Corporate culture

Digital transformation and corporate culture

When the company's goal is digital transformation, then the corporate culture is one of its most important elements.

However, I often see that when the conversation turns to the topic of corporate culture, it inevitably causes yawns and dramatic eye-rolls - perhaps because no one knows what to do about it. But agricultural engineers somehow managed to study the composition, properties and characteristics of soil, climate and seedlings in order to predict the future harvest.

Certain qualities that we value in a person - talent, opportunities, purposefulness - are leveled out in a collective task if they are sown in unsuitable soil. I mean, if you are a happy farmer who owns several hectares of excellent black soil in Ukraine, it would not occur to you to cultivate Annona Scaly. And the heroes of my stories believe that if you water and wait more often, then soon they will establish export to Jamaica.

Why don't business people embarking on a digital transformation start by analyzing the existing corporate culture and comparing expectations with reality?

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How to become a transformation leader?

by nikivolt|28 February 202301 March 2023|Corporate culture, Transformational leadership, Digital transformation

Decided to become a transformation leader? Congratulations. Potential "death" awaits you at every turn and in between. If you are already experienced and able to avoid mistakes in the spirit of “we will change everything now”, then, perhaps, all you need is the trust of the leadership. ...

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About the culture of remote work and digital nomads

by nikivolt|11 August 202211 August 2022|Corporate culture, Transformational leadership

3 categories of companies With regard to remote work, companies can be divided into 3 categories: The first - those who decided that it was not for them and quietly died today (I would even say that they have rested). The second are those who have adapted to ...

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Why aren't your people motivated? 3 mistakes of the leader.

by nikivolt|25 November 2021 26 November 2021 |Corporate culture

To understand how to motivate people, it’s better to figure out how to do it first. Mistake # 1. Excessive consistency and pedantry Try to write somewhere on social networks that the most important thing is people, you will immediately receive several comments about KPIs, financial results, and so on in ...

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The added value of intelligence

by nikivolt|10 September 202126 November 2021 |Corporate culture, Transformational leadership

Details aside, all service companies can be divided into two categories - those that embody desires (let's call them operational-type companies) and those that add value to experience, intelligence, creativity and trends (let's call them engineering-type companies). Perhaps in ...

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How to hire in an overheated IT market

by nikivolt|19 August 202126 November 2021 |Corporate culture, Transformational leadership

From time to time I am asked to do one of the Talent Sourcing modules for InnoCamp. Instead of a presentation, I tell three stories, or rather two of them, but as many as three conclusions can be drawn. They all go back to that distant time when I happened on my own ...

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Cultural Differences - From Linguistics to Talent

by nikivolt|22 July 202125 November 2021 |Corporate culture

-How can I clearly convey the difference in mentality? - Best of all, this difference comes through their own sad experience. - Well, so as not to wait for inconvenient cases? “Then just listen carefully and analyze the terminology. I often turn to linguistics when ...

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In search of product thinking

by nikivolt|01 July 202125 November 2021 |Corporate culture, Transformational leadership, Digital transformation

- I've been looking for a Deliveri director for 3 years already ... The conversation about technology smoothly flows into the conversation about people. So this time - everything is according to the script. Boring. I know exactly what will happen next. There are no right people. Personnel hunger. Competition. Now he...

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About valuable archaeological sites and excessive enthusiasm

by nikivolt|09 June 202125 November 2021 |Corporate culture, Transformational leadership

Foreword. Every organization has issues that cannot be resolved for years. These are those from the quadrant “not urgent, but important”, and later - “because it is long and hard”. They knew more than one year of waiting before they were carefully postponed ...

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Who if not me? The story of one manager

by nikivolt|16 May 202121 November 2021 |Corporate culture, Transformational leadership

- Do not get involved, you have no experience - whispered an inner voice. - But if not me, then who? There was no time left for reflection. Everyone looked at him. Denis nodded and turned to the client: - I am responsible for your project ...

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Do we roll square, do we wear round? Transformation: where to start?

by nikivolt|25 March 202105 May 2021|Composable Enterprise, DWH, Corporate culture, Transformational leadership, Digital transformation

Digital transformation - where to start? In my opinion, the main task of digital transformation is to accumulate an intellectual asset, and not to optimize the operating system, as many tend to think. Knowing your assets is where to start your digital transformation. It's a pity now many people underestimate ...

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Make the right choice

by nikivolt|08 February 202105 May 2021|Corporate culture

Checklist: how to find a partner / contractor and ... a client? Checklist how to find a partner, choose a contractor, tender for a service provider, requirements for an IT system, a scorecard for a candidate ... Before entering into any partnership, each organization tries to understand the criteria for success ...

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On the road to ideal

by nikivolt|January 28 202126 December 2021|Corporate culture, Transformational leadership

“We need to better select managers. Let's develop score sheets ”- the second hour of the meeting, which already lasted twice as long as the announced time, was coming to an end. History of one meeting Initially there was a question about an unhappy client ... Then the discussion migrated through ...

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Human factor

by nikivolt|27 December 202020 November 2021 |Corporate culture, Digital transformation

I have not yet met a technical problem that could not be solved. There are so many tools in the arsenal of engineers that their combinations give astronomical possibilities - a little creativity, curiosity and the right question to the community - and already reality takes on a different shape. But often ...

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3 key management processes that are missing

by nikivolt|03 December 202005 May 2021|Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Corporate culture, Transformational leadership, Digital transformation

Digital transformation requires rethinking key processes. Working in different managerial positions in different companies and departments, I have met with an exuberant variety of processes - from burdened with experience bureaucratic to elegant technological. Digital transformation requires rethinking processes. At the same time, my ...

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About Culture. Why it's getting you nowhere.

by nikivolt|16 October 202023 October 2020|Corporate culture, Transformational leadership

That doesn't work, that's all. Despite all efforts, reasonable action and timing. As if you are running into some kind of ceiling ... Igor, the owner of a large national company, tried to set up sales to the West. He trained his best salespeople, but after a few months of intense ...

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Smart City

by nikivolt|20 September 202026 April 2021|L'Arte di Vivere, Corporate culture, Travels

True Gentleman Engineer "Nothing can stop me" - wrapping myself in a short jacket in line at the gangway, I repeated to myself over and over again. Neither the piercing wind, nor the fear of flying, nor the violent cough from the severe flu the day before. I was on the crest ...

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