Management practices from every country

Method

Trendemic is only useful if readers can check it. These are the rules every entry follows. They apply to practices we like and to practices we do not.

Sources

  1. Every practice names where it comes from: an organisation that runs it, a study that documents it or a business thinker who coined it. A concept is credited to its author, with the book, article or talk where it first appeared.
  2. Sources in the local language come first. Each entry lists its primary sources only, each with a link.
  3. Peer-reviewed research is kept apart from surveys run by consultancies or software vendors, and the entry says which is which.
  4. Any criticism of a named, living person rests on a documented source.

Spread

Every entry carries a spread level, from 1 to 6. It says how far a practice has travelled and how closely it has been examined, from one author’s idea to an evaluation in peer-reviewed research.

  1. Idea. Proposed by an author, blogger or consultant, with no documented use.
  2. One organisation. Documented in use in the organisation that created it.
  3. Several organisations. Documented in use beyond its originator.
  4. Independent coverage. Reported by business press or business-school cases.
  5. Studied. Described in peer-reviewed research or measured by surveys.
  6. Evaluated. Effects measured in peer-reviewed research.

Neutrality

  1. Every entry has a section on limits and criticism, including for practices that are fashionable right now.
  2. No organisation pays to appear on Trendemic. If a partnership ever exists, it is shown on the page it concerns.
  3. Concepts developed by Benjamin Chaminade, the editor, are either left out or clearly marked as his.

How entries are produced

Detection, sorting and a first draft are automated. A person then checks every source and every claim before publication. An entry with a missing source goes back in the queue instead of going live. Each entry shows the date it was last reviewed.

What an entry contains

The original term and its translation, where and when the practice appeared, how it works, who uses it, what the evidence says, its limits, related practices in other countries, and the full list of sources.

Countries

The country list covers the 193 UN member states and the two UN observer states, the Holy See and Palestine, grouped by the UN geographic regions. Practices from territories outside this list are filed under the country where the organisation is registered.