SHARE

Explores how organisations must change management practices to boost agility within new business models based around the idea of ‘sharing'

Share looks at how new business models are being created based on the disruptive idea of ‘sharing'. Uber, Airbnb, Skype, Alibaba, Google, Netflix and WeChat (China's answer to Whatsapp) are all based on the sharing of information, assets and human capital, and a new and dynamic economy is already emerging.

Traditional consumer and industrial models of western capitalism are having to adapt to the ‘sharing' concept, but few traditional organisations seem to understand the implications of the ‘share' mindset for how they operate and compete. The workforce of the future is growing up in a networked age with completely different attitudes to ‘sharing', and wants flexibility and greater control over their lives – where and how they work, and what and how they buy.

This presents a new opportunity for corporates to reinvent management practices to boost agility in this new environment. Share will help companies to thrive through the reshaping of their standard models of hierarchy, power and bureaucracy and the assumed rules of engagement, offering a holistic approach to change, with practical techniques, examples and case studies drawn from the authors' experience in helping companies to gain competitive advantage.

Chris Yates is Chief Learning Officer and Head of People and Organizational Development for Caterpillar Inc, and previously was Group Head of Organizational development for HSBC. He specializes in organizational design, leadership development and the management of serious change initiatives. Along with Pooja Sachdev, he was the co-author of Rewire.

Jingfang Cai is Global Organizational Effectiveness Director for Diageo. Born in Shanghai, Jingfang completed an MBA at London Business School and has worked for McKinsey (in Malaysia), the Hay Group
(in Shanghai) and HSBC (in London).