
“I’d say we have no choice but to run with the big dogs, or get left behind. As the saying goes in the dog-sledding world of Alaska, if you’re not…
“I’d say we have no choice but to run with the big dogs, or get left behind. As the saying goes in the dog-sledding world of Alaska, if you’re not…
Digital technology has enabled the age of the entrepreneur; creating new industries and upending many established entities. Individuals with minimal funding can now challenge for their place in the sun. Governments…
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy. In an organisational setting this old maxim often applies – organisations don’t change, people…
My working life has spanned 40 years, and I well remember the heady days of feminism in the 60s and 70s; and the fight for equal pay, being a union…
Innovation is all about creating new ideas and selling them. To successfully innovate in an organisational setting a number things need to happen: Individuals need to enlarge their toolsets to…
The future is ‘social’, although the picture on where we are heading in the social era is still developing. The world has changed – competition has changed, and how we…
Scenario planning is a big-picture method of thinking that allows people to see the future logically, systematically and realistically. It is primarily used as a resilience test for strategy, but…
Heather Price, CEO of Australian diversity consulting firm Symmetra, says there’s been a huge shift in the rules of business and the rules of expectation are changing with leaders recognising that…
Defining what an organization will be, and why and to whom that will matter, is at the heart of a leader’s role. Those who hope to sustain a strategic perspective…
Strategic planning is the process by which an organisation envisions its future and develops actions to achieve that future. This is a process that has the potential to focus an…