Sometimes it surprises us that people don’t do things we think they should take action on, to do with other people particularly (or anything really); even things they’ve agreed to do. Why is that? I …
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Are you sub-optimising yourself?
We’re very mindful of minimising our use of tangible commodities—like paper, for example. So much so, that it’s a kind of obsession. It’s important to conserve scarce resources—of course, it is. We do …
Leadership isn’t always about teams
We tend to think of leadership in the context of leading teams, at least in connection with work we do. But it isn’t necessarily so. Yes, a leader’s role is often to build the necessary …
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Discontinuous change vs. continuous adaptation
One philosophy of change in organisations starts from an assumption that structures, processes and systems are largely fixed at the outset—frozen, if you like. The approach then is to unfreeze the …
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The power of putting one foot in front of the other
I’m struck recently by the immense power and importance of a very simple idea... If you have a mountain to climb, all you really have to do is keep putting one foot in front of the other. I’ve enough …
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Leadership isn’t always about teams
We tend to think of leadership in the context of leading teams, at least in connection with work we do. But it isn’t necessarily so. Yes, a leader’s role is often to build the necessary …
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