The price of ambiguity
What do you see in the illustration above? Now show it to someone else. What do they see? Here are possible answers: A duck. A rabbit. A du…
What do you see in the illustration above? Now show it to someone else. What do they see? Here are possible answers: A duck. A rabbit. A du…
I love strategy. I think everything is strategy. My favourite book is “33 strategies of war”, but I am also a big fan of Kenichi Ohmae (found a paperba…
I am only half jesting! We have seen the rise of the Innovation officer, The Chief Digital Officer and the Chief Data Officer. We have heads of sustain…
AI already plays a significant role in the technology that we all use. This goes for sports, telecoms, mobile technology and so on. During a period whe…
As a leader cultivated from the past, you might find yourself curious to build a prosperous future, especially in the pressing times we currently find …
Around 6:57 PM every evening since early April, hundreds of people begin to emerge from their perches hanging on the steel and glass towers where I liv…
Innovation has become an overused buzzword. It’s used and abused to talk about transformation, the launch of new products, customer experience, social …
I have started watching a new series on Amazon TV - Swamp Thing. For those who haven’t seen it, and it can be gory in places, the basic plot line is al…
The first global survey by The Centre for Optimism has found the government, the economy, business conditions and consumer confidence are all missing i…
I have spent most of my working life seeking innovative solutions to challenging problems. It’s a passion. And, working with some of the most talented …
The world is going through a huge crisis at the moment that impacts all of us. About 3 billion people are under lockdown around the globe. The Corona v…
The last couple of weeks have been quite eventful around the world. There’s a lot of uncertainty and even panic regarding the coronavirus, its current …
Customers don’t want innovation – they want the results of innovation in the form of better, faster, cheaper products and services! How many significa…
I was at an event the other day when two things happened that really spoiled my day. The first twinge of aggravation came in the big plenary session. O…
In a previous article I wrote about the recent loss of many well-known brands and who were not able to survive in this era of mass disruption. I gave s…
I’m passionate about alignment. Yup, alignment. It might not be the sexiest topic in the startup world, but it’s essential to success. Lack of focus ma…
In our line of work, we get to talk with hundreds of leaders around the globe, and from virtually every industry. Most of them seem to intuitively und…
My Facebook feed is filled with sponsorship asks and birthday fundraisers. I turn on the TV and there’s another telethon – I knew it was coming because…
The Personal Computer and the Internet have, without a doubt, revolutionised business in the last 25 years. For most of us, it’s now impossible to thi…
Over the last 15 years I have attempted in my own way to transform organisations into high energy, innovative, and exciting places to work. I have trie…