Blog, Featured, Leadership, Organisational Design, Organisational Development
I recently spoke at a Leadership Team breakaway for an organisationally structured company you don’t see too many of (especially of it’s size and prominence). It’s not important who they are, however, it does get your attention when you walk into an...
#FlyingUnstable, Disruption, Leadership, Organisational Development, Scarce Skills, Technology, Trends
Are robots taking our jobs? Over the last few weeks, I’ve written a few posts around machines and robots and how they’ll be kicking you out of your job as soon as they build one that can, which won’t be very long at all. You can read those here, and here. According to...
Future World of Work, Leadership, Organisational Development
Culture eats strategy for breakfast A well known and often quoted statement from the late Peter Drucker. Said much, acted on less. Far less. In my humble opinion. Matters of people almost always give way to matters of operational efficiency and making ginormous...
#FlyingUnstable, Disruption, Future World of Work, Leadership, Organisational Development
It’s a question I often ask during a presentation I might be giving. A challenge to the audience around the books they’re reading, or rather should be reading. I’m of the opinion that, in business, we read what I term, ‘safe books’. The...
Customer Experience, Leadership, Organisational Development
If you know Peter Drucker, then the title of this post might seem slightly off? Drucker is well known for saying: The Purpose of a Business is to Create a Customer I wondered about these two ideas the other day, and concluded that it’s an important choice for a...
#FlyingUnstable, Education, Environment, Organisational Development, TED
This post isn’t aimed at the parent who’s child goes to a hideously under-resourced government school. It’s also not aimed at the parent who’s child goes to the most expensive and over-resourced private school. This post is aimed at all parents...
