by Keith Coats | Oct 20, 2015 | Archive, Change, Leadership, Organisational Development
According to author Richard Dobbs (No Ordinary Disruption) in 1950 a company occupied its place on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) for an average of 60 years. By 2011 that span had dropped to 18 years. More concerning is that Dobbs predicts that by...
by Keith Coats | Oct 15, 2015 | Archive, Leadership, Organisational Development
We live and lead in a world where there is a relentless urge to be ‘future focused’ and futurefit. The need to understand and be ready for disruption in a ‘VUCA’ world – one that is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous, is important. Certainly companies that...
by Keith Coats | Oct 13, 2015 | Change, Future Trends, Leadership
In Hacking Leadership, author Myatt wrote, ‘Great leaders don’t move towards the future, they bring the future to them – they pull the future forward. In TomorrowToday we talk a great deal about the need for leaders to be ‘futurefit’ and as important as this is, it...
by Keith Coats | Oct 6, 2015 | Archive, Leadership
Adi Dassler, a cobbler by trade, who founded Adidas, once said, “Come to work every day as if it were the first time. This will prevent you being blinded by routine”. Routine and established processes that can be captured by the phrase, “that’s just the way things are...
by Keith Coats | Oct 6, 2015 | Archive, Leadership
Adi Dassler, a cobbler by trade, who founded Adidas, once said, “Come to work every day as if it were the first time. This will prevent you being blinded by routine”. Routine and established processes that can be captured by the phrase, “that’s just the way things are...