When projects are late, we tend to start them earlier. Yet, this type of project management makes matters worse. Find out how to reduce lead time, increase your reliability and improve on productivity by understanding the harbour master principle. 0:00 - Intro 3:09 - Why projects take longer and forecasts fail 5:59 - The Harbour Master Principle 9:29 - Projects are like cars on the motorway 12:06 - Start projects as late as possible 15:28 - I need more focus too 17:51 - Wrap up ************************* Please make suggestions for publications (English only) to deconstruct in the comments section or via email to mail@markup.news. ************************* About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles. ************************* How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify
There's dozens of checklists out there on how to conduct successful project management. You will also find a myriad of mistakes to be avoided. But you rarely get taught about this very crucial ingredient of a project's success. 0:00 - Introduction to the Harvard Business Review article 05:40 - Project Management mistakes that are made according to the HBR 10:43 - A closer look at the nature of a project team 13:00 - Overcoming an organisation's resistance 17:17 - How to balance protection and connection of a project 24:00 - A rare exception in which protection is provided by an emergency 25:37 - Final advice Referenced article from the Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2021/03/for-an-agile-transformation-choose-the-right-people ************************* Please make suggestions for publications (English only) to deconstruct in the comments section or via email to mail@markup.news. ************************* About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles. ************************* How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg: Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify
Google is pushing back on remote work. But not every large business is taking the same approach. What questions should you be asking yourself and what is an effective remote work strategy for your business? 0:00 - Intro 4:18 - How remote work has treated us during the pandemic 6:57 - Decisions large businesses are taking regarding remote work 10:33 - Why hiring a director remote work might not be a good idea 15:51 - How does the place of work influence value creation 19:35 - How to protect employees from overworking themselves at home 22:28 - Do it like Spotify - Here is why 27:00 - Closing notes Article laying out Google’s remote work strategy: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/google-speeds-partial-office-reopening-and-puts-limits-on-remote-work.html Article reporting on Amazon’s new headquarters: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/02/02/amazons-new-massive-second-headquarters-sets-the-stage-for-employees-returning-to-an-office-setting/?sh=3dd594e96076 Article referring to Twitter, Square and others: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/04/01/google-wants-workers-to-return-to-the-office-ahead-of-schedule-this-looks-like-a-blow-to-the-remote-work-trend/?sh=500494f61575 Study conducted by the German IFO-Institute: https://www.ifo.de/en/node/56686 Article about the new role director remote work: https://www.fastcompany.com/90573992/more-companies-are-hiring-a-director-of-remote-work Article about Spotify’s strategy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/02/12/spotify-will-let-employees-work-from-anywhere-they-do-their-best-thinking-and-creating/?sh=6dc0ed2ae046 ************************* Please make suggestions for publications (English only) to deconstruct in the comments section or via email to mail@markup.news. ************************* About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles. ************************* How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify
Has Human Resource Management lost its way? Many HR leaders would like to have more impact, yet their true role has become increasingly negligent and almost irrelevant to value creation. But there is a way to fix it both for Human Resource Management as well as for the business as a whole. 0:00 - Intro 04:25 - The surprising way a CHRO expressed his own lack of relevance 08:25 - The status quo: How Human Resource Management is seen today? 11:47 - The slippery slope HR is going down on 17:03 - Have I got it all backwards and is HR on the right track after all? 18:39 - Exploring the true cause of the symptoms HR is trying to tackle 24:00 - How HR could re-establish their reputation 31:08 - Closing notes Tweet by Gary Hamel: https://twitter.com/profhamel/status/1359217632394682371?s=20 Article by J.P. Hoornstra in the Entrepreneur Europe: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/362580 ************************* Please make suggestions for publications (English only) to deconstruct in the comments section or via email to mail@markup.news. ************************* About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles. ************************* How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify #MarkPoppenborg #MarkUpNews #intrinsify
Don't follow names, follow logic. Simon Sinek is one of the most popular management and leadership thinkers. But when he talks about company values he makes three majorly flawed assumptions. This episode dissects his line of reasoning regarding company values using a talk he gave and published on YouTube. 0:00 - Intro and recap of the last episode about corporate culture 01:56 - Introduction to Simon Sinek's view about company values 03:59 - Dissecting Simon Sinek's reasoning - Part 1: nouns vs verbs 04:39 - Part 2: You can't live by a company value 07:01 - Circular expectations: How company values actually emerge 08:07 - Part 3: The danger of holding people accountable for living by company values 15:12 - A positive example of a mid-sized company for real change 16:24 - Start a conversation with your colleagues 18:03 - Final words Video by Simon Sinek "How should a company share it's values? | Q+A" that served as a source for this episode: https://youtu.be/5yE541BY-1c The named company that stopped manipulating culture but made actual changes: Beutlhauser: https://www.beutlhauser.de ************************* Please make suggestions for publications (English only) to deconstruct in the comments section or via email to mail@markup.news. ************************* About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles. ************************* How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify #MarkPoppenborg #MarkUpNews #intrinsify
