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Open-book Management will be revolutionary in the modern workplace
Oh oh. At mostly, we’re likely doing this. Open book management (OBM). Our mostly employees are grownups – we’ll begin with the end in mind and allow them to see how ‘hard’ it is to keep a penny in the business. We’ll be transparent on where we spend it and how much we earn too.…
Read MoreTrust and motivation
In our (David and my) compelling but terribly dry literature review on organisational culture theories we write about the concepts trust and motivation. Alignment & Autonomy A great matrix from Spotify available on YouTube if you search for “engineering culture”. Thanks to Alastair Taylor of Booking.com for providing the signposts to it. Does your organisation give lots of freedom but with little communication or…
Read MoreTrust mostly
As the first one into a company, you get the fun task of attempting to win clients’ hearts-and-minds, as well as turning your hand to the drier tasks of writing a #business plan and a culture deck. I jest, that’s actually alright too. Taking a page out of Netflix ‘s book for a few things when defining “the mostly…
Read MoreHumanocracy
“Bureaucratic organizations are inertial, incremental, and dispiriting. In a bureaucracy, the power to initiate change is vested in a few senior leaders…” The word “bureaucracy” like “horsepower” is considered by many a relic and outdated. But still prevalent… Great lines and lots to look forward to with the release of Humanocracy by Gary Hamel and Michelle de Avila…
Read MoreQuit while you’re ahead
I will quit mostly while I am ahead. But it’s going to take a long time to get ahead in this game. Loads to do and it has been a great buzz launching a start during lockdown. Busy days ahead predicted, having just returned from a week in self-catering away from home (good to get…
Read MoreYou can’t hide intent
You can’t hide intent. So why not just be honest… We’re attempting to promote our mostly brand. There, only gone and said it. A good introduction to mostly is a Crux cast recorded a few weeks back. Available for free in 2 parts from all good Internet browsers. Just ask Eric or see link below.
Read MoreGreat Men Make Great All Blacks
“Good people make great teams. People that aren’t very nice, although they might be superstars, we don’t want them”. We are about [building &] sustaining a #culture of success. Week in, week out. Year in, year out. Best team in the World, that is our goal.” Watch this space – one day soon we will be recruiting.
Read MoreHydrogen
Energy Transition / clean energy / Hydrogen has lots it can deliver. I quit a good going oil and gas job a month back to start a management #consultancy with friends. We are feeling our way and making inroads to three key sectors we believe in (three being our magic number – for now): ???? Energy Transition…
Read MoreMostly Sport
At mostly we are keen to share learnings from sports and bring them to the business world.
Read MoreMostly Crux
Full part 1 interview with Mr Eric Doyle of Crux available here. We’re excited to be growing a business with the use of social media so would appreciate re-sharing and assistance to boost the profile of our startup, being born during lock down. We’ll give away 10 tickets to our mostly consulting AMG (annual meeting of glory). Share and comment to…
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