The Culture Blog

Dr Tony Watt knows what makes a successful organisation tick.

Tony Watt lives, breathes, studies and works with organisational culture and change management. It has been a focus of his career for many years, and his doctorate from The University of Queensland (2009) focused on the sociology of change that drives human behaviour.

Tony is now a national circuit speaker and media commentator on organisational culture, executive team development and organisational change management.

17
Oct

When to Fire a Top Performer...

Found this interesting ... in HBR: When to Fire a Top Performer Who Hurts Your Company Culture by Eric C. Sinoway...
14
Sep

Emotional Engagement = Discretionary Effort

Enjoyed this article: Accessed 14/09/2012 12:55 PM from http://bit.ly/RVuH61 “Engagement: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. According to a recent...
30
Aug

What are the claimed Values that...

aka I’m just wild about Emperor Harry’s new apron. Stephanie Zillman news editor of HC Online asserts: “Humour must be...
06
Aug

‘7 Habits’ author Stephen Covey dead...

July 16, 2012|By the CNN Wire Staff Author Stephen Covey, whose “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” sold more than...
17
Jun

Hywood’s Fairfax rally: ‘we can no...

I found this great article on Crikey.com.au that mentions “embattled Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood has launched an aggressive internal push to...
17
Jun

Woolworths now made in Australia

This is a powerful story that emphasises the sociological point that ‘rational’ models upon which most business strategy is constructed...
21
Jul

“This is the most humble day...

Powerful sociology going on here. Watch as society regulates itself. Social resources are being marshalled here to test and reinforce...
17
Oct

Axiomatic business beliefs - What do...

What do you make of these axiomatic business beliefs? “What you see is what you measure” “What you measure is...
24
Aug

Gimme the beer, I’m outa here!

So said Stephen Slater the JetBlue flight attendant who abandoned ’plane at JFK Airport in New York down its emergency...
15
Jul

What are the bottom line values...

Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor The Australian July 15, 2010 writes about the values and interestingly “virtues” inherent in maintaining universal standards of...