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August 2nd, 2019

A behavioural epidemic can’t be fought from within. It needs a behavioural counter-epidemic to take over

I have explored this theme before in my Daily Thoughts, but I feel compelled to go back! Behavioural issues, whether […]

July 31st, 2019

“There are two types of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data sets”

What type are you? How our mental models work is part of the Minimal Introspection, something we tend to overlook, […]

July 29th, 2019

Iconic leadership: the illusion of copying a one off

Whilst the holidays roll on, here is a leadership theme to consider Picture this organization.  Closed culture, culture of secrecy, […]

July 26th, 2019

The 3 Grand Ds (‘Direction, Discovery and Destiny’), have also their 3 little personal and powerful ‘d’ sisters.

Good Morning! The following article extends on our recent series on leadership this week. In the book by Gary Hamel […]

July 25th, 2019

The best question is the one which has no answer

Good Morning!  Here is the last of our series of three on Leadership this week. Recently, I keep finding myself […]

July 24th, 2019

‘We have a communication problem’ is not always a good start.

‘Lack of communication’ or  ‘a communication problem’, is perhaps number one declared culprit in most of our troubled organizational life. […]

July 23rd, 2019

It takes only one question to know about your model of leadership (and there is always an alternative question, just in case)

Morning to you.  Here is my second post in a series of three on Leadership: Don’t define leadership for me. […]

July 22nd, 2019

My contradictions are my friends, and they come with me as leader

We praise people because of their ‘clarity of mind’. We say, ‘she is a good manager, she knows what she […]

July 20th, 2019

12 simple rules of social change, organizational (culture) or societal (2 of 2)

Continuing my revised 12 laws of social change at a scale. Very simple laws apply to any large scale change […]

July 19th, 2019

12 simple rules of social change, organizational (culture) or societal (1/2)

My revised 12 rules of social change at a scale.  These very simple laws apply to any large scale change […]

July 18th, 2019

In the War for Attention within your company, you may need a communication ceasefire

Our faith in communication is enormous. Why? Perhaps because we know well the problems associated with the lack of communication. […]

July 17th, 2019

Innovation? Great, but I am not in charge of it!

Years ago I was talking to a client, a Senior VP in the company, about a project that had to […]

July 16th, 2019

Organizations have their own ‘People who like this, also like that’. Their ideology (idea-Logic) may be too crafted. (2/2)

This week, I offered 10 types of people that challenge the status quo in organizations. I also mentioned that our […]

July 15th, 2019

10 types of people who challenge the status quo in the organization. The art of dissenting

Who challenges in organizations? People who have nothing to lose People who know that the art of challenging, equals not […]

July 13th, 2019

‘Nothing new under the sun’ ? Take off your sun glasses and stop the Valium

Often you see people in organizations disillusioned with changes, considering themselves survivors of the yet another reorg, getting on with […]

July 12th, 2019

We need the aliens. Everybody needs aliens. Smart aliens who can ask questions and open Pandora boxes for us.

The best swordsman in the world doesn’t need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person […]

July 11th, 2019

Micro-behaviours plus peer-to-peer equals social change dynamite

Serious behavioural change? Start with micro-behaviours, then walk backwards to values, never the other way around. And bring peer-to-peer or […]

July 10th, 2019

Work-life balance: the on-off switch is broken, and they don’t make them any more.

Forget work-life balance. It was a good concept that did a lot of good but has now retired. It cannot […]

July 9th, 2019

The fastest and best way to build a creative culture: all revealed now

The fastest and best way to build a creative culture is to have lots of creative people together. No kidding. […]

July 8th, 2019

Accountability holes? Desert spaces? Orphan ideas? Buy the tent, occupy the street.

Any organization has accountability holes, areas where nobody really owns the space. Sometimes these are true ‘grey areas’, sometimes are […]