by Keith Coats | Jun 1, 2016 | Archive, Leadership
Every now and then life gives us opportunity to say, “thank goodness that wasn’t me!” – understanding that but for some quirk of fate, it could so easily have been ‘me’. What is regarded as the most epic of all shoelace tumbles happened to one Nick Flynn in...
by Keith Coats | May 27, 2016 | Archive, Diversity, Leadership, Organisational Development
‘Never Again’ is the inscription inscribed in five languages at the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site a short distance outside Munich. A visit to such a place is not easy yet is entirely necessary. This is a place where man’s inhumanity and...
by Keith Coats | May 25, 2016 | Leadership, Organisational Development
Very often, in highly compliant environments with a juggle of ‘small rules,’ there is a serious risk of getting the ‘big stuff’, the important stuff, very wrong. Even companies with great processes are vulnerable if they don’t understand how the small rules can get in...
by Keith Coats | May 11, 2016 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
One of the most important leadership responsibilities (and skills) is to be able to understand the broader context and interpret what this means for his or her business / industry. Leaders are leading in a time of acute global challenges: inter-locking economies and...
by Keith Coats | May 5, 2016 | Archive, Leadership
South Foreland is site in Dover, England. It is a place that can lay claim to some unique history for it was here, way back in 1858 that the first ever electric light was illuminated, long before Thomas Edison first lit up his bulb. In another quirk of important...
