For most of human history, we have understood that different seasons require us to have a different focus. Trees don’t bear fruit year-round, crops need to be planted in spring, and the harvest needs to happen before winter rolls around. Growth necessarily happens in a cycle of renewal, abundance, harvest,
Welcome to another edition of Simon Sees! This time, we’re diving deep into a head-spinning theme: The Future of What is Real. Hold onto your hats as we explore the fascinating (and sometimes unsettling) ways science and technology are blurring the lines between what’s considered “alive” and what’s simply a simulation.
The December Drift It’s easy to blame Christmas for a lack of focus in December. People are winding down, office parties are ramping up, and talk of holidays takes priority over team goals. And, last-minute shopping lists often overshadow task lists. But in reality, the focus has probably been slipping
In Simon Sees I share some of the signals I’m seeing in the world around me that indicate how the future might be different from today. In this edition we’re looking at ‘the future of getting old’. Aging has always been a natural part of life, but as a result
This post was inspired by an exchange I had recently with a client of mine, Rob Cornish. Rob shared with me a post he’d recently written, and in it he made the point that not all corporate strategies are necessarily that strategic. In Rob’s post, he suggests that we should
… in work hours Make yourself some tea, put it in a sippy cup and then strap yourself in for a rollercoaster ride of an article. How to Become a Centaur includes a dash of history a handful of science and a large dose of humour to produce a great primer
Strategic and organisational planning is a time-consuming process. For larger organisations, there may be a team that undertakes strategic planning on a near-continuous basis. But even smaller clients may spend more than a year developing a four-year strategic plan. In fact, I recently participated in the development of a 20-year
Things I’ve been reading during work hours I found this research by the American Not For Profit, ‘Beyond Conflict‘, to be in equal parts illuminating and reassuring. Published in 2020, the research looks into political polarisation and how members of political parties see themselves, as well as how they see others.
Who’s in charge of strategy at your organisation? And who get’s invited to participate? For most organisations the list of people who get invited to strategic conversations is a fairly short one. I’m not entirely sure why this is but I’m guessing it’s some combination of the following: I’m not
I have never really been a gambler. I don’t sink money into slot machines, I get fleeced on poker nights, and my failure to ‘get’ the Melbourne Cup is a constant reminder to people that I’m not a native Victorian. But as what others might call a ‘content creator’ (which
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