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• Economic equivalences

  PUTNEY ODEON -- The Olympics are still being missed in our house. Couldn't they run all the time? Especially when it's raining. There were two features in the news last week that I thought contrasted against the 'one world, one dream' vision that the Read More... Posted 01 September 2008 17:05 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Culture, Change Management, Language, Africa

• The end is nigh...

  GASPE, QUEBEC -- I've always secretly wanted to carry around a sign that says this. And maybe now is my chance. But it's not the end of the world that I am thinking about today. It's the end of this blog. In a few weeks I am leaving Hill & Knowlton. Read More... Posted 05 August 2008 16:38 by David Ferrabee | 5 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Internal communications, Change Management

• Change management: When will it end?

  THE CENTRAL LINE -- "All I want to know is when to cancel the milkman?" The single hardest thing about managing change seems to be one of the easiest: telling those affected when the key events are happening... and when it will all end. We are creatures Read More... Posted 03 July 2008 12:12 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Consulting, Change Management, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, HR

• Employee engagement in a downturn

  BACK ON THE TUBE -- There was a good note on the Communicators' Network today by Jim Shaffer about employee engagement. Maybe you saw it? Jim's an interesting guy. He was leading the communications business at Towers Perrin when I first joined that company. Read More... Posted 24 June 2008 08:56 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Consulting, Internal communications, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Management

• "Can't talk, I'm busy saving the world."

  MONTREAL -- There's a great set of drawings by Matt Groening that pre-dates The Simpsons called "How to waste 8 hours a day and still keep you day job." It's one of the great, lost management tracts. I must look for my copy. In it there are a number of Read More... Posted 19 June 2008 23:56 by David Ferrabee | 1 Comments Filed under: Leadership, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Management

• 'Rain in the plane' -- we're not heroic

  THE 21h15 TO JO'BURG -- As the plane lifted off from Heathrow the brown liquid poured out of the bulkhead and compartments above us, and the Asian businessman beside me stood holding a soaking pillow above his head to ward off the rain. Two seats over Read More... Posted 05 June 2008 10:09 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Culture, Africa

• Elbow, Harrison Ford, Clark Gable and the courage to give up

  PICCADILLY -- I am quite overwhelmed by Elbow at the moment. I have bought other albums but I keep coming back to this one. And every time I hear great lyrics like: a friend of mine he grows his own brambles, they twist all around him, until he can't Read More... Posted 03 June 2008 12:44 by David Ferrabee | 1 Comments Filed under: Leadership, People management, Change Management, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Management

• A Saudi gentleman: Mr Al-Bat'hi

  CANARY WHARF -- I heard about a week ago that a fellow named Mohammad Abdullah Al-Bat'hi had passed away. He was a man I had known for almost 3 years. And someone I didn't know well in any formal sense. I have no idea about his marital situation. I don't Read More... Posted 20 May 2008 15:01 by David Ferrabee | 2 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Culture, Middle East, HR, Management

• People who are not what they seem -- Managers, take note

  ITV -- You know those shows you think might be worthy, but that you don't really want to watch? Like all of PBS in the US and many shows on all terrestrial channels in the UK...? I'm watching a show about HRH The Duke of Edinburgh . And I am surprised Read More... Posted 13 May 2008 22:25 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Management

• "and China... what are you doing about that?"

  DUKE'S MEADOWS -- Regular readers will know that I like to blame 'the company' for not doing enough to make people successful. And that's really not always fair because 'the company' doesn't really exist. It is just a grouping of people... So, today's Read More... Posted 05 May 2008 15:21 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Culture, Change Management, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Management, China

• Everyday leadership

  NEWARK -- This doesn't seem to be a good town for me. Last time I was here it was on my way to see a sick relative. This time too. Unfortunately, I have also been dumped here unceremoniously this time by British Airways. I got a good fare for a direct Read More... Posted 15 April 2008 01:16 by David Ferrabee | 1 Comments Filed under: Leadership

• Terminal 5: Bless them for trying

  SEVILLE -- I used to work in the airline business and I know how conservative it is. Modern commercial aviation had it's roots in the military, after the Second World War. So until quite recently the whole business was run by military guys. Now they can Read More... Posted 03 April 2008 12:21 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Change Management, involvement, Engagement, social media, Technology, motivation, etc., morale

• Corporate communications, culture and... death?

  DISTRICT LINE -- There's a suited gentleman on our train car who is calling friends and relatives to say someone's going to die. Other people in the carriage don't know what to do. "It won't be long now. She's got a friend with her, but I want you to Read More... Posted 28 February 2008 16:23 by David Ferrabee | 2 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Culture, Internal communications, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Language

• Blog stats: Ferrabee's most popular and most commented

  Today, Saturday 16 February 2008, this is what the numbers look like on David Ferrabee's Change & Internal Communications blog. Started: 21 May 2005 Readers as of today: 282,785 Number of blog posts (articles): 289 Comments: 447 Most read: Employees Read More... Posted 16 February 2008 13:11 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Culture, Consulting, Internal communications, Change Management, HR

• Ferrabee blog stats as of 16 February 2008

  Started: 21 May 2005 Readers as of today: 282,785 Number of blog posts (articles): 289 Comments: 447 Most read: Employees as a Channel to Market - 21,992 Communication strategy planning - 8,233 Employee blogs - 6,880 International cultural difference Read More... Posted 16 February 2008 12:40 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Strategy, Culture, Consulting, Internal communications, Change Management, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Language