by Keith Coats | Jul 13, 2017 | Archive, Leadership
Some years ago I asked a friend who was responsible for some of the most successful TV adverts in South Africa – she was the advertising agency’s account manager for a fast food brand – what made the adverts so successful. “That’s easy” she said, “the client leaves me...
by Keith Coats | Jun 8, 2017 | Archive, Clients Feedback and Media, Leadership
Margaret Wheatley has said that leadership is the simple act of stepping forward. Leading in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world – or what is commonly referred to as ‘VUCA’ requires a leadership response, unlike anything we have known in...
by Keith Coats | May 18, 2017 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
A conversation on how to sustain learning… So tell me why you think learning is so important, I mean it is not like I don’t have enough to do right now? I’m part of this TomorrowToday Future of Work Academy and to be honest, there’s a lot of resources in there…how do...
by Keith Coats | May 4, 2017 | Archive, Future Trends
Sitting on an early morning flight recently I overheard a fascinating conversation between the two gentlemen sitting next to me. As we descending into a misty and overcast Brussels, having left an equally misty and overcast London, my fellow passengers, who were...
by Keith Coats | Apr 25, 2017 | Archive, Tuesday Tips
The Problem: I need to get my team to ‘think differently’ – to come up with a ‘better way of doing things’ – how can I get them to understand this in order to find this ‘better way’? The Solution: Here is a fun and participative exercise that will help achieve this...