Culture at Airbnb

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.

04
Aug

Culture at Airbnb

This article from News Limited makes for fascinating reading. Why, because you don’t have to go to this expense to...
03
Apr

‘Engagement surveys’ mislead - high productivity...

According to Mark Murphy, Leadership IQ’s CEO, his team researched 207 companies and came up with a surprising metric: In...
09
Nov

TOXIC CULTURE = HIGH TURNOVER COSTS

Capturing Turnover Costs, Carla Johnson July 2000, HR Magazine Tracking turnover costs has become increasingly important in the current tight...
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...
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...
29
Jun

Would your team re-elect you as...

PM Gillard’s Acceptance Speech The largest business in Australia is the Trillion Dollar Commonwealth Government. In case you didn’t notice,...
19
Feb

High doses of money won’t cure...

Here’s a powerful example of what we talk about in our consultancy. So many in business and government generally,  spend...