Next Practice – What we wil talk about in Management Consulting in the next years?
Recently, I presented Quartz+Co’s view on the future of management consulting, at the annual consulting day arranged by Virke, the Enterprise Federation of Norway. The consulting business is changing, clients are requesting tailor made solutions and more practical advice from experienced specialists. At the same time they expect management consultants to be flexible and able … Continue reading
Strategizing from within: Values and competence are the fundamentals, language makes sense, and actions give sense.
In a knowledge intensive society, members are asking for clues on how they can make a difference. Before leaders can explain how employees can contribute, they must make sense of the strategy and the inner organizational work-life themselves. Strategizing is thus a mutual and reciprocal sense-making and sense-giving process where leaders learn to enable subsequent … Continue reading
Knowledge in Organizations 3: Solving the paradox of knowledge versus knowing
In practice, organizations do not differentiate between the theoretical concepts of knowledge versus knowing. Managers simply search for the right balance. The ability to achieve that balance will distinguish the successful companies from the less prospering firms. As knowledge evolves over time from creation through mobilization and diffusion to commoditization, knowledge is transferred from a … Continue reading
Knowledge in Organizations 2: The paradox of knowledge as an asset versus knowing as a process
There are two main perspectives describing knowledge in organizations: Knowledge as an asset or knowing as a process. This represents a paradox that has been addressed by clarifying the levels of reference. The knowledge as an asset perspective is focused on the identification of valuable knowledge within organizations and how to develop mechanisms for managing … Continue reading
Eirik Haslestad: Engage. And Align. 