here in February 2017 ……
Experimentation and creativity have long been stifled in many organizations.
Command-and-control leadership, overly complex processes and slow decision-making are among the reasons for this unfortunate state. Data from my 10th annual research with 310 participants in 27 countries confirm this: (more…)
The Company Cultures That Help (or Hinder) Digital Transformation
…… Originally published on the Global Peter Drucker Forum Blog and on the Harvard Business Review in August 2015 ……
Many companies struggle with digital transformation. It goes against the grain of established ways of working and is a threat to management practices that have existed for decades. Digital tools free people throughout the organization to share information easily. Communication managers no longer have total control over message, target, and timing of news and announcements. Horizontal and bottom-up information flows become stronger at the expense of the traditional top-down. (more…)