Six dos and don’ts of leading through change
Being involved early in a change is always a good thing. In fact, Prosci research shows a direct correlation between starting change management early and meeting or exceeding project objectives. Although engaging early can be a challenge when specific details are unclear or still emerging, waiting has consequences. Don’t let this dilemma make you feel stuck. You can add significant value when you start early, even with incomplete information.
Radical Candor — The surprising secret to being a good boss
Radical Candor requires delivering candid and hard feedback. It’s the surprising secret to being a good boss.
From strategic intent to business impact
This article explores how to make strategy work, and outlines 5 guiding principles for implementing strategy.
How I gave up control and gained power on a Navy ship
A retired US Navy Captain, tells his remarkable story of abandoning the command-and-control military paradigm, leveraging the power of freedom-centred leadership, and developing the most respected crew in the Navy.
The adaptable mind
The Adaptable Mind asks the question: what are the skills we need to flourish in the 21st Century? Los Angeles-based professor and artist, Mary Beth Heffernan, was listening to coverage of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and how isolating and traumatic it must be for patients to interact only with hazmat suits for weeks on end.
She thought, “what if they put pictures of their faces on the front of the suits?” Thousands of hurdles later, Mary Beth’s story reveals that, while there is a lot of fear that technology is displacing our jobs, the skills we need most in the 21st Century — curiosity, creativity, taking initiative, multi-disciplinary thinking, and empathy — happen to be skills that machines don’t have; only humans have.
Disney’s creative strategy
Disney’s Creative Strategy is another tool for creative thinking and was inspired by Walt Disney.
The 8 essentials of innovation
Strategic and organisational factors are what separate successful big-company innovators from the rest of the field. What are our innovation leaders doing right?
Using Lego serious play as design thinking
Lego bricks have been part of the childhood of many people and many adults still enjoy playing with it, which promotes it to become one of the thinking tools.
The aligned organisation
Bringing meaningful purpose, practical strategies, and goals together makes an organization’s aspirations more credible— and more likely to be achieved.
A simple approach to managing complexity
Going back to the fundamentals rather than trying to over-engineer things.