I have an insatiable appetite for all things digital transformation. I’m inspired by the bold visions that organisations seek to achieve and curious about the customer problems that the transformations seek to solve. But I confess to being especially fascinated...
I know you’re busy, but are you busy actually doing the work, or talking about the work? For many years I’ve been involved in the wrangling work of shifting organisation culture towards a faster more agile environment. Sometimes it feels like herding cats. Lasting...
In last week’s article I spoke about how digital transformation is a team sport, and to be successful leaders need to work together. Easier said than done though, right? Not everyone plays nicely, and some don’t even see the need. But there is a light! Or at least a...
If you order a green project, you just might be served a watermelon. And you will have to wait for the end for the wine. Years ago I attended a seminar that had quite an impact on me. The speaker was a Qantas pilot who was also a senior leader in their flight training...
One of the mantras of the startup world is fail fast, and its intent is to test, learn and iterate rapidly. The idea being that the faster you learn what doesn’t work, the faster you can get a successful product to market. There is some evidence that suggests that...
Shortly before I wrote this article I was chatting to a senior executive at an Insurance company who was complaining about how much their legacy systems were slowing them down. Sure, that is an issue – but it was immediately obvious to me that the real forces at...
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