Simon Says: When There Are Too Many ‘I’s in a Team
In last week’s post, I dove into the idea of the ‘Olympic Year’ and how we can use metaphor to gain deeper insights and uncover new opportunities. One of the
’Tis the season for reflection
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,
Is it time to rethink December?
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
Doing strategy isn’t the same as being strategic
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
Your strategy is already broken (and that’s OK)
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
Who currently gets to do strategy (and who else should you invite)?
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
Is ‘buy-in’ enough?
At various times we’ve all wanted other people’s buy-in. We want to get stakeholders to buy into our agenda, staff to buy into our strategy, and our boss to buy
STOP STOPPING. START COASTING.
Our personal energy is perhaps our most precious resource, and if we’re a leader in an organisation, the collective personal energy of our people is something that needs to be
The need for a collective world view
A couple of weeks back, I ran a scenario workshop for one of my local government clients. The workshop took the entire leadership team of 90 out of the office
Things are more uncertain than we think
We are often told that the only certain things in life are death and taxes… but between offshore tax havens and tech bros working on longevity projects, even these two
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