Lessons from Winnie the Pooh on navigating complexity
What does “navigating complexity” look like? For the last 20 years my specialism has been to work in situations that […]
Spiral Dynamics: navigation for our turbulent times
Are you sitting comfortably? Few of us are, I suspect. It is hard to look at the world without concern. […]
What is an Organisation really?
‘To organise’ is a verb, from which we have created a noun, ‘organisation’ but what is an organisation really? It’s […]
Taking a Long-Term Sustainable Business Perspective
In 2014 Pfizer launched a bid for AstraZeneca (about £70bn). AstraZeneca, sceptical of the business case for a deal, managed […]
Embodied Leadership: the capacity to lead in the midst of complexity
In our current culture our head is the important bit. The body is what brings it around from meeting to […]
The Longing for Meaningful Connection
Can the Map of Meaning enable us to become more deeply human? This was the question I held as I […]
Meeting life where it is
Our summer newsletter opened with the sentence “‘Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous’ is the new business norm.” So what does […]
Don’t be naïve about the shift to teal
Frederic Laloux’s book “Reinventing Organisations”” is inspiring. The new illustrated version puts across the key concepts with even greater simplicity. […]
When Teal meets B Corps: a match made for transformation?
What happens when you bring together leaders involved in two of the most transformational movements in business and organisations? On […]
What Brexit tells us about Politics, Systemic Complexity and Leadership?
The days of national economies are basically gone. It’s debatable how controllable they ever were. We live in a world […]
What is the Map of Meaning? A simple antidote to organisational change fatigue.
Fact. In an increasingly volatile and uncertain world, organisations need to be adaptable, resilient and have people empowered by change. […]
Organisational restructures are a waste of time
“How can we successfully implement organisational restructures to meet 21st century needs?” It appears this is the question predominant for […]