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“How To” Guide to Better Transformation Management
There is no escaping that successfully managing Transformation, whether it be digital, organisational or operational, is tricky and comes with significant risk, obstacles and complexity. Through our work at Avantix, we have seen many examples (both good and bad) of...
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Business Architecture in a Nutshell
When I tell people I’m a business architect then normally I’m met with one of two reactions – either utter bewilderment or an assumption that I design buildings. The first is understandable but whilst I’m definitely not qualified to design...
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Why is Psychological Safety important in the workplace?
Psychological safety is the essential ingredient in high performing organisations. In psychologically safe environments people feel comfortable sharing candid feedback, openly admitting mistakes, and learning from each other.
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5 Reasons why you should psychometric test your candidates
When it comes to building a successful team, we all know how crucial hiring the right candidate is. One way to build confidence in your hiring process is by using psychometric assessments as a tool or suite of tools alongside...
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What is transformational debt and why should you care about it?
There is a concept in software development called technical debt. Put simply, technical debt is a cost associated with performing additional work to put right a quick fix solution, or the cost of performing work later than it should have...
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Humanocracy beats Bureaucracy
Humans are really good at seeing patterns and developing solutions to solve problems. It’s a gift that evolution bestowed upon us. We can create solutions to more complex problems when we interact in groups. Better ideas emerge when we can...
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Building organisational resilience for a complex world
Organisations operate in an increasingly complex world. The efficiency-focussed models of yesterday are no longer sufficient in a world where resilience to constantly changing events is required. To cope with the demands of a complex world, organisations need to actively...