culture + org design
Meanwhile, our corporations are full of bodies - our offices have become disembodied and mediated via Zoom screens but our teams are still embodied and grappling with new environments.
The body becomes a clearer extension of the organization now that we're playing in emergent territory - the home is now the office and companies are now in the... See more
The body becomes a clearer extension of the organization now that we're playing in emergent territory - the home is now the office and companies are now in the... See more
Tom Critchlow • LF08 - Embodied Futures
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living — Guardian US
Oliver Balchapple.news
I also love the point being made in the video above about how people can be a part of culture by just enjoying it, you don’t have to be a model or a ‘somebody’. It connects directly with a conversation I saw playing out on TikTok this week between Rian Phin and a few other folks, who ultimately stated they preferred fashion analysis from outsiders,... See more
That viral LinkedIn post, everyone is suddenly a sportsball maniac, creator economy + vibecession
One of the things that surprised me the most was to see that for any piece of work being shared, designers would put together a keynote deck for it. It could be the smallest thing, like a quick look at the latest work progression, or big presentations, of course. At Apple, designers use the power of storytelling to influence others, instead of just
... See moreAndrea Pacheco • What I Learned as a Product Designer at Apple
When hiring, look for people with the right attitude. Skills can be taught. Attitude changes require a brain transplant.
Walter Isaacson • Elon Musk
Peter Drucker said that “making money for a company is like oxygen for a person; if you don’t have enough of it you’re out of the game.” In other words, profitability is a performance requirement for all businesses, but it is not a purpose. Extending Drucker’s metaphor, companies who take profit as their purpose are like people who think life is
... See morePeter M. Senge • The Fifth Discipline
A good brief increases the quality and reduces the quantity of conversation
But, functional divisions grow into fiefdoms, and what was once a convenient division of labor mutates into the “stovepipes” that all but cut off contact between functions. The result: analysis of the most important problems in a company, the complex issues that cross functional lines, becomes a perilous or nonexistent exercise.