The project manager strides aggressively through the workplace. He has a plan to overhaul this business, a radical transformation that will see everything improve. There will disruption, there will be resentment, there will be uncertainty. But ultimately a better way...
Demanding the impossible “Be a realist, demand the impossible.” Protest graffiti, Paris, May 1968 It is all too easy to accept others’ definitions of achievement. To get caught up in other people’s aims and ambitions. To take others’ priorities as read. This is the...
Unleashing the Power of Organic Change Any business has to change to succeed. That’s why Six Sigma, Lean and a host of other change management approaches have become so popular. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the...
As a society, we aren’t good at dealing with emotion in a business context. We tend to view the office as a place to remain calm and rational, and to suppress or exclude our feelings there. But if we don’t at least acknowledge our emotions then we exclude a part of...
The recent outcry over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and its potential use to discriminate against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has caused a storm that has drawn businesses into a controversial legal and ethical...
Recent years have seen senior leaders at huge organizations battling to keep their secrets under wraps. From the US government information released through Wikileaks to the Sony hacking scandal, both data and opinions are increasingly hard to hide. Some information...
