Getting started as a digital guide

There is no role more central to organisational transformation than Change Agent or Digital Guide. There are roles that may be more strategic, but the change agent is woven into the fabric of transformation, they are the ones in the trenches, helping the organisation...

Digital Leadership 101 (in defence of senior leaders)

Senior leaders can get a bad rap. They often get the blame for many of the failings of digital transformation programmes. I’ve had countless conversations with clients, friends and colleagues tearing their hair out as executives refuse to engage with new ways of...

How to create Safe Spaces for Radical Experiments

As both a product owner and an industry analyst, I am fascinated by how companies achieve breakthrough innovation. Startup methods like agile and lean have taught us to run experiments. And more of us are realising the importance of involving frontline employees in...

Avoiding the pitfalls of Robotic Process Automation

Organisations are poised for a revolution in the back office – emerging technologies like Robotic Process Automation (RPA) open up the potential for exponential gains. RPA is set to see processes carried out faster, with fewer errors, 24/7 – after all...

Empathy and organisational change

In seeking to transform our organisations, one of the biggest challenges we face is changing human behaviours, and the organisational cultures that shape them. This post looks at the role empathy and empathic design can play in creating the systematic change required...