33% of more than 2,100 managers interviewed by McKinsey consider their own corporate culture and the employees’ behaviour to be the largest barrier in digital transformation (“Culture for a digital age“, McKinsey). Wow! Corporate culture is back again! This has been recognised also among investors: “It’s time for some action!“ Jens Wilhelm, director of Union Investment reminds us, and continues “corporate culture requires more attention … since the topic has been neglected too long – by managing and supervisory board members and even by investors”. And this does not only apply to “digital culture”, but even more to a culture that reflects “corporate social responsibility“!
Corporate culture itself is resistant against change. Read the full Article.