Archive for the ‘Insights’ Category

Does (management) education teach you anything?

It’s become quite fashionable these days to criticize the value of our education system. And I don’t mean the criticism focused on lifting Australian educational standards to match international best practice. This is necessary if we want to retain our place as a truly competitive nation. No, […]

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There’s no future in predicting the future

The new normal The term “new normal” has been coined to describe this period of incessant change and uncertainty. It explains that we have a set of new dynamics in the ever-changing global economy. As such, our conventional planning approaches are no longer effective. Why? Because they […]

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Examine the Dark Side of your Leadership

Since working with leaders during the stressful period over the last 18 months, I’ve become interested in research that suggests your key strengths as a leader may well have a mirror image that produce major flaws in your style of leadership. Research by Hogan and others (2007) […]

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A QUESTION OF BALANCE

We talk often of the need for balance in the way that leaders and organisations approach change and innovation. Anne’s comments got me thinking about this issue over the last few days. We generally have a favourable view of the “balance” concept when we consider our everyday […]

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HOW CAN I BE A FUTURE BUILDER?

We spend a lot of time talking about the processes used in Future Building (like scenario planning and environmental scanning), but I was recently asked by a client “what do I have to do (or be) in order to become a Future Builder?” I have isolated four […]

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