Old Wine in New Bottles

Sometimes change gets stuck between two worlds, and all we end up with is old structures with new branding. During a period of transition or paradigm shift, there is often an interim phase where we use new models to create a slightly better version of the old world...

Mind the Experience Gap

Some thoughts on making ‘experience chasms’ a bit shallower at the boundaries of traditional orgs. We’re seeing increased interest in customer and employee experience from most organisations, focused on increasing loyalty, revenues, engagement and...

Between Two Worlds

Thoughts on institutional upgrades, hierarchies versus networks, and re-wilding as an organisational design priority. This week’s ‘Lunch with the FT’ featured the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, and he had some interesting things to say ($) about how mature...

Colleague-First Experiences: Another Management Conundrum

Some reflections on EX, the role of managers in creating colleague-first experiences and the challenge of relentless change for all. Investment in colleague-centricity is finally catching up to customer-centricity. We have many more conversations with our clients...