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The collaborative approach to leading teams is best suited for today’s complex workplace, where newer, less-defined problems need agile solutions. Through collaborative leadership, executives can create an inclusive environment that energises teams, releases creativity, and cultivates a company culture that is both productive and joyful where information is exchanged organically, and everyone takes responsibility for the whole.
Diversity, equity & inclusion Employee wellbeing Shaping culture Team dynamicWe need to rethink the organisation. We must break from the traps of historic convention, stop managing the wrong things and embrace an adaptive synthesis of people, behaviours and processes enabled by effective information. In doing so, intelligent organisations will deliver greater value to all stakeholders.
Organisational design Strategy Team dynamic Working practicesNature shows the way: those who adapt, survive. This also applies to organisations, especially against the background of enormous challenges, such as accelerated technological evolution, pandemics and climate change. To achieve this, organisations must leave behind linear-hierarchical structures and move towards networked-intelligent ones. But how can this be achieved?
Organisational design Strategy Talent management Team dynamicSmarter and more sustainable workplaces are essential for all businesses as we tentatively emerge from the restrictions of the pandemic. Technology is pivotal in not only providing a seamless user experience but also in building a greener IT strategy.
Breakthrough technologies Post-Covid workplace Team dynamic Working practicesThe sudden shock of the changes brought about as a result of coronavirus has passed, and we are now settling into what is likely to be a long period of working from home. Our sister companies, particularly NTT DATA Italia, have been coping with this situation for some time already, and we have benefitted from their experience. We would like to share some of what they have discovered.
Post-Covid workplace Shaping culture Team dynamic Whitepaper Working practicesIn agility, less is definitely more. From communication to productivity to trust, small teams are one of the critical factors in making enterprise agility a reality – and a success – for any business.
Diversity, equity & inclusion Innovation Team dynamicMost mindsets or frameworks developed to support an environment where employees can confidently adapt to market opportunities, such as Agile, Lean, and Scrum are not enough. A new framework of reference is required, one that draws on neuroscience, organisational psychology and new types of leadership.
Operational agility Organisational design Strategy Team dynamicLearning is a critical part of an organisation’s ability to transform. The steep learning curve on cloud native migrations offers a useful lens through which to understand how we can improve both training and ways of working, in order to create an agile and future-fit organisation.
Breakthrough technologies Operational agility Talent management Team dynamicWith a ‘mission command’ philosophy, organisations can adapt to the VUCA environment businesses face today. By focusing on the team’s coherence as a whole, and its ability to share information and make decisions effectively, organisations can thrive in uncertainty.
Operational agility Shaping culture Strategy Team dynamicChange management is an underrated tool in the fight against continual disruption. With a few basic tenets, companies can get a handle on quickly assembling resources – and, crucially, maximising buy-in from the workforce – in response to changing external and internal environments.
EX Operational agility Team dynamic Working practicesEven as we return to the physical office as the effects of the pandemic begin to subside, remote working is here to stay. And there are few disciplines which rely on in-person collaboration for innovation as much as design. By embracing new technologies, we can not only facilitate but also improve ways of working.
Hybrid working Team dynamicOne of the biggest challenges faced by leaders is connecting the diverse perspectives and skills inside, and outside, the organisation in order to focus innovation efforts. Peter Fisk, takes us through what we can learn from Microsoft’s renaissance under Satya Nadella.
Innovation Organisational design Partnerships Team dynamicStudy after study shows that a diverse workforce and diverse management teams are more creative, innovative and successful. But diversity is just part of the puzzle. For a company to be truly innovative, the platform for new ideas to emerge must be open and accessible to all.
Diversity, equity & inclusion EX Innovation Team dynamicIf creativity is the starting point for innovation, then play is the starting point for creativity. But without a connected ecosystem, both in and outside the organisation, great ideas will fail to come to fruition. Harnessing diversity of thought and empowering your workforce with curiosity, passion and collaboration, is how businesses need to behave if they want to become constant innovators.
Creativity Innovation Team dynamic Working practicesOften, all we need to embrace the unorthodox is the permission to do so. The idea of “the rebel pirate” can give rise to fertile, free-thinking environments, ripe for innovation. Fortune favours the bold, after all.
Innovation Shaping culture Team dynamic Working practicesDiverse perspectives help teams to see things in new ways, not only driving the creation of better products but also helping businesses reach a broader customer base and garner success in new markets. But to go from good to great, innovative teams must prioritise inclusion – making your employees feel safe to express their unique perspectives.
Diversity, equity & inclusion Innovation Shaping culture Team dynamicThe experience of the past months has been an opportunity to reflect on the office of the future. Here's how we imagined it. Translated from Italian
Hybrid working IoT Operational agility Team dynamicHow can the entrepreneurial spirit needed to truly innovate be fostered inside a system designed to maintain the status quo? This is a challenge faced by businesses across the globe. Leaders must break down the barriers in their organisations, to truly create space for innovation.
Innovation Shaping culture Strategy Team dynamicThe white paper examines some of the key challenges facing organisations as the digital revolution gathers pace. By understanding the new disruptive environment and connecting people across (and beyond) the workforce, organisations can become more motivated, inventive, adaptable and quick to respond.
EX Talent management Team dynamic Whitepaper Working practicesThis paper investigates how to build a high-performing company culture through purpose, meaning and entrepreneurship.
Purpose Talent management Team dynamic WhitepaperWhen discussing employee culture, much focus has been put on agility, or the ability to respond to change. But to remain relevant and competitive, organisations must also consciously lead the change. In this way, there is much leadership teams can learn from social change movements, where authentic purpose, a belief in people power and the removal of barriers to participation mean that grassroots mobilisation can have real impact.
Diversity, equity & inclusion Employee wellbeing Talent management Team dynamicEffective leaders know how to cultivate the environment that is most conducive with experimentation and learning, by having an unwavering focus on putting your people first.
EX Shaping culture Team dynamicWhy leaders need to embrace change at an organisational and cultural level to be able to manage the evolving landscape of business relationships, and how small steps can make all the difference.
Shaping culture Strategy Team dynamicWhat lessons can leaders learn from the military that will aid them in making effective intelligence-led decisions under conditions of constant change and uncertainty? In a world irreversibly changed, by acting with foresight and insight, business leaders can thrive even amongst complexity.
Organisational design Shaping culture Strategy Team dynamicWelcome to the first edition of CXO by NTT DATA, a brand-new magazine aimed at corporate leaders. The theme for this first issue is ‘A Culture of Entrepreneurship’.
Innovation Issue welcome Shaping culture Team dynamic Welcome LettersIn an age of disruption like never before, openness to new ideas – from every level of the organisation – is the first step to cultivating the kind of employee culture that celebrates and encourages entrepreneurship. And innovation from within is the key to survival.
Creativity Shaping culture Strategy Team dynamicCreating the culture for an entrepreneurial mindset to flourish takes more than a shift in management. A robust toolkit with creativity at its heart, nurtured and encouraged through day to day business is required for true behavioural change.
Creativity Innovation Shaping culture Team dynamic