Most of us carry around a quiet mental list of things we feel we should be doing. Not just the obvious things like the strategic planning, the follow-ups, or the long-neglected improvements etc, but also the more behavioural expectations or hopes we he have for ourselves too: being more available, being more disciplined, being more present, being...
Read MoreLike many of you, we’ve been leaning into AI, using it to speed up research, simplify complex topics, and find tactical clarity. And most of the time, it’s very, very good. And therein lies the rub: most of the time. You see, we humans have spent thousands of years learning how to read our environments. In the old days, it was “is that a stick...
Read MoreWe like to think that our projects, habits, and teams are organised and orderly and move in ways that are under our control. We set off with a clear purpose, a defined goal, and a reasonable plan to get us there. And then … real life happens. People learn new things, contexts shift, and the tidy line of attack becomes more of a gentle curve....
Read MoreThere’s a pattern I've seen regularly in organisations; you may have seen it too. Something serious happens, perhaps a missed deadline, a customer complaint, or a system failure, and everyone dives into it with real urgency. Meetings are called. Charts appear. People engage. And we have one of those 'we can’t let this happen again'
Read MoreA situation that we have probably all experienced is when a problem lands on our desk and the immediate instinct is to fix it. Quickly. There’s a kind of felt need to act, to decide, to move. As someone once joked: “We’re paid to do, not to think” - and this is embedded in many or our workplace
Read MoreBy now, you’ve recognised the value of an advisory board — and maybe even started building one. But there’s a trap here. Plenty of boards are created with purpose… and then slowly drift into “interesting conversations” that never quite lead anywhere. Good people, good intentions — but no
Read MoreI was speaking with a business owner a while back who told me he had set up an advisory board. “We got together twice,” he said. “It didn’t really go anywhere.” I asked a few questions: He’s not alone. A lot of advisory boards are built with good intentions but never deliver real value — mostly because they’re never built to deliver value....
Read MoreA while ago, I was catching up with the CEO of a mid-sized business. His business was growing steadily but wrestling with some underlying challenges. As we talked through a few of the issues, I asked whether he had ever considered forming an advisory board. His response was familiar: “Absolutely, it’s something I know I need to do. Just not...
Read MoreWe often talk about building culture as if it’s something you can design in a workshop and roll out like new software. But culture doesn’t emerge from what’s written on the wall (or your website), although it can be useful to share your values with the world. Building culture needs constant care, attention, and
Read MoreWe’ve all done it, arrived at the supermarket checkout, desperate to get out as fast as possible, only to be faced with the need to make a decision about which line to join. And, you have to decide quickly; hesitate too long and someone else jumps in, changing the whole dynamic. I don’t know about you, but almost without fail, I pick the wrong...
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