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Why managers are even more important than ever before.
By GREG MCKENNA FEB 28, 2019 Business Insider Magazine How managers can harness the autonomy of the individuals and groups working throughout the organisation by “creating an environment where people have an interest in deploying their autonomy in the service of cooperation with others for the greater good of the organization.” If there is one…
Read More70% of change programs fail to achieve their stated goals. What do we need to do differently?
Time to choose a different approach. You are about to implement your company’s new strategy, and this will require you to shift people’s behaviour, change what they do and how they have been working to date. So what approach will you take? A ‘directive’ approach or a ‘collaborative’ approach? Analysis from some of the largest…
Read MoreWhat should we paying more attention to in our business strategy?
According to research by the Pew Research Center, by 2030 “all members of the Baby Boom generation” will have reached the retirement age of 65–with an average of 10,000 Baby Boomers reaching retirement age every day between now and then. By contrast, in 2014 millennials already represented a majority of the workforce, with more than…
Read MoreLearning from masters
I use many different mediums to take on new information and recently listened to an interview with Sadguru on the London Real podcast. Sadguru book ‘Inner Engineering a yogi’s guide to joy’ comes across as pragmatic and grounded in common sense. A different perspective from an ancient wisdom to understand and add to the knowledge…
Read MoreFinding your natural fit in order to do what you love to do everyday.
Listening to Jim Collins on the Tim Ferris podcast last week, I was reminded of the elegant simplicity in which Colin’s frames complex subjects. In this case, the Hedgehog Concept. The concept of the three circles, or the Hedgehog Concept posited by Jim Collins, is a powerful framework for individuals looking to determine what they…
Read MoreLearning something new
Ski Touring a new challenge for 2019 Today I challenged myself to learn how to Ski Tour. Something new for 2019 and really made me explore what I thought was possible. I spent most of my life in the water growing up in Australia and only discovered the joy of skiing 6-years ago. Today I…
Read MoreReading & Listening this week
Podcasts The Big Sort Seth Godin presents why taxonomy matters. I use taxonomy (the practice and science of classification) every day in business, especially in strategic and transformation sessions. Albeit we use different nouns to refer to taxonomy, like; ‘segmentation’, ‘personas‘, ‘customer archetypes‘. Always good to hear how Seth clarifies and help us to remember what we…
Read MoreFinding the edge
In the pursuit of excellence whether in business, sport or my personal life, I like to continuously challenge where my real or perceived limits are. I often find that when I explore a limit, I find an edge. This edge is where I start to explore, understand and challenge the belief that is defining the…
Read MoreReading and listening this week
Books I’m reading Appreciative inquiry for change management; Sarah Lewis, Jonathan Passmore & Stefan Cantore Long Lift; Vyacheslav Ivanov Swiss democracy in a nutshell Podcasts I’m listening to This is Akimbo; Seth Godin The Cycling Podcast
Read MoreSharing What I Love Doing
Just opened my new site to capture thoughts and thinking on business and personal development. Please come back soon.
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