QUESTION: Is new product innovation a science or more down to luck? BACKGROUND: A recent analysis of 8,500+ FMCG launches reveals just 18...
From Awful to Amazing – Creating workshops that work
Do your teams dread attending workshops? Do they believe they are going to be a waste of time and will deliver very little value?...
The Shackleton Spirit – Leading our teams through change
One hundred years ago, in early 1916, Ernest Shackleton’s plans lay in tatters. Having set off two years earlier to be the first to...
The necessity of negative thinking
It is the eve of the new millennium. Amidst the jollity, the champagne and the fireworks there is a tribe watching. They are spread...
The Courage to Coach – From Command and Control to Empowering and Inspiring
I used to think I used a coaching style with the teams I led. Then I went on a coaching course to learn a little bit more. Imagine...
Untangling the 7 Threads of Project Leadership
By Philippa Hale and Jean Gamester. In our work with many organisations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors over the last...