Designing Work
Thomas BertelsIdeas and insights to make work more productive, valuable, motivating.
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Work Design Is a Team Sport
Ask anyone in your organization who owns work design, and you’ll get a blank stare. That is a problem.
There are various groups that own aspects of work design. HR owns the org chart. IT owns technology. Operations owns workflows. The exec...
The Heads You Cut? They Grew Right Back!
Layoffs are painful. Morale drops, productivity takes a hit, and reputation suffers. They also consume an enormous amount of management time and attention.
And they often come with a hefty price tag. Severance and related transition costs...
The Real Work Starts After The Surgery
The surgeon thinks the job is done when the surgery ends
A layoff has a clean ending. There is a date. There is a list of impacted employees. There are talking points for managers and HR reps ready to assist. Then the announcement is made,...
Sometimes Phoenix Doesn't Rise from the Ashes
In mythology, the phoenix is a bird that is consumed by fire and then reborn. It is an image of renewal after destruction, a symbol of transformation, resilience, and new life.
When companies restructure and downsize, leaders often assume...
Your AI Transformation Has a Steering Problem
The pilots are working. The transformation isn’t.
Every executive I talk to is moving on AI. Vendor contracts are signed, use cases identified, policies established, models in production. Some pilots are even producing real results. And ye...
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