Principles and Patterns over Dogma and Rules

Transforming our organisations will require huge shifts in basic digital literacy and ways of working for almost every employee outside of technology & development teams. New digital hotspots are starting to emerge, but scaling and replicating these emerging areas...

Organisational Evolution & the Power of Competitive Ecosystems

5 perspectives on how to harness the power of evolution within competitive environments to improve our organisations.  Kevin Kelly is a kind of techno-elder, and I often enjoy his musings, such as this interview with Noah Smith that references ‘What Technology Wants’,...

The cult of bare minimum learning

The past few years have seen an increasing investment in solving the growing digital skills gap within organisations. There are pockets of employees, even in leadership, who adopt learned helplessness with a chuckle – as if it is OK to lead in the digital age...

In Search of the Best Blend for Hybrid Learning

Some reflections on hybrid learning approaches as L&D teams start rushing back towards face-to-face offline learning delivery The Joys of Travel I did a rare in-person day of executive education this week, after 2 years of exclusively online teaching. It required...

Why Job Descriptions Need To Go

After hiring upwards of fifty people over the past ten years, I am ready to fess up. I loath writing job descriptions. A few years ago at a previous company, I introduced a new product director role within my business unit. I knew what I was after: someone who...