David Burkus joins us for this episode of The Innovation Engine to talk about corporate management and how some of the world's leading organizations are working to upend business as usual for their employees, and in so doing for their customers as well.
Among the topics we discuss are why you're likely to get better results by being employee-centric rather than customer-centric, how scrapping performance reviews has helped companies like Adobe reach new heights, and what the org chart of today should look like.
David Burkus is the author of the just-released book Under New Management: How Leading Organizations are Upending Business as Usual. He's an assistant professor of management at Oral Roberts University, where he teaches courses on organizational behavior, creativity and innovation, and strategic leadership. David is also the founder and host of Radio Free Leader, a podcast that shares insights on leadership, innovation, and strategy.
Among the highlights of this week's episode are: