Reading time: about 2.5 minutes. There’re many ways to organize a team. In hierarchies, in self-managed teams, even in no teams at all. And one way to organize teams is in a Scrum environment. I was speaking with a friend a few weeks ago who was lamenting...
Reading time: about 3 minutes The problem with operationalizing strategic thinking is a simple one. You can’t teach someone to think strategically. If that sounds doubtful to you, if you’ve seen the plethora of courses on strategy and feel it’s all about taking the right course,...
Reading time: about 2.5 minutes. In the fast-paced world most of us live in, curiosity seems like a luxury. We have deadlines to meet, stakeholders to keep on board, and a never-ending conveyor belt of projects to take care of. So why would someone who knows enough...
Reading time: about three minutes Recently, I’ve been thinking about leadership in an M&A environment. Not from the position of the company doing the acquisition – after all to the business being bought out or merged with, the acquiring business holds all the cards. So this week...
Reading time: about 3.5 minutes Before I get into this week’s blog a confession. This week we’re talking about the often-quoted assertion that 70% of change projects fail. Here’s the confession: I’m guilty of repeating it too. In my defence, when I did repeat it, I'd say...
Reading time: about 2.5 minutes. In this week’s blog I’d like to share part of a recent conversation I had with a HR professional. The topic was executive development and the question was this: why are executives are the hardest people to source professional development for? The...
Reading time: about 3 minutes. It’s a phenomena I come across often in the consulting I do: a senior team is working through a challenge and though everyone is smart and knowledgeable conversations get off track, they meander into the weeds, and the energy in the...
Reading Time: about 2.5 minutes When Archimedes jumped out of his bath and ran naked through the streets of Syracuse shouting “Eureka!” he gave us the most famous example of the power of insight. Ever since, insight has been hailed as the way to develop innovative...
Reading time: about 3 mins. Isn't it what we all want for our businesses: leadership teams and staff who act and feel as if the business they’re working for is theirs? Create that and people take initiative. They consider the impact of their actions on the...
Reading time: about 3 minutes. I think most people agree that strategy is important. Most senior teams spend time developing strategies, and most companies have a strategic framework they work to. That’s great of course, but it begs one question: if we have sound strategies in place...