Julian Birkinshaw - Activity http://unstructure.org/members/jbirkinshaw/activity/feed Julian Birkinshaw - Activity Feed Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:42:05 +0530 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.1.2 en 431184b7dde42086a16fded0c40a298e <![CDATA[Julian Birkinshaw wrote a new blog post: The Change Agent’s Agenda]]> http://unstructure.org/role-and-influence-of-the-employee/the-change-agents-agenda/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:45:52 +0530 Julian Birkinshaw wrote a new blog post: The Change Agent’s Agenda

In the summer of 1987, Art Schneiderman faced a dilemma. As Quality Improvement Director at Analog Devices, he had been asked by CEO Ray Stata to develop a new annual planning process that focused on the non-financial drivers of quality improvement. Stata was interested in innovation and how the organization and its people worked. But [...]

]]> 611d44839c21a5c1743324b6fd1214d9 <![CDATA[Julian Birkinshaw wrote a new blog post: Is social networking at work good for employee engagement?]]> http://unstructure.org/role-and-influence-of-the-employee/is-social-networking-at-work-good-for-employee-engagement/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:34:19 +0530 Julian Birkinshaw wrote a new blog post: Is social networking at work good for employee engagement?

Thanks to everyone who commented on my recent piece on employee motivation. I believe we can quickly agree on two points: First, high levels of employee engagement are vital to the long-run success of knowledge-intensive firms; and second, employee engagement levels are nowhere near as high as they could be, or need to be.

But [...]

]]> f62fba3c0706a3980c27a98ef30c0d4b <![CDATA[Julian Birkinshaw wrote a new blog post: Will the role and influence of the employee be different in the new world of work?]]> http://unstructure.org/role-and-influence-of-the-employee/will-the-role-and-influence-of-the-employee-be-different-in-the-new-world-of-work/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:05:42 +0530 Julian Birkinshaw wrote a new blog post: Will the role and influence of the employee be different in the new world of work?

The changing role of the employee is a topic that is gaining prominence, especially in today’s business environment. There are many angles from which we can understand this – which I’m sure will throw up a lot of interesting thoughts in this forum – but for starters, I want to discuss employee motivation, both extrinsic [...]

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