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… Read More »Simon Sees: The Future of Getting Old
… 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… Read More »Simon Reads: AI meets humanity Edition
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… Read More »Your strategy is already broken (and that’s OK)
When you look around your workplace how often do important decisions get put on ‘the back-burner’? Sometimes the back-burner is a place to put decisions that have been de-prioritised, but more often it’s a place to put decisions no one… Read More »The status quo should always be an option
Although half of Australia are currently in lockdown it hasn’t stopped businesses thinking about what happens next. What will the post-pandemic workplace look like? Obviously, some jobs such as construction, manufacturing and hospitality are location-specific and those workers will be… Read More »There’s a gulf between working remotely and leading remotely
In 2004, I competed in a Sydney Hobart yacht race. The weather conditions that year were particularly bad and only about half the fleet made it to Hobart. Most of the yachts were skippered and crewed by sailors. Mostly amateurs,… Read More »Think more like a fisher and less like a sailor
A couple of weeks back, I presented at my first physical ‘in real life’ conference in over a year. It was a joyous occasion with attendees, sponsors and organisers alike rejoicing at how wonderful it was to be back together… Read More »It’s not the audience’s job to be engaged, it’s your job to be engaging
One of the most powerful diagrams I have ever seen is also one of the simplest. It was shown to me when I was working as a Lean business improvement coach at Rio Tinto and it illustrated the difference between… Read More »Supported change beats directed change
Last week, the interwebs were all a flutter with a video of a monkey playing pong. The video was uploaded by Neuralink, a start up backed by Elon Musk with the goal of creating brain/technology interfaces, and shows a nine year… Read More »Beware of edge examples
Last week in a coaching session with some of my digital champions, we were discussing how to automate customer satisfaction surveys. They had recently implemented an SMS-based survey system that had impressive response rates but poor quality (it turns out… Read More »Don’t fake familiarity
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