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Successful leaders and individuals rarely, if ever, achieve success by themselves. They don’t just surround themselves with great teams, but also have coaches or mentors working with them, especially through
Back in the 90s when I had an entertainment business I received a powerful lesson in how to be a strong leader. I was taught never run but walk quickly
The rate of change is faster than it ever has been, it’s been around for a long time. Interestingly there are some great lessons in history, of leveraging change. People
Let me take you back to 1902, when an enterprising young man had an idea. J.A. Birchall owned a small stationery shop in Launceston, Tasmania Australia. Someone who would change an
To get people embracing change you need to become a master influencer. I’ve been speaking and facilitating most of my life. Recently I read a magnificent article from HBR on
I remember rocking up to my dad’s office as a young kid during school holidays and asking to see his films. He didn’t work in the film business; he was
I’ve been facilitating for over 20 years now and am always on the lookout for effective facilitation tools. So when I came upon this I got excited. The story goes
If you want your people to get fired up about making change happen then you need them to take ownership of it
There’s an old zen koan (story) of a wealthy man who wanted to build a new house that illustrates the importance of incremental change. He wanted a three-story dwelling so
Sometimes the best ideas come when change is thrust upon us. No-one likes change, especially in the corporate world. But change brings with it opportunity. If you have the right
Like me, you may spend an enormous part of your life in meetings and business events. Whether they are conferences, internal WIPs (work in progress), or boardroom sessions. I have
Back in the late 1700s, a revolution happened in the science of the mind. Concerned with determining a person’s psychological attributes or personalities, such as creative thinking ability, it was
I don’t know about you but it seems to me that too often there simply isn’t time to think or ponder, or have those all-important candid conversations about things. As
Innovation is massively important because it is what helps a business grow, outpace their competition, change with the times and profit. But in pursuing our need and lust for innovation
Building an innovation culture is a ‘Game of Inches’ and not a one-off event or a single “eureka”’ idea. Success comes from incrementally moving forward and finding innovative ways to
