Why curiosity is an essential leadership skill we should all nurture
Surrounded by ever-increasing complexity and uncertainty, there is one attribute which everyone, particularly leaders, needs to foster if they are to thrive - or even [...]
Do you lead conscripts or volunteers?
In my last post, we looked at how technology and the ‘gig’ economy has created a shift for employees from needing-to-work for an organisation to [...]
Talent’s got options – moving from “need to work” to “want to work” thinking
Throughout the 20th century (and indeed before then), organisations have been built on the assumption that their workers needed to work for them. For the [...]
Gen Z Kids don’t use phones (to talk)
Kids get mobile phones earlier and earlier these days – I remember my daughter, when she was around 10, being somewhat disappointed when clearly fishing [...]
The value of social media in the workplace: the power of weak links
I was at dinner with a senior director in the property investments business recently. We were talking about what made his organisation ‘valuable’. Being in [...]
Gen Z “Swipe-before-you-can-write generation”- what are the implications?
I recently watched a toddler in a TV shop try to the swipe the on-screen graphics on the rolling news being played. He got really [...]
Our preference (or bias) on display – a leadership lesson from the newsstand
Have you ever thought about the irony of rows of ‘How-to-use your-iPad’ type magazines that grace every newsstand? How come there is a market for [...]
The network is King – what this means for HR
For years, smart companies tried to treat the customer as king. Smarter ones, including many in Richard Branson’s Virgin group, realised that to do this, [...]
The way Gen Y and Z approach simple projects in a connected world
How do you plan a trip to the movies with a friend? As someone in my 40s, I’d probably call my friend, with the conversation going [...]
10 things senior team members should keep in mind
Senior teams, whether they be operating boards, executive committees or senior management teams, need to work at how they work together to produce the outcome [...]
