The business model of the new economy is characterized by talent and services on demand, automation, and magical user experience. At least, that’s how futurist and veteran of the technology game, Tim O’Reilly, put it in his latest bestseller, WTF: What’s The Future and Why It’s Up To Us.
Unlike technology companies that are more predisposed to living these values, professional services firms still rely mostly on people to create and deliver value to their clients. Scale is still dependent upon headcount, and I spent almost six years as part of this headcount at firms such as EY and KPMG.
Having left that world in 2013 to pursue entrepreneurship, I’ve since established and overseen the development of my own boutique firm focused on corporate innovation — Collective Campus.
I’ve been vocal about our team’s approach to getting sh*t done — which embodies O’Reilly’s model — and was manifest in my Harvard Business Review article, The Case for the 6-Hour Workday.
The WorkFlow podcast is hosted by Steve Glaveski with a mission to help you unlock your potential to do more great work in far less time, whether you're working as part of a team or flying solo, and to set you up for a richer life.
To help you avoid stepping into these all too common pitfalls, we’ve reflected on our five years as an organization working on corporate innovation programs across the globe, and have prepared 100 DOs and DON’Ts.