
A slow growth cancer in organizations. People unnecessarily and gratuitously condemning the company to an impossible future: we will never […]
For CEOs, CFOs, CHROs, and other Cs, and Divisional Ds’, survey after survey try to identify their focus, their concerns, […]
Corporate speak is of course tribal. So, to belong, you have to speak the tribal idiom. Through my work, I […]
Nothing is more rewarding than having a CEO who says world-changing things in the news and who produces bold, enlightened […]
Exercise: take a piece of paper and put names next to each category. Use your organization or an organization you […]
The following line will short cut months of (building) ‘alignment’, integration, reorganization, team building, coalition building, start-up get-to-know, redeployment of […]
Four types: The generosity of the traffic light. Every fixed interval, it lets you get through. It even changes colour […]
There are three major sources of trust generation. Everything else is commentary: The ‘keep promises’. I can rely on you, […]
I owe this phrase to John Kerry whom I had the privilege of seeing on his London tour promoting his […]
There are about 200 people in the organization. But 10 of them at the top are very powerful In fact, […]
These are us, you and me. OK, apologies for calling you ordinary. But it’s not disrespectful. Believe me. It’s like […]
Stage 1: The Accidental Management team. The team is composed by whoever reports to the top. You are in that […]
Big L, small l, legacy is the long term outcome of leadership. There will be legacy. You’re better off shaping […]
How do people change their mind? How can we influence people to change their minds? Well, any of us will […]
Following on from one of the topics discussed during yesterday’s thought-provoking webinar on The Myths of Management – leadership and […]
Three bad news people: People who sell discontent. They become experts. You may have an entire internal sales force of […]
I know it will happen. I’m certain. It’s nothing to do with trust. Trust requires uncertainty. I trust […]
A CEO asked me recently: what do you do with a manager who does not embrace or support change, in […]
Bottom up is not more (of the same) workshops but at the bottom of the organization. Changing the geography of […]
Culture is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it can host the most beautiful and sophisticated developments, enhance people’s life, […]
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Social media is a colossal echo chamber where all cognitive processes are surrendered to one single driver: confirmation bias.
Extracts taken from my new book The Flipping Point. A flipping point in the trend for adopting absurd management ideas […]