Tag Archives: jobs & work

JLR job cuts

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

This article on the BBC Business News website explains that Jaguar Land Rover are reducing their workforce by 1,000.  All of these workers are on temporary contracts.  Tata Motors explain this is because of the fall in sales of diesel … Continue reading →

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Biometrics and you

Posted on April 13, 2018 by

Mitrefinch have written a piece on the Manufacturers’ Monthly website promoting the use of biometrics for “time and attendance” management.  This means that employees “clock in”  and “clock out” for work, not using a punch card or swipe card, but … Continue reading →

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Operations Insight: ING – how a bank became agile

Posted on March 20, 2018 by

Banks are not normally though of as being very flexible or agile.  But Dutch bank ING  decided to transform the way in which it works and model itself on so-called agile organisations such as Spotify, Google, Netflix and Zappos.  The … Continue reading →

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Starbucks customers are much appier now….

Posted on March 15, 2018 by

Yesterday’s blog focused on the idea that you do not start with the technology, you start with what it can do for your order winners…. So it is almost unbelievable that Starbucks introduced an app that enabled off-site ordering without … Continue reading →

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Flexible working and remote working are not the same thing

Posted on January 25, 2018 by

Saw this tweet from Citrix UK & Ireland today – “Despite today’s #technology, 1/3 of managers feel flexible working worsens employees’ productivity levels”.  My immediate reaction was that 1/3 of managers are not managing flexible working properly, because all the … Continue reading →

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The world of work in 2030

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

Scenario planning originated in Shell as a result of the 1973 energy crisis.  Scenarios are developed by taking one or two major trends and extrapolating them into the future.  The idea is to devise a number of alternative scenarios, each … Continue reading →

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Life at Lego

Posted on November 8, 2017 by

This three minute video gives insight into Lego’s organisational culture.

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Insight into Google’s organisational culture

Posted on November 3, 2017 by

This BBC video takes a look at Google’s organisational culture.  

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Splash Damage – a different kind of ‘factory tour’

Posted on October 31, 2017 by

Insight into the organisational culture of this video game company in three minutes.

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Operations Insights from Purple Cubed

Posted on July 28, 2017 by

Purple Cubed are an “employee engagement” and “talent management” consulting firm, with clients operating “people centric” businesses, especially in the hospitality industry.  Their consulting services are underpinned by their ‘Talent Toolbox’ which digitises “critical people processes like talent reviews, goal … Continue reading →

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