Connections matter, always
Indian Management|May 2020
There is no way businesses can prosper in these volatile times, let alone survive, without a networked world.
Gary Peacock
Connections matter, always

Is a networked world the new paradigm in management?

Some managers would say no, nothing has changed in my business; My answer is yes, we must have a networked world. What makes me say this?

Are you experiencing a VUCA world?

Many people toss around the term VUCA, they think the world is more ‘complex’ because it is VUCA. This is lazy thinking because each element—Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguous—affects different organisations to a greater or lesser degree.

VUCA merges four distinct types of challenges that demand four distinct types of responses. - Nathan Bennett and James Lemoine

Here are VUCA challenges and your suggested responses.

Adapted from:

‘What VUCA Really Means for You’, Nathan Bennett and G. James Lemoine, Harvard Business Review, January-February 2014, p27

‘What a difference a word makes: Understanding threats to performance in a VUCA world’, Nathan Bennett and G James Lemoine, Business Horizons (2014) p57, 311-317

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I suggest all responses would be more effective by creating responses not from one organisation, but from a network of organisations. So, that is one reason a networked world is the new paradigm in management.

What situations are managers facing?

この記事は Indian Management の May 2020 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

この記事は Indian Management の May 2020 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

INDIAN MANAGEMENTのその他の記事すべて表示
Trust is a must
Indian Management

Trust is a must

Trust a belief in the abilities, integrity, values, and character of any organisation is one of the most important management principles.

time-read
6 分  |
July 2023
Listen To Your Customers
Indian Management

Listen To Your Customers

A good customer experience management strategy will not just help retain existing customers but also attract new ones.

time-read
4 分  |
November 2021
The hand that feeds
Indian Management

The hand that feeds

Providing free meals to employees is an effective way to increase engagement and boost productivity.

time-read
4 分  |
November 2021
Survival secrets
Indian Management

Survival secrets

Thrive at the workplace with these simple adaptations.

time-read
5 分  |
November 2021
Plan backwards
Indian Management

Plan backwards

Pioneer in the venture capital and private equity fields and co-founder of four transformational private equity firms, Bryan C Cressey opines that we have been taught backwards in many important ways, people can work an entire career without seeing these roadblocks to their achievements, and if you recognise and bust these five myths, you will become far more successful.

time-read
4 分  |
November 2021
For a sweet deal
Indian Management

For a sweet deal

Negotiation is a discovery process for both sides; better interactions will lead all parties to what they want.

time-read
5 分  |
November 2021
Humanise. Optimise. Digitise
Indian Management

Humanise. Optimise. Digitise

Engaging employees in critical to the survival of an organisation, since the future of business is (still) people.

time-read
5 分  |
August 2021
Beyond the call of duty
Indian Management

Beyond the call of duty

A servant leadership model can serve the purpose best when dealing with a distributed workforce.

time-read
3 分  |
August 2021
Workplace courage
Indian Management

Workplace courage

Leaders need to build courage in order to enhance their self-reliance and contribution to the team.

time-read
5 分  |
August 2021
Focused on reality
Indian Management

Focused on reality

Are you a sales manager or a true sales leader? The difference, David Mattson, CEO, Sandler® and author, Scaling Sales Success: 16 Key Principles For Sales Leaders, maintains, comes down to whether you can see beyond five classic myths that we often tell ourselves about selling.

time-read
5 分  |
August 2021