Disruptive Questions


You might be heaving a huge sigh of relief that we’re over the worst of the pandemic, but what do we need to do differently in 2023? You don’t have to change everything you do. But as much as you focus on your short-term priorities and actions, you must also keep a more long-term eye on...

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How Will You Leverage Something New?


Last week, I started working with two leadership groups – from two very different industries – who wanted help with thinking about their future. Both groups were smart enough to realise they knew a lot about their own organisation, but didn’t know enough about external forces that cou...

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Map Many Scenarios, Choose a Few


I’m preparing for my next Disruption By Design leadership program, which starts in May, and the first few participants have shared what they most want to get from the three months we’ll be working together. Not surprisingly, ‘leading in uncertainty’ is a common theme! As we’re gradually l...

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The Top Four Business Challenges for 2022


We’ve had yet another year of massive change and disruption in all areas of our society. What will we face in the year ahead? KPMG’s annual “Keeping Us Up at Night” survey identifies what senior leaders say will be their biggest challenges in 2022. In this podcast episode, I...

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The Top Four Business Challenges for 2022


We’ve had yet another year of massive change and disruption in all areas of our society. What will we face in the year ahead? KPMG’s annual “Keeping Us Up at Night” survey identifies what senior leaders say will be their biggest challenges in 2022. Join me for this practical...

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Expect The Unexpected


We’re almost two years into this pandemic, and it’s given most people a completely new perspective on disruption, change, and uncertainty. Our world will never be the same again, and the most successful leaders will be those who know how to lead in uncertainty. In this highly interactiv...

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Your World, Redefined – A Day In Our Life in 2025


Right now, in early 2022, it’s easy to put all our energy into wrestling with the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s important, of course, but we’re also seeing many other significant, profound, and exciting changes in our world. Here’s a small glimpse into how our daily life might look just a few y...

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Open Up


There’s a common myth that experienced business leaders are dinosaurs from a bygone era, so “of course” it’s inevitable they will get disrupted by younger, more diverse, more tech-savvy, “new” thinkers. Or so the story goes. But it’s not true. There are many experienced, established l...

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Leadership Trends You Must Know For 2022


As we’re getting to the end of 2021, we know the world of work will be very different in 2022. The World Economic Forum predicts some significant changes, and leaders and managers everywhere have to think differently. In this interactive and practical session, I’ll share the essential t...

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To Make Better Decisions, Scan Wider


Like many others, during our strict lockdown early in the pandemic, we used jigsaw puzzles to while away the time. If you enjoy solving jigsaw puzzles, you know the most common tactics: start with the edges, sort the pieces by colour, sort them by shape, tackle a difficult section together, work on...

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