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17/11/2024 - Strategy and its necessary match with organizational identity
Organizational identity is a key fulcrum to any organization for its inner dynamics (organizational culture and inner engagement) and external dynamics in terms of differentiation on the market for...
14/11/2024 - Powerful lessons of entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation and overall projection towards the future
Lucca dedicating its first edition of the Innovation and Competitiveness award to Fabio Perini ; as many people I owe my personal and professional path to him and the organizational culture he...
13/11/2024 - A strategic meeting in Mumbai for aerospace business development
Samit Naik had today meeting in Mumbai with Anilkumar Dave Candid thoughts over serious topics on tech and development in several fields aerospace included.Great detailed discussion...
10/11/2024 - The future: its predictions and its outcomes
The future has always been object of predictions by futurologists and scientists alike, it is always interesting and a learning experience to review how things turned out compared to...
08/11/2024 - A behind the scenes intriguing perspective on the F1 world
BBC F1 reporter Jennie Gow has written a well articulated book on behind the scenes F1; an insider perspective originating from the strength and energy generated by a very personal...
07/11/2024 - DEI as an organizational strategy and performance lever
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion actual organizational policies can become strategy and performance levers when applied with concrete focus and targeted awareness...(MIT Sloan Review)
03/11/2024 - The positive work environment lever through change and uncertainty
Nowadays organizations need to consistently face change, uncertainty and disruption. Within this a key lever towards it all, managing problems, recognizing and utilizing at best opportunities, the...
30/10/2024 - F1: a historical perspective on its technology and business dynamics
This is a remarkable book representing a fresh fast paced historical perspective of what technology and business have made F1 the technology and business global powerhouse it is today. Many insights...
26/10/2024 - Organizational leadership in the 21st century: its key factors
Effective leadership is more than ever a key leverage to manage the problems and opportunities emerging from an ever complex external environment. There are some key factors that represent a...
25/10/2024 - Essential communication for leadership
Communication is an essential tool to effective leadership, nowadays more than ever, there are some specific elements to it that have been identified scientifically as fundamental.(FastCompany...
20/10/2024 - The evolution of marketing in F1
F1 has been evolving in terms of marketing during the last few years along with the development of his business model increasingly geared towards entertainment and expanding on a global...
18/10/2024 - Key factors in selecting and shaping relationships with business partners
Selecting business partners to identify and shape business ventures needs to be done methodically and following specific factors that are essential to develop successful business in the also in the...
16/10/2024 - Riccardo Paterni works on an organizational development project in Promotec
Promotec Srl is an organization that manages the relevant international automotive after sales trade show Autopromotec and other automotive related associations such...
13/10/2024 - Innovation and scaling key factors
Key factors to generate creativity, turn it into innovation and scale the relevant entrepreneurial project...(Harvard Business Review)
11/10/2024 - Ratan Tata legacy will carry on forever: timeless values, more necessary than ever, are part of it
On October 9th one of the most important organizational and social global leaders of the current time has passed away: Ratan Tata, President Emeritus of the Indian Tata Group. During his life not...
06/10/2024 - Fresh perspectives generating creativity and innovation
A book with remarkable practical insights on unique perspectives to generate ideas and innovation ... (Think like a rocket scientist - book summary)
02/10/2024 - Talent management dynamics from a global and local perspective
Managing talents from a global organizational perspective requires marked efforts to focus on the essential local characteristics linked to a socio-cultural perspectives...(Harvard Business School...
30/09/2024 - Safety as a Performance Driver
Safety, across all different industries, can be and has to be a performance driver stimulating and sustaining a consistent commitment to the type of synergic teamwork across organisational areas that...
25/09/2024 - Riccardo Paterni coordinates RPM 2nd 2024 General Meeting
Last September 25th, starting at 10 am, in the Imola Room of the RPM operational headquarters inside Casa Promotec, the second general network meeting took place. It was an intense meeting, full of...
24/09/2024 - Key technology trends for 2025
Technology in many ways shapes change in organizations and society, let's look at some of the key technology trends projected for 2025...(Forbes article)
22/09/2024 - Multinational business and local rules...
Multinationals to effectively develop business internationally have to understand and abide to local rules not simply from a law perspective but also from a cultural one...(Harvard Business Review...
20/09/2024 - Space Economy and Start Up Opportunities
The retirement of the International Space Station is shaping up opportunities for the space economy for start-ups...(Observer article)
15/09/2024 - Leadership nowadays: new perspectives and practices
An interesting, in depth and well articulated report on the key characteristics of that organizational leadership needs to work on and put into practice today...(MIT Sloan Report)
11/09/2024 - Lamborghini Countach manufacturing roots...
It is always quite interesting and a learning experience to go in depth on how manufacturing performance engineering unfolds... an example coming from a not too far past...(Jalopnik article)
09/09/2024 - Strategic Planning needs to be reestablished as a lever for progress, yet it foundations need to be revised
Strategic Planning is needed in order to shape a foreseeable organizational future, not everything can be left to chance because of the consistent changes that surround us. Yet the foundations and...
