Blissfully ignorant
Research conducted by Cornell University concludes that many people hold excessively favourable views of their own abilities - particularly the ability…
Leading Change
The truth about the truth
I have always been fascinated by human errors – especially fundamental blunders that are so readily accepted by a society, go unchallenged more or less…
Leadership: The Apocryphal Edition
The key question facing humanity is whether we are wise enough and smart enough to survive our success as a species. The answer to that question is l…
The phantom menace
The world turns on its dark side. The fabric of society is shredding. Many of our most life-critical systems no longer work. A few have already collaps…
5 Leadership musts in the new COVID-19 normal
Leadership is often the most singled-out contributor to success (or not) when discussing how we engage, enthuse and excite people working in organisati…
Psychology skills for leaders navigating through the waves of the corona crisis
Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional. COVID-19 is forcing world leaders to practice crisis management in its purest and …
Psychology skills for leaders navigating through the waves of the corona crisis
Psychology skills for leaders navigating through the waves of the corona crisis. Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional. C…
The mysteries of systemic acupuncture
Recently I have become involved in a number of conversations to do with transformation. It has become clear to me that when most people talk about tran…
Nakedness of the Emperors
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so Mark Twain We all know what leadership is. …
Building innovation into a small charity’s DNA
The coronavirus pandemic has magnified inequalities and other issues which are ingrained in our society. We have a responsibility to tackle these and t…
Employee skill decluttering
All of us need to declutter our drawers. Consider you are using a screwdriver to fix something on the dressing table and once the mission is completed …
Innovation is the wrong answer
It was a cold night but warm as toast inside the old furniture factory – a most unlikely venue that almost defied detection even with my GPS navigator …
Designing unique workshops is hard work
Finding opportunities for innovation and growth is hard work. The value of having good, interactive, highly participative workshops breaks much of thos…
A carnival of trivial ideas
In the week in which Apple TV released their new documentary "The Year Earth Changed" with commentary by David Attenborough, which looks at the surpris…
How NOT to change someone’s behaviour
A few months ago I wrote about the powerful positive strategies my physio deployed to get me to change my behaviour for the better. They revolved aroun…
Three tips for working longevity
Hmm.... the dreaded L-word. No, I'm not talking about "the" L-word that makes hearts skip a beat the first time it's uttered to a significant other. I…
Simultaneous continuity and change
Consider how you would answer the following questions: Is the future known or unknown? What causes an organisation to move into the future? When transf…
The great management swindle
There are three things that can be said about human knowledge with total conviction. All of it is interpretation. Much of it is temporary. And a great …
In the past jobs were about muscles, now it is about brains, in future it will be about heart
I wish the quote above was my own. It hails from Dame Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE. It elegantly captures the main points from the Minerals Week pan…
The currency of the 21st century
What do you think it is? Newsflash: it's not bitcoin! Recall the bygone eras of yesteryear, when the exchange of goods and services hinged on the bart…