We tend to think of leadership in the context of leading teams, at least in connection with work we do. But it isn’t necessarily so. Yes, a leader’s role is often to build the necessary …
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Discontinuous change vs. continuous adaptation
One philosophy of change in organisations starts from an assumption that structures, processes and systems are largely fixed at the outset—frozen, if you like. The approach then is to unfreeze the …
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The power of putting one foot in front of the other
I’m struck recently by the immense power and importance of a very simple idea... If you have a mountain to climb, all you really have to do is keep putting one foot in front of the other. I’ve enough …
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Leadership isn’t always about teams
We tend to think of leadership in the context of leading teams, at least in connection with work we do. But it isn’t necessarily so. Yes, a leader’s role is often to build the necessary …
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Doing disorganised really well
Sometimes it’s striking just how disorganised a group of people, supposedly working together, can be. How do they do that? It’s actually quite hard to be highly disorganised and randomly chaotic …
Changing habitual patterns
It’s interesting how a two-week break from something is enough to change our habitual behaviour... Returning from holiday, I notice I’m not as self-disciplined about choosing a healthy and …