If you want to change your corporate culture or core values for the better you are likely to cause more harm than good. Although common wisdom and mainstream management advice suggests that an organizational culture is an object at our disposal, our daily experience should teach us what solid social science has known for decades: You can't manufacture a corporate culture. 0:00 - Intro 3:45 - Corporate culture: Some background information on the topic 6:49 - Introduction to the article that promotes the idea of manufacturing corporate culture 14:40 - The false assumption the article is making about company culture 19:28 - How culture emerges and what shapes corporate values 22:55 - Why proclaiming core values often leads to harm 27:20 - What can you do instead of trying to change the corporate culture? 30:22 - Wrapping up the episode Article by Jim Schleckser: https://www.inc.com/jim-schleckser/why-your-company-needs-values-not-a-rulebook.html ************************* Please make suggestions for articles to deconstruct in the comments section or via email to mail@markup.news ************************* About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles. ************************* How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify
There is a tone of advice out there on how to run effective meetings. Rarely though, does anyone ask what makes meetings so ineffective and even more importantly, why there is such a demand for meetings in the first place. This episode shows you how to tackle the problem by its root. 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - Introduction to the article about banning Wednesday meetings 4:01 - Why we need to rephrase the question about effective meetings 6:24 - What causes meetings in the first place? 12:52 - How successful businesses go about the problem in a different way 15:24 - Summary and final advice Article by T.J. Leonard: https://www.inc.com/tj-leonard/why-banning-all-wednesday-meetings-saved-my-employees-from-zoom-fatigue-burnout.html ************************* Please make suggestions for articles to deconstruct in the comments section or via email to mail@markup.news ************************* About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles. ************************* How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify #MarkPoppenborg #MarkUpNews #intrinsify
When employees seem unaligned, mainstream management advice calls for over-communication. However, most often disalignment is an optical illusion. Mark points to a better place to start looking for solutions. Story #2 of this episode addresses mental health at work and makes a case for less intervention and explains why encroaching on employee's privacy can have detrimental consequences. 0:00 - Intro 1:16 - Story #1: Article claims leaders should over-communicate to the extreme 3:00 - Conclusions drawn from anecdotal evidence and why they are insufficient 7:37 - Challenging the assumptions of the article: What could be the true reason for a sense of disalignment and a need for over-communication? 10:22 - The hidden benefit of employees playing dumb 11:26 - How managers could benefit from this alternative view 14:05 - Story #2: Mental health in the workplace: The coming revolution 18:42 - The authors suggestions on how to tackle mental health issues 20:38 - Six ways that allegedly help tackling mental health related issues 23:55 - Two main reasons why the article's proposition is fundamentally wrong: 1) It doesn't ask for the cause 28:12 - 2) Encroaching on people's privacy | Disrespecting individual dignity 32:24 - Potential hidden agenda by McKinsey? Industrialising mental health 33:34 - Wrapping up the episode Article by Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer from story #1: https://www.fastcompany.com/90607036/leaders-this-is-why-overcommunication-only-strengthens-your-cause Article by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Leanne Williams from story #2: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/mental-health-in-the-workplace-the-coming-revolution ************************* Please make suggestions for articles to deconstruct in the comments section or via email to mail@markup.news ************************* About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles. ************************* How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify #MarkPoppenborg #MarkUpNews #intrinsify
Why are bosses toxic in the first place? What makes them bad? And how can we change it? In this episode Mark proposes an unconventional but effective perspective. He also looks at the connection between their behaviour and bureaucracy at work. 0:00 - Intro 1:27 - Story #1: What we learned about bureaucracy from 7,000 HBR readers 2:55 - Diseconomies of scale: What they are and how they come about? 4:33 - Why is bureaucracy so prevalent and why is it increasing? 7:45 - How can bureaucracy be overcome? 9:55 - Story #2: Article claiming how toxic behaviour of bosses should be addressed 11:43 - False assumption of the article and what can be done instead to handle a bad boss 14:33 - Hypocrisy of the underlying claim that the mainstream opinion follows 15:52 - Episode wrap up Article by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini from story #1: https://hbr.org/2017/08/what-we-learned-about-bureaucracy-from-7000-hbr-readers?registration=success Article by Shawn McClean, Stephen H. Courtright, Troy A. Smith, and Junhyok Yim from story #2: https://hbr.org/2021/01/stop-making-excuses-for-toxic-bosses