The vision thing at the BBC: Director‐General looks to the periphery for the “next big thing”
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 4 September 2007
Abstract
Purpose
Suggests how organizations can develop the ability to detect, interpret and act on important but weak signals of fresh threats and new opportunities that emerge on the periphery of their usual business environment.
Design/methodology/approach
Offers a programme that organizations can put into place to become more vigilant. Explains the role of leaders in improving the peripheral vision of an organization.
Findings
Shows how the BBC uses peripheral‐vision programmes to improve its understanding of the changing environment.
Practical implications
Stresses that peripheral vision is more about anticipation than prediction.
Originality/value
Presents lessons that can help leaders to implement a programme of monitoring, evaluating and responding to important events on the periphery of their normal business environment.
Keywords
Citation
(2007), "The vision thing at the BBC: Director‐General looks to the periphery for the “next big thing”", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 15 No. 6, pp. 7-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/09670730710830027
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited