It’s Spring. Let Thousands Of Org Charts Bloom!

Spring is here. The promise of new beginnings in the air. Time to get out into the gardens. Creating and managing org charts is a lot like gardening.  Lots of attention is required; putting the right supports in place, using the right mix of nutrients; pruning where...

From Karachi to Scotland: Lost In A Sea of Nameless Faces

A couple of years ago I had the good fortune to work for a large corporation with operations all over the world (Hint; it’s in the FMCG industry). Even though I was employed in the local site in Karachi (Pakistan) it was still a couple of hundred people operation (not...

Moving from static to interactive org charts

It was 1854, a year when streets were lit by coal gas for the first time and the diaphragm speaker (the foundation for the first telephone) was theorized. This was the same year that the first organizational chart was used. Sure, organizational modeling has progressed...
Five Tips for Building Effective Virtual Teams

Five Tips for Building Effective Virtual Teams

In our last post on the freelance economy we wrote about how organizations of all sizes are now relying increasingly on part-time, consulting, contract and other contingent workplace arrangements now taking hold within many organizations to achieve business agility,...