By Rebecca Zucker

Many people operate from the belief that there’s too much to do and they can’t afford to pause during their workday. But taking effective breaks is essential to preventing burnout. In this article, the author outlines eight strategies to try to build more breaks into your day.

By Cynthia E. Clark

A survey highlights generational differences in employees’ attitudes and expectations of business’s role in society.

By Katherine Wastell

To add further confusion into the mix, maybe it’s a platform? The distinction between products, services, and platforms has confused most teams I’ve worked with. Just as soon as you think you’re clear on it, something changes and the debate starts all over again.  Even among digitally mat

Disruption is not the only path to innovation and growth. Creation without disruption or nondisruptive creation is about creating a new market outside or beyond existing industry boundaries, and has its own organizational and business advantages. In this article, the authors outline four advantages to opting for this nondisruptive route: 1) It allows you to avoid direct confrontations with established incumbents. 2) It is an effective way to respond to full-on disruption. 3) It makes it easier to secure support from internal stakeholders. 4) It largely avoids backlash from external stakeholders. responding to full on disruption effectively, gaining support from internal stakeholders, and not triggering backlash from external stakeholders.

By Jessica Kerr

I want to create value in the world. That’s why this blog is public, my code is open-source, my newsletter is free. This means almost none of the value I create returns to me. It’s a tradeoff ̵…

By Jackie Colburn

Do you want your organizational culture to be more collaborative, creative, and continuously improving? Have you ever wished it felt more…

By John Cutler

My current mental model for team effectiveness involves imagining a team’s time/energy investment as a distribution across leverage (or return on investment). To me, this explains why relatively small improvements can greatly impact team efficacy. It also explains why team productivity and efficiency discussions often miss the mark.

By Giles Turnbull

I’ve just published a website called Doing weeknotes. It’s a mix of old blog posts I’ve written here, plus quite a lot of new stuff, all of it given a good edit and a bit of a stir.

If you already write weeknotes, or have an interest in weeknotes, Doing weeknotes is not for you.

A minister describes South Cambs District Council's decision to continue the trial is "arrogant".