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I love creating a fresh, simple perspective on topics that are complex, even misunderstood, in a way that leaders can then use in their day job. I write about strategic innovation, digital ecosystems, leadership, culture and inclusion. I’ve worked with some wonderful co-authors such as Costas Markides, Dorie Clark, Dan Cable, Art Kleiner, Chris Rangen, Gena Cox and Ron Carucci.

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A selection of my articles

2023

How to develop an intrapreneurial culture

Strategy+Business (August 2023)

Talking about a difficult decision — when you can’t share all the details

Harvard Business Review (August 2023)

How professional services firms dodged disruption

MIT Sloan Management Review (June 2023)

Why the best strategic leaders are emotional

Fast Company (April 2023)

Don’t let distractions derail your company’s strategy

Harvard Business Review (April 2023)

Five strategies to empower employees to make decisions

Harvard Business Review (March 2023)

Driving HR innovation: Unleashing the power of AI and ChatGPT

HRD Connect (February 2023)

2022

How to communicate your company’s strategy effectively

Harvard Business Review (November 2022)

How to stay cool when you’re put on the spot

Harvard Business Review (July 2022)

Stop wasting people’s time with meetings

Harvard Business Review (March 2022)

2021

Mastering the connection between strategy and culture​

Strategy+Business (November 2021)

Every leader has flaws. Don’t let yours derail your strategy

Harvard Business Review (September 2021)

Five strategies to infuse D&I into your organisation

Harvard Business Review (May 2021)

Four actions transformational leaders can take

Harvard Business Review (May 2021)

How to reinvent your organisation during a crisis

Harvard Business Review (February 2021)

Practising strategy in an uncertain world

Strategy+Business (January 2021)

2020

Five strategies for reinventing your career in uncertain times

Harvard Business Review (November 2020)

How to be a visionary leader and still have a personal life

Harvard Business Review (November 2020)

Best business books 2020: strategy

Strategy+Business (November 2020)

Five paradoxes of strategic change

Strategy Tools report Strategy Tools in Action (September 2020)

Delivering on your promises

Strategy+Business (September 2020)

The clear Sky strategy

Strategy+Business (July 2020)

Creating the right kind of urgency to bring about change​

Strategy+Business (July 2020)

How to help a colleague who’s been laid off

Harvard Business Review (June 2020)

You’re not powerless in the face of a layoff

Harvard Business Review (May 2020)

How to convince people that a crisis is also an opportunity

Forbes (April 2020)

2019

Best business books 2019: strategy

Strategy+Business (November 2019)

How technology is transforming executive coaching

Harvard Business Review (November 2019)

Transforming TV by going back to the future

Strategy+Business (October 2019)

How to get your people invested in transformation

Strategy+Business (April 2019)

The transformative power of AI

Financial Times (January 2019)

2018

Best business books 2018: strategy

Strategy+Business (November 2018)

The Four Building Blocks of Transformation

Strategy+Business (October 2018)

2017

On parental leave for part of 2017.

AI is already entertaining you

Strategy+Business (May 2017)

2016

Business beyond Brexit

Strategy+Business (November 2016)

What to know before you sign a payment-by-results contract

Harvard Business Review (September 2016)

10 principles of strategic leadership: how to develop and retain leaders who can guide your organization through times of fundamental change

Strategy+Business (May 2016)

10 ways to get through sleep deprivation

Huffington Post (June 2016)

2015

Six ways to wade through the waves of grief

Huffington Post (November 2015)

Time to rethink the role of mental health in business

Huffington Post (April 2015)

Reimagining the boardroom for an age of virtual reality and AI

Harvard Business Review (April 2015), with Carlo Gagliardi

When megatrends collide — how to prepare for the inevitable interactions between global forces and stay ahead of the competition

Strategy+Business (February 2015), with Rob Vaughan and Richard Boxshall

2014

Leadership insights from a special needs parent

Strategy+Business (December 2014)

Don’t let insecurity infect your business

Strategy+Business (July 2014)

Inspiring leadership: time to go back to school

Huffington Post (April 2014)

Collaboration and empowerment: new styles of leadership for a digital age

Huffington Post (April 2014)

Leadership, learning and letting go: how the disruptive can become constructive

Huffington Post (March 2014)

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