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When Business Isn’t Working
So Your Business Isn’t Working In the present circumstances obviously that might be due to COVID lockdown and no opportunity to produce/sell. On the other hand it might also be due to other systemic factors. The question is - how are you going to deal with it from...
Leading From A Distance
Lead From a Distance - But Don’t Be Distant There’s something slightly unnerving about leading people whom you can’t actually see or touch. Things like missing the odd conversations when passing in the corridor, just checking on how things are going and if help is...
Transformation In A Digital Workplace
Where IS The Office? It’s a question that will be on many people’s minds right now. Working digitally and (often) remotely takes away the usual context for a workplace. There’s no fixed desk nor are there colleagues just over your shoulder. Many folks working in the...
Learning the Ropes in Business Transformation
It’s Your First Time; Understand the People Involved; Analyse the Root Causes and Problems; Design Creatively; Plan Carefully; Run the Execution It’s Your First Time There always has to be a first time, whether that is leading or participating in a business...
Dealing With External Challenge
Lessons From History Once in a while along comes something that derails everyone’s plans. In the 20th Century there were two global wars, Spanish Flu and a couple of other significant events like the Great Depression and the HIV/AIDS epidemic that rumbles on. It seems...
Dealing With COVID-19 in Business
There are some useful things that can be done to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. Using the Learning What’s pretty apparent is that having to face the COVID-19 coronavirus has forced a lot of learning onto a lot of people and organisations. For example the UK...
A Cheese Shop Sketch
I never imagined that 47 years after first meeting John Cleese I’d be writing a rather different version of a Cheese Shop sketch. But that’s the crazy world we live in - and businesses do seem to have a habit of doing crazy things from time to time. Do You Believe...
Top Tips to Make Business Transformation Go Smoothly
Get your ducks in a row Be clear Make engagement a constant Plan for certainty Make your governance process transparent Be meticulous about managing dependencies Practise what you preach Get Your Ducks In A Row When you start the transformation journey there will be...
Turning Around Business Transformation
5 steps First PAUSE 1. Re-examine the root causes 2. Check the designed solution 3. Produce a revised plan RESTART the Transformation activity 4. Take action and implement 5. Review the outcome Things Aren’t Working This may be a gut feeling or you may have...