The Brexit Breakthrough: How to Apply Relentless Reinvention in Uncertain Times
While the very mention of Brexit sends tempers flaring and many stomachs churning with absolute chaos, one thing is certain: change is coming to the UK…
Leading Change
Blockchain and the government- Will they tie the knot?
One of the crypto-startups which I have been engaged with chose Estonia to launch their offering. The reason was pretty simple: the government, regulat…
Innovation Reward and Recognition in a Barbell Economy
Many innovation discussions kick off with a reference to the future. It conjures pictures of visionary ventures and ground-breaking projects featuring …
Buzzwords and what to do about them!
Implicit to change is that we are moving towards a future state that is to some degree unknown to us. One of the stumbling blocks in affecting positive…
Digital Transformation: The Why, What & How For Transformational Leaders…
Setting The Scene: The Digital Leader As the 4iR digital revolution increasingly fuses the virtual world with the real world, businesses are changing …
Corporate Vision: How To Translate Strategy Into Meaningful Execution
Setting The Scene I can remember it like yesterday. It was the most important day of my life. I of course did not know this then… I sat nervously i…
Ten Ways To Evaluate If Your Organization Has An Innovation Mentality
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” If there were a top ten quotes that capture the essence of what innovation is about – the human spirit pushing b…
Network Operating Model: How To Design, Build & Embed An Agile Operating Platform Geared For Mounting Complexity & Rapid Change…
Setting The Scene Perched in Starbucks, I was humming away reading a John Kotter book called XLR8. The thrust of the book focused on the creation of a…
Learning from our scars
In general, those of us in the corporate environment remain reluctant to discuss things that don't quite go to plan (at least not openly). Far too ofte…
How To Generate Big, Bold Breakthrough Ideas… That Actually Lead To Follow-through Action
"So what do you think about Catalytic Questioning?" This was the question I was asked by Helen during a strategy visualization workshop last week. Hel…
Next-Generation Hi-Level TOM Design
Try as I may, I'll never be able to recreate my wife’s secret sauce. It turns even the plainest dish into a masterpiece. It's a science - a tried and t…
Coaching innovators to deal with the hot potato called ‘system’
In 1700, European leaders faced a famine. An over-reliance on wheat and a rejection of the potato because it was strange and unappealing was leading to…
RegTech: Revolutionising Compliance
You would need to have been asleep for many years to have missed the technology revolution that’s been sweeping through just about every industry. FinT…
Artificial ‘Intelligence’ Leadership is here already
Artificial Intelligence Leadership is here already... The last year or so has been awash with stories of jobs being automated and the robots taking ov…
Overcoming Fear Of Change and Resistance
Just recently I had the opportunity to trial a software tool, one that the CEO said would revolution outbound sales. It was a software tool that would …
Culture Change is No Quick Fix
I was recently invited to provide a ‘culture lens’ on a draft Tender document for a 2 year programme of culture change in an organisation of c50,000 em…
Need to Innovate? The physical environment is key
The loudest cry across the technology industry these days appears to be for “innovation, innovation, innovation!” Start-ups are springing up everywhere…
Taking responsibility in a changing world
"If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you," You will no doubt recognise the above as the famous …
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In my latest piece I looked at the difficulties we have, both as individuals and as organisations with change. Regardless of the context, most of our e…
New year, new change, same result
The new year sparks a period of introspection within us, and many decide to embark on a change initiative, whether it's to get fitter, eat more healthi…