Transforming the culture of an organization involves pragmatic, careful, and coordinated tuning of key levers such as values and behaviours, leadership, individual and team capability, organization and job design, performance management, reward, and most importantly, ways of working. You may have a compelling vision and a brilliant strategy but without the right organizational culture, the […]
Archives for July 2021
Baidu Partners with Automaker BAIC on New Apollo Robotaxi
Baidu’s long ride to bring its autonomous driving technology to the masses has taken another step forward, with word that industry major BAIC has signed on to make cars using the search giant’s Apollo system. More precisely, Baidu will work together with BAIC’s Arcfox electric vehicle unit to make self-driving robotaxis under a program dubbed […]
Post-Covid Job Expectations: It’s A New Work World. Dive in.
What once were considered ground rules in both job seeking and recruiting are changing rapidly. As the pace picks up again, both candidates and employers need to examine post-Covid job expectations and recognize that new opportunities have entered the mix. Here are some examples. 1. Should you take the opportunity to change industries? Sometimes a well-qualified candidate, […]
Top 4 Diversity Initiatives in 2021
Organizations are being asked to identify diverse talent to fill executive-level positions. The lack of diversity in leadership positions is consistently cited as a critical corporate issue, leading recruiters to pursue a wide range of executive diversity initiatives in 2021. According to an analysis by McKinsey, companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on […]
Top 10 most valuable private consumer goods firms in China
Hurun Research Institute released China’s top 100 most valuable consumer goods companies on March 23, ranking private companies headquartered in China by market value as of March 9 or by the latest estimated value for unlisted ones. Companies on the list totaled 9.86 trillion yuan ($1.51 trillion), with a value of at least 14 billion […]
When it comes to AI, Beijing is leading the pack
As China’s science and technology innovation center, Beijing is leading in the 17 specific fields of the artificial intelligence industry in China, according to an industrial report published recently by the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence and Tsinghua University. The report says that Beijing has 63 scholars with high influence in the AI industry, ranking […]
Top 6 Chinese firms in Forbes ‘Blockchain 50’
Forbes released its latest Blockchain 50 on Feb 3, with six Chinese companies landing on the list this year. The third annual Blockchain 50 features companies that lead in employing distributed ledger technology and have revenue or a valuation of at least $1 billion, according to the financial magazine. Twenty-one newcomers including the world’s largest […]
What Does Great Leadership Coaching Look Like
Leadership coaching is a highly effective way of accelerating your development as a leader. But it also requires a significant investment of time and money. So how do you know if your investment is worthwhile? Gregg Thompson shares 10 characteristics of great leadership coaching. Gregg Thompson is a facilitator, coach and speaker with a passion […]