Despite these challenging times, we’ve never been more focused on, committed to, and active in helping organisations of all kinds move beyond push-push-push models of performance and into more post-conventional ways of relating, thinking, leading, meeting and working. Interestingly, in the stripped back reality that we’re all currently operating in…

Part 2: The final 4 and a bit more So, where was I? Oh yes, the clues and cues that I look for to understand what is really running the show, and that can also be used to tune the frequency at which a culture operates. In Part 1… 1…

Part 1: The first 4 Working collectively at our performance edge requires a particular type of culture — one with energy, trust, focus, courage, honesty, creativity, decisiveness and agility. Creating and maintaining these types of cultures is hard work because they tend to default, unless intentionally shaped, to paths of…

It’s been fascinating to watch how differently companies, or more specifically leaders, have responded to our COVID world. When the first round of lockdowns started to domino around the world, it was only natural for everyone to go into crisis mode and work out how the hell they were going…

Welcome to my new blog. I’ve never blogged before. I don’t really like being visible; I much prefer being behind the scenes. I have to force myself each year to give keynote talks to audiences in different parts of the world. When I was young, I dreaded crits at design…