How Do We Build 21st Century Business Skills?
Tim Kastelle Dealing with uncertainty is one of the most important skills for a manager. How can…
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Before Tom Peters, before Peter Drucker, we had Mary Parker Follett
If we flatten out our hierarchies and manage more inclusively, our organisations are more successful.…
Read MoreTalk – Action = 0
If we make thinking and acting two separate things, we are much more likely to…
Read MoreTreating Discovery Like Execution Will Kill Innovation
Discovery and execution are two different things, and we must treat them differently in order…
Read MoreThe Case for Dual Innovation
Ralph-Christian The first time I was advocating the idea of a dual innovation approach, here also…
Read MoreZappos Just Pulled Off the Boldest Change Management Move Ever
Zappos is undertaking a fascinating experiment in change management. It's important to evaluate this separately…
Read MoreFive Questions that Will Help You Build an Innovation Culture
How do we innovate in a risk-averse culture? By realising that a culture is something…
Read MoreIdeas Change Lives: How Tom Peters’ Changed Mine
When I started a new job in New Zealand in 1997, reading Thriving on Chaos…
Read MoreInnovation Lessons from the Rise, Fall, and Rise of LEGO
After a string of innovation failures, LEGO nearly went out of business in 2003. Brick…
Read MoreTalk is the Technology of Leadership
There are lots of things that we do unconsciously - like listening and speaking. But…
Read MoreHere’s One Good Way to Kill Innovation
If all new ideas get killed as soon as the first see the light of…
Read MoreFour Key Issues in Innovation Management
Ralph Ohr & I met up at the end of last year and talked a…
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