Transform Your Business

Transform Your Business

Here’s a very quick round-up of how you can achieve what might at first seem impossible. Are You Doing What You’ve Always Done? The new normal (whatever that might be) is asking this fundamental question of every business as you address the future. Whether you are...
Lessons From Business Transformations

Lessons From Business Transformations

What the Experts Say … is first and foremost, learn from past experience. So why do you think people continue to ignore that advice? I’d like us to take a look at some instances of stunning stupidity. Do You Understand the Problem? Clearly the directors of the UK’s...
Getting Help With Business Transformation

Getting Help With Business Transformation

Where to Start Setting out on a business transformation can be something of a minefield. At the very beginning you might not even know how to get started. So here are some ideas on where to find appropriate help and what to look for. What Areas Should be Covered? My...
DIY Business Transformation

DIY Business Transformation

Is DIY Business Transformation Really Possible? The answer is a definite “Yes”. However I’d also qualify that by saying that in order to do-it-yourself your organisation needs to do some serious preparation. That will involve laying the foundations for transformation...
A Checklist for Business Transformation Training

A Checklist for Business Transformation Training

Read on for a 9-Point Checklist: Why This Is Important By its very nature, Business Transformation is a complex sequence of events and activities with the aim of delivering significant change involving much that is new. As a consequence you wouldn’t expect your team...
Business Transformation for SMEs

Business Transformation for SMEs

Business Transformation for SMEs – podcast: Why is it that business transformation for SMEs needs special consideration? This episode looks at the things that are important for the SME leader to consider when thinking about starting a business transformation....
What’s Stopping Creativity at Work?

What’s Stopping Creativity at Work?

Are people really afraid to use their creative skills in the workplace?   Why This is a Dilemma There’s every reason to believe that people are frequently more creative when they are not at work. Whether that’s because they have the freedom of expression or...
Unintended Consequences

Unintended Consequences

Do businesses think before inflicting updates on their customers? When is an Update an Upheaval? I’m sure you are familiar with the scenario – you are just about to engage on something important using your PC, phone or smart TV and lo – it’s carrying out...
The Bankrupt Village

The Bankrupt Village

Is this a salutary tale and how can it be fixed? A Village on an Island Imagine the scene – a tiny little village on a remote island. To the visitor it looks cosy and prosperous but that is deceiving the eye. For this village of 330 people sits on an island with...
Creative Stress

Creative Stress

Is This a Helpful Attribute? At a time when there are lots of people trying to do things differently and also to do different things, the concept of Creative Stress is worth considering. I’m not talking here about the creative arts – they have their own drivers...