When Business Isn’t Working

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...
Learning the Ropes in Business Transformation

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...
A Cheese Shop Sketch

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...
Top Tips to Make Business Transformation Go Smoothly

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...
Explaining Business Transformation

Explaining Business Transformation

Just what is Business Transformation? The common description is that in management Business Transformation involves making fundamental changes in how business is conducted in order to help cope with shifts in market environment. However that seems to me to be far too...