We improve organisational performance by helping firms develop and connect their digital business capabilities, drawing on vast experience as long-term pioneers of digital ways of working in the enterprise
We take pride in the diligent, detailed approach we take to our work, and aim to leave behind more productive, collaborative teams wherever we go.
To really improve the way an organisation works with emerging technology requires a combination of skills and knowledge that extend way beyond software features and functions – org design, agile and collaborative ways of working, digital leadership, change movements, psychology and personal productivity are also important.
It is our experience and ability to operate confidently across these domains that our clients say they find most valuable.
Some insights into our thinking:
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Leadership Team
Explore Our History
A revelation
A new vision
Building the social web
Award-winning in Legal
Pursuing org change through social tools
Re-thinking enterprise IT & collaboration
Built a great team and learned how to pitch
We managed one of the craziest online + real-life events ever attempted
Acquisition, growth and Vegas nights
Developing social systems to identify actionable data
A long-term transformation role with Bosch
Time for another fresh start to refocus on transformation
A new space
Developed our approach to agile, distributed transformation
Exploring organisational capabilities as change goals
Re-thinking internal functions in an agile organisation
Capability Mapping for Digital Leaders
Lisbon, hybrid locations and lots of learning
Started a new long-term digital capability project
Greater focus on executive education
Expanded our curriculum for digital leadership
Platform development
Launch of Shift*Base as a new venture
Selected Blog Posts
Designing hybrid human-AI use cases for the enterprise
GPTs: fun, but also useful? Azeem Azhar is doing a great job of documenting and analysing the rapid development of GenAI in his excellent newsletter Exponential View, and last week he shared a discussion with one of the co-authors of the original Transformers paper...
Four Areas of AI Readiness We Need to Improve
We all have high hopes for the impact of AI and smart automation on the enterprise, but without urgent action on organisational readiness, the biggest improvements and productivity gains will likely be out of reach. As Dave Wright and Brian Solis wrote for CIO...
Could AI Be A Catalyst For Wider Organisational Change?
Productivity Hopes and the Solow Paradox Away from the breathless excitement about GPTs and their latest impressive content creation tricks, there has been some thoughtful discussion recently about the impact of AI on work and the organisations we build to coordinate...
Don’t Fear the Coming Trough of AI Disillusionment
2024 looks set to be a big year for enterprise AI adoption, but we need to think long-term and not be driven by the hype or the backlash. It looks like 2024 will be the year when GenAI, automation and smart systems gain a strong foothold in the enterprise. But...
Harnessing Corporate GPTs for a Transformative Digital Workplace
The Dawn of Corporate GPTs in the Digital Workplace The emergence of enterprise GPTs marks a new phase in the journey towards smarter, digital workplaces. One trend we are seeing already is the emergence of two distinct paths: specialised, domain-specific GPTs, such...
Free your leadership capacity to define team opportunity
Imagine an organisation where leaders are swarmed with tasks to the point they don’t dedicate any time to leading teams. Now imagine an organisation where leaders only focus on the performance of teams and try to micromanage every situation. Since neither option is...