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  • Driving AI: Why Your Team Needs Hands-On Experience Now
    When giving your team access to AI, don’t wait until you have finalised every policy and governance detail. Like learning to drive, adopting AI works best when people get hands-on experience early. Bring your people along on the AI journey now, to ensure they build the skills, comfort, and understanding needed to integrate AI effectively …
  • The Two Sides Of AI: Which One Are You Missing
    Your organisation can use AI in two key ways – but it might be using only one. The first is embedding AI into core operations, where it works behind the scenes to streamline processes like loan approvals, insurance claims, and medical diagnoses. The second, and often overlooked, is giving people direct access to AI-powered tools …
  • Find The Bright Spots: A Smarter Way To Lead Change
    Change isn’t easy, and everybody in your team will respond to it differently. Instead of trying to push everybody to embrace change, focus on finding the “bright spots”: small success stories where change is already working. By highlighting these successes, you create a culture where change feels possible, practical, and positive. Whenever a client engages me …
  • AI Champions: The Role Every Team Needs to Navigate AI
    How do you stay on top of all the changes with AI? It’s evolving fast, and staying in touch can feel overwhelming. Instead of trying to track every new development yourself, find an AI champion in your team and give them the support they need to lead AI adoption and integration. I run regular AI Leaders …
  • DeepSeek Disruption: What It Means For You
    The Chinese AI app DeepSeek is making waves in the AI world, but how much is hype and how much really matters? AI is evolving fast, and as a leader, you need to find the right balance between staying the course and switching to the “latest and greatest”. What do you know about this new Chinese …
  • Leading In 2025: Change And Opportunity
    As we step into 2025, it’s clear we will have much more change and uncertainty – but also opportunity. Your path to success depends on how well you can lead yourself and navigate your team through the year. Your focus should always be about people first: guiding your team, customers, and yourself through the complexities …
  • Cross-Industry Collaboration: How to Stay Ahead in 2025
    How do you cope when employees, customers, and other stakeholders are more demanding than ever before? It’s impossible to solve every problem, but you can partner with others – even outside your industry – to solve complex challenges and meet rising demands. Use cross-industry collaboration to unlock innovative solutions, share resources, and strengthen your organisation. How …
  • 10 Key Leadership Trends For 2025
    The future of leadership is about navigating complexity with clarity and purpose. As technology reshapes industries and societal expectations evolve, leaders must foster human connection, champion transparency, and embrace adaptability. Success will come to those who prioritise learning, sustainability, and collaboration, creating workplaces where people thrive. In a time of uncertainty and rapid change, future-ready …
  • Maybe You’re The Problem: Why Teams Get Stuck And Don’t Want To Change
    The world is changing faster than ever, and we need teams to be embracing change. But many people are slow to change, reluctant to change, or resistant to change. If that’s true for your team, maybe YOU are the problem! Many leaders unintentionally say and do things that create a change-resistant culture. Recognise these words …
  • Flying The AI Flag: How To Navigate Policies And Pushback
    Do you feel like you’re only person championing AI in your organisation? It can feel like an uphill battle, especially when you face restrictive policies and scepticism. The key is to respect existing boundaries but still find ways to use – and demonstrate – AI to create value through small, safe projects. Lead by example …
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