02/09/2024 - Sources of wisdom for leaders in the age of AI
Organizational leadership is nowadays more relevant than ever and its driving sources are more fundamental than ever in driving lasting sustainable change.(Inc. article)
27/08/2024 - The Openess lever of emotionally intelligent people
Openness in relations is a powerful tool to ensure proper reciprocal understanding: openness needs to be implemented properly, based upon specific factors...(Inc. article)
26/08/2024 - Effective ways to attract and retain trop talent
More then ever, on an international scale, it has become challenging to attract and retain top talent. There are proven practices that can be adopted by organizations small or large ...(Forbes...
25/08/2024 - Riccardo Paterni represents AWA and RPM grit and planning in action in the context of Minardi Day 2024
Last August 24th and 25th, on the occasion of the eighth edition of Minardi Day at the Imola Autodrome. The Automotive Women Association (a non-profit formally established in Modena a few months ago...
18/08/2024 - Monterey Car Week once again takes center stage
It has become an unmissable meeting for automotive enthusiast from all over the world: the Monterey Car Week represents a celebration of automotive and car racing vintage and future, here is the blog...
11/08/2024 - The actual development of people in organizations is a topic more relevant than ever...
Aside from all the technological developments that appear to be at the foundation of organizational growth and development yet in practical terms the essence of it all relates to identifying and...
07/08/2024 - The CEO role, leadership and succession dynamics
The role of a CEO (for small or or large organizations) consist in its essence in establishing a context of growth of development sustainable in the mid to long term. This requires the development...
06/08/2024 - The essential communication dynamics that structure effective teamwork
Effective teamwork is based upon clear principles regarding effective communication, this article points them out in a direct and pragmatic way with a specific classification of communication...
04/08/2024 - New perspectives on factors that make organizations healthy
Healthy organizations are characterized by some key factors that are increasingly evident, quite often are traditional organizational factors of development that are perceived and utilized under new...
03/08/2024 - The wisdom leverage to individual and organizational progress across generations
Knowledge is the key aspect for individual and organizational progress, yet within consistent context of change that requires rapid effective decision making often on the basis of limited reliable...
28/07/2024 - The challenges and opportunities in managing Generation Z
Generation Z is by now notoriously the one that presents characteristics that appear the toughest one to manage, at times it appears impossible to make sense of what is actually happening and what...
25/07/2024 - Organizational innovation: leveraging on open and closed ecosystems
Innovation is about openness and teamwork, even history (beyond superficial stereotypes) show it. These kind of dynamics relate to the inner and outer organizational system as this article...
23/07/2024 - What's next for India? some reference from a McKinsey research...
There are many development regarding India's future, they concern several facets that are essential to generate actual progress and more widespread growth. This report by McKinsey highlights some key...
21/07/2024 - The shifting key focuses of CEOs and organizational leaders
Nowadays consistent volatility ambiguity and change asks for new effective approaches for organizational leaders: the need to make sure, more than ever, to set the proper strategy and involve the...
19/07/2024 - The future of F1 (and not only F1) tested by a legendary Cosworth DFV
Recently at Silverstone a 1972 McLaren M19 powered by a Cosworth DFV has shown how biofuels (by the UK company Zero - Renewable energies) has shown what can be the future of F1 and motorsport in many...
18/07/2024 - The curiosity leverage driving our thinking actions...
Often we are brought to think that we are driven by fear, this interesting research shows that curiosity is instead a key natural healthy driver to thinking and action. The more we focus on it...
14/07/2024 - Designing Reskilling programs
Reskilling programs represent nowadays a concrete practical way to ensure organizational development and effectiveness. It is essential to set them efficiently and effectively. This interesting...
12/07/2024 - Riccardo Paterni becomes board member of the Automotive Women Association
Riccardo has become board member of the Automotive Women Association together with the two founders: Monica Zanetti and Laura Tancredi and the other board members: Francesca Paoli,...
07/07/2024 - Innovation in automotive connecting tradition and the future: Ford Motor Company and the Michigan Central Project
Ford Motor Company has developed a project that values the tradition of the company and projects them into the future of the field that requires consistent innovation...(Fast Company article)
05/07/2024 - Intuition as driving force of decision making
Intuition is a driving force of decision making, mostly within volatile environments. Dr.Gary Klein work has been seminal within this topic and it has been made popular years ago through his book...
03/07/2024 - Leadership key factor: knowing how to ask the right questions
Effective leadership within change pivots upon a key factor: knowing how to ask the right questions...(Fast Company article)
30/06/2024 - India and the attraction of private capital investments
Data at end India shows concrete returns for private investment and the is stimulating a surge in foreign direct investments ...(Bloomberg article)
23/06/2024 - Talent and hard work dynamics ...
Talent alone is not sufficient for success, at the same time, hard work alone neither makes the cut for concrete aimed affirmation. A mix of both is essential to fulfil potentials and it all starts...
21/06/2024 - Riccardo Paterni, representing RPM, as judge panelist of the 5th edition TACC UniMoRe program
TACC stays for "Training for Automotive Companies Creation", it is an international post graduate program created and managed by UniMoRe (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). The program has...
14/06/2024 - Power, influence and the dynamics of successions
The topic of organizational leadership succession is more relevant than ever for organizations large and small: more than ever it is essential to have an operational vision for the future within...