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Looking below the surface of leadership, strategy and culture.
I love creating a fresh perspective on topics that are complex, even misunderstood, in a way that leaders can then use in their day job. I write about strategy, innovation, leadership, culture and personal development. I’ve worked with some wonderful co-authors such as Julian Birkinshaw, Dan Cable, Ron Carucci, Dorie Clark, Gena Cox, Art Kleiner, and Chris Rangen.
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The transformative power of AI
Our collaboration with the FT and World Economic Forum explores how technological shifts are transforming industry, business and society.
Best business books 2018: Strategy
Making the leap.
The four building blocks of transformation
Successful transformations may be relatively rare, but they do exist. A transformation, in this context, is a major shift in an organisation’s capabilities and identity so that it can deliver valuable results, relevant to its purpose, that it couldn’t master before. The company develops an ongoing mastery of change, in which adaptability feels natural to leaders and employees. Here are four building blocks that are fundamental to this transformation.
AI is already entertaining you
How technology endowed with creative intelligence changes the way companies generate and distribute content.
Business beyond Brexit
Negotiations on the UK’s split from the European Union could take years. Instead of waiting, enterprise leaders should rethink their strategies now.
10 ways to get through sleep deprivation
In my case, sleep deprivation is a feature of life, as I try to help my son get a good night's sleep. I know that when I get in to bed I will probably be up in an hour's time, and sometimes not get back to my own bed at all before having to go to work.
10 principles of strategic leadership
10 principles can help unlock the potential strategic leadership in your enterprise. These principles represent a combination of organisational systems and individual capabilities — the hardware and software of transformation. You may have already adopted some of these tenets, and think that’s enough. But only when you implement all of them together, as a single system, will they enable you to attract, develop, and retain the strategic leaders who’ve eluded you thus far.
Six ways to wade through the waves of grief
I wasted far too much energy and emotion on challenging the situation we face. The inequity of all of it. I looked to the lives of others for examples of what we hoped for; it all looked rosier even though I only saw a partial view of their true lives. Then I decided to stop it.
Time to rethink the role of mental health in business
People are working longer hours, often in more stressful situations. This demands far more mental and physical resilience. Yet the topic of mental health still carries a stigma in many organisations. Individuals don't disclose their condition for fear of reprisal, and the assumptions colleagues might make.