Three Things Good Leaders Should Be Asking Santa
Looking for some leadership tips from Santa? Of course only good leaders get to ask Santa for anything, bad leaders’ Christmas stocking is likely to be empty! So what would a good leader want from Santa for the journey marked 2017? The leadership context is one of a...
Tuesday Tip: Fit bodies, fat minds
The Problem: Fit bodies, fat minds My team aren’t reading…which means we might not be learning! “My team aren’t reading and I fear that will impact on our ability and need to learn” said a CEO to me recently. It is a legitimate concern when one understands the...
The Times and Raconteur’s report on The Future CEO
In The Times newspaper in the UK, Raconteur published a superb insert on "The Future CEO", focusing on the future of leadership and senior leaders within organisations. It is an excellent read, and available for free download here: http://bit.ly/FutureCEOTimes The...
Knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do
We know that the world we live in now is not just experiencing an increasing speed of change; it’s clear that change itself has changed. It’s now disruptive, exponential and turbulent, in every area of society from politics to economics, from our families to religions...
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Tuesday Tip: The Flipped Classroom [Video 1.53min]
One of the most exciting revolutions in education is called the flipped classroom. Up to now, whether it's been at school, or university, or in a training department - the expert, the lecturer has been the person who’s taken a significant chunk of time to impart...
Book Review: Leading in a Changing World
Many thanks to Deanne Earle from Change Through Action for this most recent book review on Graeme and Keith's Leading in a Changing World leadership book. A reminder that we are able to customize the books to include a foreword from your CEO or company for orders over...
The Cashless Bank of 2020
Ray was recently meeting a client at one of the large national banks local head office. While ordering a cappuccino from their coffee shop he was told that they don’t accept cash as payment. The bank's coffee shop only accepts cards and a form of digital currency for...
The Cashless Bank of 2020
Ray was recently meeting a client at one of the large national banks local head office. While ordering a cappuccino from their coffee shop he was told that they don’t accept cash as payment. The bank's coffee shop only accepts cards and a form of digital currency for...
Leading Difference Differently
Understanding the journey of different ‘from’ to different ‘for’. In the past, similarity worked. This was how the world worked. Teams, even entire organizations, worked based on people who were like you. It was easy; it felt comfortable. You began with a foundation...
Google’s Nine Principles for Innovation Can Be Used by Everyone
In his book on innovation, "Robert’s Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation", Robert F. Brands, provides many examples of the practices that have led to cultures of innovation in a variety of different companies (see his book on Amazon.co.uk). One set of...
Your Leadership Style Might Need To Change: A case in point
The sports world news has been punctuated by stories of pending leadership changes in F1. Bernie Ecclestone is due to step down as the FI Chief and the McLaren team has just parted company with founder of the modern team, Ron Dennis. Both Ecclestone and Dennis have...
Your Leadership Style Might Need To Change: A case in point
The sports world news has been punctuated by stories of pending leadership changes in F1. Bernie Ecclestone is due to step down as the FI Chief and the McLaren team has just parted company with founder of the modern team, Ron Dennis. Both Ecclestone and Dennis have...
10 Top Tips to Keep Learning
An ‘adaptive challenge’ is defined as, ‘knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do’. In today global context leaders are increasingly facing more and more adaptive challenges. In an adaptive challenge learning becomes a fundamental ingredient in working towards...
How to change history
Gustavo Gutierrez once said, "Those who change the course of history are usually those who pose a new set of questions rather than those who offer solutions." Gutierrez, born in Lima in 1928, is a Peruvian Dominican priest who is regarded as the founder of Liberation...
How to change history
Gustavo Gutierrez once said, "Those who change the course of history are usually those who pose a new set of questions rather than those who offer solutions." Gutierrez, born in Lima in 1928, is a Peruvian Dominican priest who is regarded as the founder of Liberation...
Write drunk, edit sober…good advice for leaders?
"Write drunk, edit sober" is something Ernest Hemingway allegedly once said. I think it is good advice, except maybe for alcoholics! The kind of writing that tends to inspire me is writing that has passion, flow and somehow captures grand ideas in a way that imprints...
This computer will grow your food in the future: MegaQuests of the Future
MegaQuests of the 21st Century #1: Feeding 9.5 billion people sustainable and healthy food by 2050 Caleb Harper is an Urban Agricultural Quester who built a fully networked farm - each plant had its very own IP address - of tomatoes, lettuce, and broccoli...
Tuesday Tips: Leading diversity
The Problem: Leading diversity (difference) is amongst the most complex and difficult of all challenges that leaders face. How can you lead difference in such a way that the benefits of diversity can flourish? The Solution: Difference takes many forms - personal,...
Not Much Cheer This Week. Thank Goodness for John Lewis
One of the advertising highlights of the year has to be the release of the John Lewis Christmas advert. It announces the unofficial start of the festive season in the UK with a tear jerker, heart-warming ohhhh how cute moment that emotionally touches all ages and all...
Four Daily Habits for Smart, futurefit Leaders
The right leadership habits lead to the right leadership practices. It is a law of life general. There is a lot leaders are ‘told’ they should do in order to be effective leaders and the leadership ‘to do’ list becomes an endless range of activities that may or may...