Don’t look at us, at the leadership at the top. We are the wrong mirror. Of course, we are committed […]
Airtime is finite. Initiatives, activities, tasks, ideas, attention to people, reaching the boss, innovation discussions, programmes, change programmes, leadership programmes, […]
‘I welcome criticism’ is often an alibi to avoid criticism. OK, that’s as harsh as it goes for a generic. […]
This is a straight quote from Nassim Taleb (Fooled by Randomness, Black Swan, Antifragile) A private library is not an […]
The Visitor is a full time member of a project team. He arrives late, very late. Smiles a lot. Takes […]
This is the request we made at the beginning of a Viral Change™ programme. Forget your function and your hierarchical […]
A true story. A health care worker is truly struggling to do her work and caring for a son who […]
Forget work-life balance. It was a good concept that did a lot of good but has now retired. It cannot any […]
Yes, I’ve reached that quota. They are all in the website and, incidentally, they are screaming for a new home […]
I have talked a lot in the past about the Neurobabble Fallacy. I know this makes many people uncomfortable. I […]
Years ago, political scientist Francis Fukuyama wrote about the End of History. We all are converging to ‘the end’: liberal […]
Or the curious phenomenon of not wanting something that you really want. Leadership is full of this stuff. We don’t […]
Somebody asked a group of senior IT people about to buy a whole new software infrastructure based on the ‘agile’ […]
And still I get lots of people who raise eyebrows, people who look at me with a conspiracy-like smile (‘you […]
I am borrowing Ronald Reagan’s lines to remind ourselves that, as leaders in an organization, we must visualize a future. […]
The cost of authenticity, of being yourself, is zero. In theory, the cost of pretending you are somebody else is […]
The Self Proclaimed Saviours will never save you since their only intent is their personal success. It happens in society […]
Nothing is more rewarding than having a CEO who says world-changing things in the news, and who produces bold, enlightened […]
I propose this as the 2017 alternative to ‘How do you do?’ (correct English) or ‘Hey, how are you?, nice […]
At some people’s request, I am revising an old Daily Thoughts on ‘solidarity’ in the work place. Solidarity is one […]
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