How do you value and leverage deep Subject Matter Expertise ? e.g. retailers building or re-designing an online commerce site rely on web designers' advice because only they know … [Read more...] about Evaluating Change Management expertise
Strategy
What is THE critical organizational capability for 2011?
Well my vote won’t surprise - but this might - just before the recession hit (BTW are we back to this point yet?), Boston Consulting Group did a survey of 4700 executives in 83 … [Read more...] about What is THE critical organizational capability for 2011?
What is THE critical leadership capability for 2011?
My vote goes to “Integrative Thinking” attributed to Roger Martin: “The ability to face constructively the tension of opposing ideas and, instead of choosing one at the expense of … [Read more...] about What is THE critical leadership capability for 2011?
WikiLeaks Paradigm Shift
The headlines on the latest WikiLeaks events focus on the information disclosed and particular situations but are there larger issues at play here? Perhaps we are looking at a … [Read more...] about WikiLeaks Paradigm Shift
Strategic success into 2020 requires new social contracts with employees
In the transformational change that we support we are often asked (implicitly) to change the original 'contract' that employees 'signed up for'. This immediately positions a before … [Read more...] about Strategic success into 2020 requires new social contracts with employees
“Presence of mind” – a game changer
The first time my young son got the puck in a game and purposely did not fire it off his stick immediately, I saw the power of "presence of mind" in action - it was a game … [Read more...] about “Presence of mind” – a game changer
Fatal assumptions and setting projects up for success
"If we always do what we always did, we'll always get what we always got" - True and so what? Well, often (usually) we need to move ourselves and our people out of comfortable … [Read more...] about Fatal assumptions and setting projects up for success
“The Lords of Strategy”: book review
Outstanding! Relevant to those engaged in making change happen - strategy, consulting, implementation or all three. It becomes clear that as strategy has evolved, particularly … [Read more...] about “The Lords of Strategy”: book review
“Rethink, Reimagine, Reset”
Please do read this blog post "Rethink, Reimagine, Reset" - Idris Mootee, CEO of Idea Couture, is the author of four books, tens of published articles, and a frequent speaker at … [Read more...] about “Rethink, Reimagine, Reset”