Tom Stewart

Labour markets move more slowly than people think. People in their work lives may like this idea of being ‘footloose and fancy free’, but in the whole of their lives, they’re a little less radical. We’re revolutionaries with mortgages. So don’t assume that everyone is 23 and wants to go someplace new tomorrow.

Tom Stewart

A few years ago, I came across an old acronym that was used to describe the role of managers, ‘POEM’, whereby the job of management was to Plan, Organize, Execute, and Measure. It seemed to me that in a business environment where hierarchies are flatter, work changes rapidly because of new technologies, new customers, new markets, etc., and where you’re working in a more networked … [ Read more ]

Four Kinds of Uncertainty

When an idea is turned down — it doesn’t matter whether the innovation is in technology, marketing, or management — most people offer one of two reasons: technology or money. Behind these two common explanations are the real reasons why ideas are killed: the four different types of uncertainty:
1. Technological uncertainty
2. Resource uncertainty
3. Market uncertainty
4. Organizational uncertainty