The world of management is full of myths and rituals. Many seem to have been with us forever, often explained and justified as “we have always done it like this”.
Traditional performance management has run its course. It does not make us the agile and human organizations we need to be. Can we learn something from traffic?
At Statoil, we try to take reality seriously, not just a dynamic and unpredictable business environment, but also all the competent and responsible people in the company.