MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice Mark Poppenborg

When projects are late, we tend to start them earlier. Yet, this type of project management makes matters worse. Find out how to reduce lead time, increase your reliability and improve on productivity by understanding the harbour master principle.
0:00​ - Intro
3:09​ - Why projects take longer and forecasts fail
5:59​ - The Harbour Master Principle
9:29​ - Projects are like cars on the motorway
12:06​ - Start projects as late as possible
15:28​ - I need more focus too
17:51​ - Wrap up
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About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice
As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles.
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There's dozens of checklists out there on how to conduct successful project management. You will also find a myriad of mistakes to be avoided. But you rarely get taught about this very crucial ingredient of a project's success.
0:00 - Introduction to the Harvard Business Review article
05:40 - Project Management mistakes that are made according to the HBR
10:43 - A closer look at the nature of a project team
13:00 - Overcoming an organisation's resistance
17:17 - How to balance protection and connection of a project
24:00 - A rare exception in which protection is provided by an emergency
25:37 - Final advice
Referenced article from the Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2021/03/for-an-agile-transformation-choose-the-right-people
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About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice
As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles.
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How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg:
Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen​
Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede​
Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin​
Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter​
Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram​
intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify​

Google is pushing back on remote work. But not every large business is taking the same approach. What questions should you be asking yourself and what is an effective remote work strategy for your business?
0:00 - Intro
4:18 - How remote work has treated us during the pandemic
6:57 - Decisions large businesses are taking regarding remote work
10:33 - Why hiring a director remote work might not be a good idea
15:51 - How does the place of work influence value creation
19:35 - How to protect employees from overworking themselves at home
22:28 - Do it like Spotify - Here is why
27:00 - Closing notes
Article laying out Google’s remote work strategy: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/google-speeds-partial-office-reopening-and-puts-limits-on-remote-work.html
Article reporting on Amazon’s new headquarters: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/02/02/amazons-new-massive-second-headquarters-sets-the-stage-for-employees-returning-to-an-office-setting/?sh=3dd594e96076
Article referring to Twitter, Square and others: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/04/01/google-wants-workers-to-return-to-the-office-ahead-of-schedule-this-looks-like-a-blow-to-the-remote-work-trend/?sh=500494f61575
Study conducted by the German IFO-Institute: https://www.ifo.de/en/node/56686
Article about the new role director remote work: https://www.fastcompany.com/90573992/more-companies-are-hiring-a-director-of-remote-work
Article about Spotify’s strategy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/02/12/spotify-will-let-employees-work-from-anywhere-they-do-their-best-thinking-and-creating/?sh=6dc0ed2ae046
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About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice
As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles.
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How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg
Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen
Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede
Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin
Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter
Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram
intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify

Has Human Resource Management lost its way? Many HR leaders would like to have more impact, yet their true role has become increasingly negligent and almost irrelevant to value creation. But there is a way to fix it both for Human Resource Management as well as for the business as a whole.
0:00 - Intro
04:25 - The surprising way a CHRO expressed his own lack of relevance
08:25 - The status quo: How Human Resource Management is seen today?
11:47 - The slippery slope HR is going down on
17:03 - Have I got it all backwards and is HR on the right track after all?
18:39 - Exploring the true cause of the symptoms HR is trying to tackle
24:00 - How HR could re-establish their reputation
31:08 - Closing notes
Tweet by Gary Hamel: https://twitter.com/profhamel/status/1359217632394682371?s=20
Article by J.P. Hoornstra in the Entrepreneur Europe: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/362580
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About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice
As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles.
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How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg
Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen
Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede
Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin
Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter
Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram
intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify
#MarkPoppenborg #MarkUpNews #intrinsify

Don't follow names, follow logic. Simon Sinek is one of the most popular management and leadership thinkers. But when he talks about company values he makes three majorly flawed assumptions.
This episode dissects his line of reasoning regarding company values using a talk he gave and published on YouTube.
0:00 - Intro and recap of the last episode about corporate culture
01:56 - Introduction to Simon Sinek's view about company values
03:59 - Dissecting Simon Sinek's reasoning - Part 1: nouns vs verbs
04:39 - Part 2: You can't live by a company value
07:01 - Circular expectations: How company values actually emerge
08:07 - Part 3: The danger of holding people accountable for living by company values
15:12 - A positive example of a mid-sized company for real change
16:24 - Start a conversation with your colleagues
18:03 - Final words
Video by Simon Sinek "How should a company share it's values? | Q+A" that served as a source for this episode: https://youtu.be/5yE541BY-1c
The named company that stopped manipulating culture but made actual changes: Beutlhauser: https://www.beutlhauser.de
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Please make suggestions for publications (English only) to deconstruct in the comments section or via email to mail@markup.news.
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About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice
As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles.
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How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg
Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen
Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede
Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin
Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter
Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram
intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify
#MarkPoppenborg #MarkUpNews #intrinsify

If you want to change your corporate culture or core values for the better you are likely to cause more harm than good. Although common wisdom and mainstream management advice suggests that an organizational culture is an object at our disposal, our daily experience should teach us what solid social science has known for decades: You can't manufacture a corporate culture.
0:00 - Intro
3:45 - Corporate culture: Some background information on the topic
6:49 - Introduction to the article that promotes the idea of manufacturing corporate culture
14:40 - The false assumption the article is making about company culture
19:28 - How culture emerges and what shapes corporate values
22:55 - Why proclaiming core values often leads to harm
27:20 - What can you do instead of trying to change the corporate culture?
30:22 - Wrapping up the episode
Article by Jim Schleckser: https://www.inc.com/jim-schleckser/why-your-company-needs-values-not-a-rulebook.html
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About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice
As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles.
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How to follow and connect to Mark Poppenborg
Mark's website: https://markup.news/websiteen
Mark's website in German: https://markup.news/websitede
Mark on LinkedIn: https://markup.news/linkedin
Mark on Twitter: https://markup.news/twitter
Mark on Instagram: https://markup.news/instagram
intrinsify: https://markup.news/intrinsify