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Golden Communication Group attended ZeroDX in 2025 and were honoured to receive the Transformational award. Since then, Golden have continued their journey with even more growth and development, including drawing on ideas from Haier and ZeroDX.

Their CEO, Nguyễn Minh Hương, updates us in 2026 in her own words:

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PCS’s Transformation Journey (2023–2026): From transforming the governance model to building the organisation’s adaptive capacity.

Ms. Lê Thị Thu, Chair of the Board of PCS Group, has worked with Teal Unicorn for years, in their Logistics, Post, Courier and other businesses, and the parent group.

This year, she tells the story of their recent group transformation:

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The story of Baki  from Nguyễn Quốc Thịnh, CEO.

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The CEO of Baker Baking Food Corporation (brand name Baki Food), Nguyễn Quốc Thịnh, has executed an impressive transformation inspired and coached by Teal Unicorn.

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A tribute to Cherry and Open Management from Nguyễn Quốc Thịnh, CEO of Baki

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Jon Worthington was chatting with ChatGPT about USM, Teal Unicorn, and other topics, and ChatGPT came up with this summation of what Teal Unicorn are about. I liked it as food for thought:

A lot of people initially read Teal Unicorn as “Agile + humanism.”

I [ChatGPT] think that undersells it.

Underneath, there is a fairly radical inversion of management assumptions:

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Only one post this month:

Three groups of technology users October 13, 2025

I assert (without data to support it) that uses of technology can be divided into three groups: 

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A quiet month:

• Teal Unicorn’s clients clean up at 2025 ZeroDX awards September 21, 2025
  Teal Unicorn and four of our clients were nominated by Corporate Rebels for 2025 ZeroDX awards, and all five of us received an award! Though the roots of Zero Distance can be traced back to the vision of Zhang Ruimin, founder and chairman emeritus of the Haier Group, and the RenDanHeYi model, there isn’t a singular …
• I invoked an AI-generated Peter Drucker to reflect on our Open philosophy September 10, 2025
  I’m really enjoying exploring AI as an amateur. I don’t understand – nor do I want to understand – all the technical gobbledegook about how AI works. I learn as little as I need to about its functionality in order to use the tool in my work. The results continue to astonish and enrich me.
• Edition 7 of our AI-generated newsletter: The Art of Fair Process September 2, 2025
  Om Ai, our TealGPT, has created another edition of its own LinkedIn newsletter, edited and published by Rob  

Teal Unicorn and four of our clients were nominated by Corporate Rebels for 2025 ZeroDX awards, and all five of us received an award!

Though the roots of Zero Distance can be traced back to the vision of Zhang Ruimin, founder and chairman emeritus of the Haier Group, and the RenDanHeYi model, there isn’t a singular method for achieving Zero Distance; instead, the approach should be tailored to the unique needs and context of the enterprise. In this regard, Zero Distance Excellence Awards recognize and highlight the courage and commitment of enterprises that have embraced transformation to achieve Zero Distance, irrespective of their approaches.

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