“Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ’em all over everything you do” is a quote attributed to Elvis Presley and never a truer word was spoken about values. Nobody is born with values but, through how we were parented, specific incidents and the societal culture we were raised in, we…
What we can learn from Breaking Bad:
1. What business are you in?
2. What are your business’ limiting factors?
3. How do you keep it authentic?
If you had to pick the top 3 management tools, what would they be?
Impact of Covid19 on Business It’s funny how something as tiny as a virus can stop us in our tracks, in a way “known disruption” in the marketplace hasn’t. Known disruption falls into the “coulda, woulda, shoulda” category while pandemics move us straight into the “o-ho, what do we do now?” category. There is no…
We all know that the 4th revolution has upended the world and companies that dominated the 3.0 business world have been heavily impacted. Banking, newspapers and physical retail are just some of the businesses that have been turned on their heads, as their lunch is being eaten by innovative competitors, companies that might not initially…
As part of preparing an innovation workshop with a group of engineers, I was a bit concerned that we’d never get past the analysis stage, to get to the innovation stage. That might sound a bit weird because logically, analysis should come after brainstorming. However, attempts at innovation regularly fall flat in organisations, because someone…
I’ve a confession to make – I’m a Performance Management Geek. There many not be too many Performance Management Geeks in the world, but I’m one (the only one?) of them. Ever since my first job in Sydney, I’ve been fascinated with how companies match the needs of the business with the performance of individuals.…
As a consultant, I’m very privileged to experience all sorts of organisational cultures and its always fascinating to see how different cultures arise in different organisations, even within the same sector. One cultural dynamic I find particularly interesting is the one where everything is urgent. When exploring this phenomenon with managers in such organisations, they’re…
The S-Curve Trajectory 3 Limiting Factors to business Growth Remember the petri-dish experience in biology? The one where you’re encouraged to introduce the nastiest bacteria you can find and then watch it grow? Next biology class, nada. The following biology class, a speck; and then, one day, you take a look and half the dish…
When you go to a training course, workshop or seminar event, what value do you get from it? If you’re like most leaders and senior managers, the value derives from the process of stepping out of the everyday world of work and looking at the bigger picture of what it is all means. In a…
