When I run workshops with teams, I encourage letting go of old initiatives, processes and procedures in order to free up organisational bandwidth. This is essentially an emptying of the organisational junk drawer.
Posted 4 years ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Better Simpler Strategy Business Entrepreneurship Felix Oberholzer Gee Harvard Innovation Leadership Technology Undisruptable
At a time when many managers struggle not to drown in vast seas of projects and initiatives, these businesses follow simple rules that help them select the few ideas that truly make a difference. We welcome author of “Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance”, Felix Oberholzer-Gee
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The Imagination Machine: How to Spark New Ideas and Create Your Company’s Future, with BCG’s Martin Reeves in a conversation with Aidan McCullen
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In my work as a consultant in reinvention and organizational change, I see this trend all the time. We are often so embroiled in inner conflict, with internal one-upmanship, with competing with the person down the hall that we have no energy left to deal with real threats or to identify magnificent opportunities.
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As we certainly know by now (whether we want to or not), medical inoculation refers to a set of methods of artificially inducing immunity against infectious diseases. While our immune systems are extremely adept at fighting viruses, they sometimes need a helping hand. In this Thursday Thought, I draw the analogy of inoculation methodologies and organisational (and even individual) transformation journeys. In particular, I focus on the multi-dose approach, as we are experiencing today with the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
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A world no longer focused on limitations but optimised for possibilities.“Everyday Chaos: Technology, Complexity, and How We’re Thriving in a New World of Possibility” David Weinberger,
Posted 4 years ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Down the Rabbit Hole of Leadership Leadership Psychopathology Manfred Kets de Vries Narcissism Trump Undisruptable
Our guest is one of the world’s renowned authorities on leadership and a prolific author, we welcome the author of Down the Rabbit Hole of Leadership Leadership Pathology in Everyday Life
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It is far more important to work on a to be list before a to-do list. Aidan McCullen Blog.
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We welcome the author “Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism”, Steve Davis
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The consultation, the strategy and the sign off are all important parts of the process, but the real change only happens when the rubber hits the road. If you spend all your budget on the script, the expert opinions and the cast and skimp on the execution you fall prey to what I call “The Predator Effect”. Execution without strategy is better than strategy without execution. We learn from execution, what works and equally, if not more valid, what doesn’t work.