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Control and direction emanate from the top of conventional organizational structures and management practices.  These structures and procedures become obsolete and unable to adapt to the volatility of the market. Inadequate and sporadic communication between the various divisions of the organization is another problem with this traditional hierarchy.

Innovation and the external environment have an ever-increasing impact on businesses. Stafford Beer, a British operations research theorist and cybe

Decision Making is essential to any organization's success.  Military strategists use their training and experience to create battle plans and make quick decisions aimed at achieving specific objectives.  Military strategies, concepts, and practices have found widespread application in business and daily life.  The works, memoirs, and experiences of renowned military historians and strategists, such as Sun Tzu's "The Art of War," Clausewitz's "On War," and Liddell Hart's "Strategy," are highly

In today's Knowledge-Based Economies, the capacity to acquire and implement knowledge is crucial for both personal and economic success.

Knowledge acquisition and application can be divided into 4 basic categories.  Each category of knowledge represents a distinct aspect of knowledge: Know-what, Know-why, Know-who, and Know-how.

The importance of knowledge work to the success of an organization has grown in recent years.  The struggle between competing organizations has shifted from tangible to in

Most people believe that the value and impact of the C-level leadership originates from the number of meetings conducted, having the ability to plan for long term, and make key strategic decisions collectively.  However, in reality, the C-level seldom works in unanimity to make collective decisions.  They often have animosities with each other and lack collaboration and mutual trust.

The real impact and success of the top team emanates from the informal and social networks of its members, their r

Web Real-time Communication (Web RTC) is a new innovation that is being used by many organizations worldwide. The web RTC aims to build up compatibility among different industry service providers for the acceptance of global norms created by them. The web standards and conventions required for web RTC are created, overseen, and standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

What is Web Real-time Communication?

Web real-time communication or Web RTC is a technique that offers consisten

Observe your team and look for signals from the outside.

Two weeks ago I wrote about the need to diagnose challenges in order to lead. Last week I wrote about the behaviours you are seeing from customers. This week I want you to think about the behaviours you are seeing in your team. There are clues there about the “system”. The economy, how the government might act, how the populace might act as our world rapidly changes.

What behaviours do you see? Do you see fear, hubris or something in between

Listening is important in any conversation. However, listening to the voices that you don’t normally hear from is critical at this time. Those from outside your normal circle of trusted advisers.

Post-merger Integration is a highly complex process. It requires swift action as well as running the core business activities simultaneously.  There is no one-size-fits-all approach to a successful PMI Process. However, careful planning focusing on the strategic objectives of the deal and the identification and capturing of synergies will help maximize deal value.

It is inevitable that some elements of information will be withheld from a Buyer pre-deal. Further, not all the synergy benefits origi

Richard Branson, British business and philanthropist once said: “One day, offices will be a thing of the past.”

While organizations still need to travel to reach their physical offices, the rapid changes in the world are requiring businesses to form Virtual Teams. A Virtual Team refers to a group of individuals who work together from different geographic locations and rely on communication technology such as email, voice conferencing services, fax, etc.

Virtual Teams work well for an organization

The global 5G infrastructure market is expected to generate a revenue of $XX billion in 2020, and is projected to reach $XX billion by 2025, at a CAGR of XX%. This high growth is supported by the growing demand from a range of distinct applications where the current communication network technologies and bandwidths struggle to deliver optimum performance. The performance factors used to represent this new age network are low latency, high bandwidth, high system spectral efficiency, and peak thro

The number of people working remotely has been increasing progressively across the globe. An employee benefits report narrates that around 60% companies in the US offer telecommuting opportunities. Telecommuting not only benefits people but also presents several advantages for organizations. Research has attributed an increase in savings of around $2000 per employee each year on real estate costs, enhanced productivity, and lower attrition rates to telecommuting. Employees have been found to foc

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 When I am at Milan, I do as they do at Milan; but when I go to Rome, I do as Rome does

St. Augustine 354-430, Roman theologist and philosopher

Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you will ever regret

Ambrose Bierce

If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it

Albert Einstein 1879-1955; German-born American theoretical physicist

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said

Peter F. Drucker 1909-2005, American ma

Currently, there is no public transparency around the trading volume that occurs off exchange. FINRA CEO Rick Ketchum has publicly stated that “dark pools” have raised significant concerns among investors who are trying to understand them better and the trading that occurs on them.

Given this context and the fact that more and more ATSs seem to be emerging, we thought it would be useful to help define the different types of ATS, clarify the advantages/ disadvantages and highlight some of the key

Enterprise Risk Management 2012 (NYC, October 17-18, www.erm-usa.com) is North America's premier ERM Congress addressing the critical challenges being faced by FIs, energy utilities and corporations of all sizes.

If you haven't registered your place yet, here are 10 reasons not to miss this years Congress:

1. Understand how CROs from Santander, Credit Suisse and RBS are taking an integrated approach to risk management
2. Hear the Chief Risk Policy Officer at PNC and Deputy Comptroller and Co-Chair of the

UBS has remained oddly silent since its brief press release announcing a $2 billion loss from unauthorized trades in London. The announcement chopped some $5 billion from the bank’s market cap, and neither CEO Oswald Grübel nor any other senior executive has addressed the matter.

It’s instructive to compare UBS’s public response to that of other banks involved in similar situations.

When Jérôme Kerviel’s trades racked up losses of $7.2 billion for Société Générale, its CEO, Daniel Bouton, faced th