Want Them to Succeed? 4 Magic Words to Empower Your People
This week, I’m speaking to a group of secondary school principals in Melbourne, and then travelling to New Zealand to deliver a presentation at the
13 August 2019
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How To Get Things Done When Everybody Keeps Interrupting You
In our fast-paced, always-on world, interruptions and distractions are a fact of life. You’ll find plenty of advice about how to “manage” other people who
6 August 2019
10 Ways to Bring Innovation to a Screeching Halt
Last week, I spoke at an innovation breakfast for the forward-thinking team at Landgate, the State government authority responsible for property and land information in
30 July 2019
Make Better Decisions With This One Move
I’ve been doing a lot of work recently helping clients with their strategic planning. Obviously, I don’t have a crystal ball and they don’t expect
15 July 2019
Stop Trying to Predict the Future
In 1965, the oil company Royal Dutch Shell started its department of Long-Term Studies in its London headquarters. The term “department” is an exaggeration, because
9 July 2019
Don’t Ignore the Live Dragons
The world is changing fast, and there are some things that are difficult to predict in our future. But that doesn’t mean you can’t foresee anything. Leaders
2 July 2019
Read This If You’re Worried About Disruption
If I asked you to name a disruptive company – quick! – I reckon there’s a pretty good chance you would name Uber. And that’s fair
25 June 2019
How Disruptable Is Your Business?
Disruption seems to come from out of the blue, catching everybody in an industry by surprise. It’s often the strongest, most stable, most well-established businesses
18 June 2019
Disruption By Design
In the past, when the world wasn’t changing as quickly, you had time to adapt, adjust, and evolve your organisation to solve new problems. Now,
13 June 2019
Why We’re Hard-Wired to Resist Change
What if I told you of a new technology that could improve the lives of millions of people, but would kill 1,000 people a year.
11 June 2019