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… Read More »Doing strategy isn’t the same as being strategic
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.… Read More »The content creators lottery
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 into our ideas (at least according to Harvard Business Review).… Read More »Is ‘buy-in’ enough?
Last week I posted on LinkedIn asking whether local councillors should be replaced with a board of directors. Just to be clear, this isn’t my idea, but it’s something I often hear when running workshops within local government. The post… Read More »Why don’t we just replace our councillors with a board of directors?
A lot of clients, especially in local government, are dealing with significant financial constraints right now. On top of the rate cap, which has been in place for a number of years, recent inflationary pressure plus changes to Workcover and… Read More »The Delayed Implications of Big Decisions
It’s time for you to either get on the bus or get off. Are you going out or staying home? Is reading this a good use or bad use of your time? Maybe it’s too early to make that call…or… Read More »Are you a ‘Yes’, a ‘No’…or a definite ‘Maybe’?
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
So far this year, I’ve had at least three different clients tell me that they want help to future-proof their organisation. And as proactive and exciting as this may sound, it’s also something that is entirely unachievable and, to be… Read More »Future-proofing is bullshit
For those of you who’ve been following along on my socials you’d know I’ve been working on a new book. Things are running just a little behind schedule so I thought I should provide a quick update. Initially, I had… Read More »New Book update
An extract from my soon to be released Scenario Planning Guide The following post is another abstract from my upcoming book ‘The Scenario Planning Guide’ due out later this month. If you’d like to be one of the first to… Read More »Having a Future Mindset
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