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As with many modern clever quotes, there is more than one author claiming this. Symptoms of potentially ‘all fools in […]
Multinational companies are values and behaviours schools. It may not be in their mission and vision, in the job descriptions […]
What’s your vision? Where do you want to be in five years? What are the three things you want to […]
Some organizations that are very good at (external) marketing, are terrible at internal one. Grand market(ing) plans, but can’t sell […]
If you love KPIs, here is one. The attractiveness of your (corporate) function is defined by the number of people […]
Two years ago, starting in the Midwest of Ireland, a bottom up social movement, ‘Values in Action’, started to shape […]
This has become a mantra used by many leaders to express the desire that people take seriously their commitments ‘as […]
Some organizations are breathless. Frantic. It could be good or bad, usually not too good. Other organizations are like funerary […]
Malaria is not an increase of temperature in the thermometer Employee engagement is not a score in a Gallup scale […]
For many non-American, non-Anglo-saxon organizations the idea of fun is ‘that American thing’. It’s a bit unfair and reductionistic. I […]
The recent launch of the “Mobilize!” Masterclass has led to much discussion about Social Movements here at Daily Thoughts HQ. […]
These rules apply whether you are an external partner or an internal one. Rule number 1. Resistance is never universal. […]
Do you understand the strategy? Yes Can you see why we need to change, to do anything? Yes Do you […]
Semi connected reflections: [1] We talk a lot, email a lot, reply a lot, post a lot, say ‘I agree […]
A friend of mine Carlos Orozco uses this analogy. If you are driving a car and you have a puncture, […]
Airtime is finite. Initiatives, activities, tasks, ideas, attention to people, reaching the boss, innovation discussions, programmes, change programmes, leadership programmes, […]
In the previous Daily Thoughts I suggested: Readiness is a red herring and usually an alibi for not starting something […]
A client, senior manager, mentioned to me recently that his company spent a disproportionate amount of time ‘getting ready’. He […]
[1] January starts around the 10th of the month. February is shorter and boring. Unless you go skiing, which half […]
An American educator said that children entered school as a question mark and left school as a full stop. I […]
