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What do you do when people say: “this is not the company I joined”?

This is something you hear quite often when you are taking a company through a tr...

 AI would not be possible without all the inventions that went before, from the wheel to the robot assembly line.  Many of these do what humans can do...

Lies, damn lies and statistics….

 Let’s start with the quote. I looked it up and was told by Wikipedia: “The full quote — “There are three kinds of l...

We’ve run some workshops recently on prioritisation.  It is not merely a vital business skill, it is a vital life skill.  Life is short, even if yo...

Shakespeare had some great lessons for leaders.  Everyone remembers the speech in Henry V where Henry inspires his troops, but the real lesson for lea...

Have you ever thought how much of business is horizontal? We carefully set up teams: The Executive Leadership Team, the Levels -1, -2, -3 (levels belo...

We believe that 2024 is going to be a tough and unpredictable year – just look at the fact that over half the world goes to the polls to elect governm...

We talk a lot about the skills needed in leadership today and emphasise the fact that it is your responsibility to look after your own future. That me...

 It’s not uncommon for an incumbent CFO to be appointed CEO. From a Board perspective it makes sense – they know the company, they understand the numb...

Are we pivoting or just going round in circles? 

“We’re pivoting to a new strategy” is something that I hear quite a lot.  It sounds controlled and ...

As companies change their strategies at increasing speed, they are finding that they have to change their leadership teams.  We are increasingly worki...

I’ve given a lot of speeches about the evolution of technology in a lot of countries over the years. Almost always, the audience was 90% men.  At the ...