For the last, at least, 10 years of my consulting life, I have struggled to confirm the thesis, well publicised […]

Continuous culture shaping within an organization equals social movement: large scale behavioural and cultural change, for a purpose, powered by […]

‘I welcome criticism’ is often an alibi to avoid criticism. OK, that’s as harsh as it goes for a generic. […]

Accustomed as we are to create plans to succeed  on something, this may sound counterintuitive. Creating (serious) plans for failure […]

(1) We plan operations, change, leadership, anything, with intended consequences in mind. These are often translated into KPIs, milestones, and […]

For every community struggling to achieve something, and deciding to launch some form of collective action; for every minority that […]

George Lakoff, a familiar name in these Daily Thoughts, is on a mission. The US cognitive psychology specialist,  emeritus professor, […]

I good friend, expert in Communications, has created her new website with a prominent quote of mine, ‘Change Management as […]

The process of creativity can be very messy. In fact, it is perhaps necessarily messy. Like the artist’s workshop. The […]

In this miniseries I have shared so far four inconvenient truths uncovered by the forensics of ‘change management’ failure: Too […]

Forth in the mini series:  uncovering of truths of the failure of change and transformation programmes, via a reverse engineering. […]

Third installment in the uncovering of truths via a reverse engineering of the failure of change and transformation programmes. Finding: […]

Second installment in the uncovering of truths via a reverse engineering of the failure of change and transformation programmes. Many […]

This five part mini-series (!) is not glamourous. It tries to uncover some inconvenient truths via a reverse engineering of […]

Managing? Leading?  Probably one of the worse dichotomies ever invented. Another day. Engaging? Motivating? Committing? Consider Mobilizing! It means…what it […]

I have held the view for many years that management is ‘by invitation’ (Disruptive Ideas, 2008). For example, I am […]

The word Pontifex (Pontiff in English) is the term associated with the Pope (twitter account…err.. @pontifex, what else?). I love […]

I have referred before to  George Lakoff’s work and his little book ‘Don’t think of an elephant’, which makes the […]

F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of many who have described this, but his articulation is the one widely quoted: “The […]

The problem with super efficacy and super efficiency is that what works for a Swiss watch does not work for […]