Changing Corporate Culture by Storytelling

Writing about Corporate Culture and the related possibilities of changing, moving or even transforming it into new forms or more active state of mind is a hard thing to do. In one of my last posts on Organizational Culture Change I tried to show some important thinking pieces that should be taken into account before becoming … More Changing Corporate Culture by Storytelling

Still not on Facebook? You’d better be!

I would describe this post as a short excursion to the digital world. The presentation below is a shrunk and compressed version of a more comprehensive one I showed to some students here at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. I think I managed to compile the most important reasons for entering Facebook as an company. Of course this is only … More Still not on Facebook? You’d better be!

Book of the Week: Change 2.0 – Beyond Organisational Transformation

I can only recommend to read if you want to work in the context of Change. Nobody knows everything and practical experiences surely are one thing but the universe of books is endless and so are the possibilities that books offer to you. When I say read, I do not only refer to modern how-to’s … More Book of the Week: Change 2.0 – Beyond Organisational Transformation

Digital Change – How Social Media supports Change Management

If you have taken the the time and read my profile, you will have come upon the fact that I tend to include Social Media and Enterprise 2.0 tools and applications in the context of my consultancy work. Since years Social Media Software (SMS) and platforms spread all over the planet, connect people and shift the … More Digital Change – How Social Media supports Change Management

Pour off your old habits – Organizational Culture Change

If you talk to any change consultant he will probably state that changing the culture of an organization is the hardest piece of work in his job. He will be harried even more when he has to transform a culture instead of creating a new…if a company has established any form of culture (and may … More Pour off your old habits – Organizational Culture Change

Don´t try to sell a heater in the Sahara: Culture Types

Corporate culture is a winged word nowadays. Every manager tries to improve his company culture, if not he is trying to establish one. Its just very important for a company to have something the employees can identify with and customer may be attracted to…basically just the same as with any Corporate Social Responsibility or Corporate Governance … More Don´t try to sell a heater in the Sahara: Culture Types

Change related Acquiescence Effects

As mentioned in my last post, I will continue writing about the “psychology of change”. In a first instance I would like to deal with the so called “acquiescence effect”. What is the “acquiescence effect”? Imagine that you get asked something by another person. Now consider your answer. By doing so closely you will realize that you do … More Change related Acquiescence Effects