Innovation, Collaboration, Learning & Leadership
After publishing my recent post on the four drivers of value creation in collaboration, I chatted with Anna Chu about how these concept is applied. The conversation highlighted to me that there was value in further explaining how to use these drivers to connect senior leaders and employees to the value of collaboration. This … Continue reading Applying the Four Drivers of Value in Collaboration
Recently in Change Agents Worldwide we were discussing the challenges of change leadership. What struck me in that conversation was that there is a real challenge of courage for leaders. Change leadership is difficult, not always a positive experience and fraught with failure. Leading change takes people to have the courage to push for change. … Continue reading Little Acts of Courage
Opportunities for distraction are everywhere. Organisations need to stop fighting the war for attention internally. If you need to fight over the attention of your employees you have a performance management problem, not an attention problem. The War For Attention We are familiar with the battle for our attention in all aspects of our lives. … Continue reading Ending The Internal War For Attention
As the end of November approaches, that time has come again when we must consider whether we have the right initiatives in place for ourselves and our organisations as we get ready for 2017. How are you transforming the capabilities and work practices in your organisation to make sure that your teams are more effective in … Continue reading Work Ahead for 2017: Foundations, Personal & Organisational Work
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that … Continue reading The Choice: Two Roads or Promises?
When you become a leader, success is all about growing others – Jack Welch Leadership is how we realise human potential. To realise potential great leaders help people to step out of their comfort zone. As a leader, you will need to get used to being out of your own comfort zone. The friction of … Continue reading The Learning Potential of Discomfort
Reputation arrives on a tortoise and leaves on a horse. – traditional maxim When it comes to social media, many organisations focus on the second half of this maxim. They stress about the damage that might be done by their people in social networks. That becomes an excuse for the organisation to play safe and … Continue reading Reputation: The Horse & the Tortoise
Discovering the New World was a difficult enterprise, as we have all been taught. But even more difficult, once the New World was discovered, was seeing it, understanding that it was new, entirely new, different from anything one had expected to find as new… …the Old World catch the imagery of the New most forcefully when it still does not … Continue reading The Pineapple Effect: Learning to See the New World
Discovering the New World was a difficult enterprise, as we have all been taught. But even more difficult, once the New World was discovered, was seeing it, understanding that it was new, entirely new, different from anything one had expected to find as new… …the Old World catch the imagery of the New most forcefully when it still does not … Continue reading The Pineapple Effect: Learning to See the New World
Every journey of 10,000 miles begins with a single step – Lao Tsu The vision of the future is dazzling. It arrives from on high as if delivered by parcel delivery drones, endorsed by gurus and acclaimed by cheerleaders of the future. Everyone is captivated by the insight of the strategy, the incredible new technology, … Continue reading Change Starts One Step Forward