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Topic: Comedy
Driving technology adoption
Cultural readiness is a big part of adopting new technology. There’s only so much influence that thought leaders and vendors themselves can exercise. As this piece shows, direct mentors are often most effective in bringing “newbies” onboard. Continue reading
Singing from the same hymn sheet?
How does organisational culture actually work? Do value statements actually describe behaviour and day-to-day practices? Or is there a gap? A story about singing, and a song…. Continue reading
Here's comic Tim Minchin on the dilemma he faces because he can't walk the talk.
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In his book Unmanaging: Opening up the organisation to its own unspoken knowledge, McKinsey veteran Theodore Taptikilis tells an entertaining story that prefigures the organisational culture movement in the ...MORE >
A lesson from the boards
A hit comedy on London’s West End called La Bête, pitched as a contest between populist and elitist culture, is also about the problem of innovation within organisations. Continue reading
Set in 1650 in France, the plot concerns a street clown thrust upon the Court-appointed playwright by an autocratic princess. Her reason: the playwright’s troupe is growing stale. In the clown’s performances in the public square, and the non-sensical accounts he gives ...MORE >