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Strategy Made Simple - The 3 Core Strategy Questions 9 Jul 2013 | 06:07 pm
In increasingly turbulent and complex times, we understandably fall prey to a dangerous temptation – both as institutions and individuals. We’re tempted to abandon long-term strategy and fall back on ...
Pivots and Portfolios: A Contrarian View 4 Jun 2013 | 01:46 am
We live in turbulent times. We struggle to find ways to cope with this turbulence but many of our approaches only aggravate the situation rather than alleviate it. Case in point: portfolios and pivots...
Getting Stronger through Stress: Making Black Swans Work for You 8 Apr 2013 | 05:42 pm
Unanticipated events, especially extreme unanticipated events, can harm us or even destroy us. But they can also help us to grow and make us stronger. If they do the former, we tend to fear them and a...
A Contrarian View on Resilience 1 Apr 2013 | 07:22 pm
In a world of growing uncertainty and mounting performance pressure, it’s understandable that resilience has become a very hot topic. Everyone is talking about it and writing about it. We all seem to ...
A Power of Pull Milestone 4 Dec 2012 | 06:04 pm
Today marks a milestone in The Power of Pull – the release of the paperback edition of the book. It's an opportunity to step back and reflect on the impact that the book has had and explore where ther...
The Paradox of Preparing for Change 8 Oct 2012 | 07:11 pm
I love paradox. Here’s an example: the best way to prepare for change is to decide what isn’t going to change. Several weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking to a gathering hosted by the Churchill ...
The Labor Day Manifesto Of the Passionate Creative Worker 3 Sep 2012 | 06:03 pm
[Three years ago today I posted A Labor Day Manifesto for a New World. In classic Hagelian fashion it was long and complicated. With the help of a few edge collaborators (CHristopher Gong, Sarah Schar...
From Race Against the Machine to Race With the Machine 22 Aug 2012 | 06:34 pm
The recent book, Race Against The Machine, has caught the imagination of a growing body of readers. It’s an important book, but it doesn’t go far enough in highlighting the root causes of the unemploy...