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Was it worth doing? One of 3 brilliant questions to ask

Was it worth doing? One of 3 brilliant questions to ask

Having spent decades as a leader and a leadership consultant, I am often struck with how many initiatives, ideas, work, and action is discarded, abandoned, left to fester, or simply ignored. It happens everywhere (well, I see it as a consultant but I never let it happen as a leader!

Emergent Change and a powerful reason why it matters

Emergent Change and a powerful reason why it matters

Change is a result of actions, interactions and behaviours within the company. Not all change is good. Not all change is bad. Some change will be positive for the business, some not. But change is an emergent result as people go about their work. Change is always happening. Change cannot

Lateral Thinking - a powerful approach to creative problem solving

Lateral Thinking - a powerful approach to creative problem solving

I often describe myself (and please don’t laugh) as a creative soul trapped in a corporate role. My passion is in writing, film, radio, photography and art but my living comes from management and HR consulting. That hasn’t stopped me bringing creativity into the workplace, in fact, I

The importance of creativity - 30 powerful creative ideas

The importance of creativity - 30 powerful creative ideas

At the start of 2022 I set out to do a pop-up daily newsletter on LinkedIn for the whole of January. 31 days of ideas about importance of creativity that would vanish at the end in true pop up style. The contents of this page are those 31 ideas – now

Appreciative Inquiry - 9 steps to conduct a powerful positive planning session

Appreciative Inquiry - 9 steps to conduct a powerful positive planning session

Appreciative Inquiry positive planning sessions are my Go To session for getting out of the weeds, setting a new direction and coming up with goals and strategies. They are a joy to run, a joy to be in and this is because they focus on the good. They focus on

Unleash Business Storytelling - build a brilliant story 1 story at a time

Unleash Business Storytelling - build a brilliant story 1 story at a time

Business storytelling is all the rage – and rightly so. It can be a powerful way to communicate and move people into action. In this post I am going to share how I build stories. Not many people know this, but I used to be a journalist and editor. I was

The Cornell Note Taking Method - boring but effective

The Cornell Note Taking Method - boring but effective

The Cornell Note Taking Method was something I discovered about 10 years ago and promptly ignored it. It sounded boring, corporate, academic and not the dynamic note taking method I thought I needed. Then I tried it one day and I’ve never looked back. Here’s a video, or