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Socia in conversation… Encouraging diversity in the Boardroom

The press has been full of articles discussing how Boards should be more representative of the organisations they lead. Clearly this discussion has focused on the issue of gender diversity and how to encourage more women onto Board positions and the success or...

Socia in conversation… Managing change in an interconnected world

by David Archer | event

In today’s interconnected business world a successful change programme can’t stop at the boundaries of your own organisation. To get the benefits of new ways of working, streamlined procedures or technological innovation often means getting your partners...

Partnership working at DSTL

by David Archer | news

Socia is working with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to help implement their new business plan – which is based on more partnership working with industry and university research facilities.

Socia in conversation… Getting value from Board evaluation

by David Archer | event

Many Boards across all sectors now carry out regular evaluation of their effectiveness. For UK PLC’s the corporate governance code requires external evaluations every 3 years, with the resulting action plans being reported to shareholders. Public bodies and...

Socia in conversation… Why programmes fail and what Boards can do about it

by David Archer | event

The track record of major programme delivery is not good. Many programmes fail to deliver the benefits of their original business case. At a Socia dinner in July a group of Exec and Non-Exec Directors debated some of the reasons why – and came up with 5 lessons...

Virtual collaboration – a contradiction in terms?

by David Archer | blog

An email popped into my mailbox last week from the Harvard Business Review with the title “Virtual Collaboration is fast becoming the norm, are you ready?” – the same day a colleague sent me a link to a New York Times article about research Google has done into what...

Programme Board Governance – room for improvement

by David Archer | blog

Much of the best practice guidance for Programme Boards has evolved from and built on the disciplines of project management and there are well established bodies of knowledge to draw on. But these tend to focus on ways of managing risk and controlling change in the...

Obama – the EU referendum and the consequences of an interconnected world

by David Archer | blog

“Whether you like it or not we are in an interconnected world” – so said Barack Obama in his BBC interview with Huw Edwards this week. President Obama has made several comments about the UK EU referendum but it was this phrase that most struck a chord. Over the last...

In conversation with Mike Brown – Transport Commissioner for London

by David Archer | event

On 15th March Socia hosted our annual Collaborative Leadership seminar. This year our speaker was the Transport Commissioner for London, Mike Brown. We’ve worked with Mike over many years and he was keen to talk about the collaboration lessons he has learned in...

Lessons from VW – getting honest about dishonesty

by David Archer | article, LinkedIn-David, Uncategorized

I read an interesting article in the New York Times this week about the latest twist in the Volkswagen emissions scandal. The CEO wrote to all employees promising them that they would not face the sack if they came forward with any information about the emissions...

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Socia in conversation… Encouraging diversity in the Boardroom

Socia in conversation… Managing change in an interconnected world

Partnership working at DSTL

Socia in conversation… Getting value from Board evaluation

Socia in conversation… Why programmes fail and what Boards can do about it

Virtual collaboration – a contradiction in terms?

Programme Board Governance – room for improvement

Obama – the EU referendum and the consequences of an interconnected world

In conversation with Mike Brown – Transport Commissioner for London

Lessons from VW – getting honest about dishonesty

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