Archive for 2010
One public workshop this year: influencing change with stories
We often get asked whether we are running any public courses on our techniques but for the last couple of years we have reserved these …
Read MoreKeeping richness in our decision making
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807–73) was a Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist who taught at Harvard. Imagine that you went to Louis Agassiz’s laboratory at …
Read MoreThe Mahout, the Elephant and the Path—an analogy for change
Dan and Chip Heath have a new book coming out (Feb) and they sent me a copy of the first chapter. The title is Switch …
Read MoreCreating more humanistic workplaces
“If you go into a grey concrete box with one little window, it’s claustrophobic, it’s cold. If you put a skylight in it and you …
Read MoreA story designed to change your mind
Seth Godin has a new ebook out called What Matters Now. It consists of 80 or so thought leaders each with a page to talk …
Read MoreThree ways to make your strategy stick
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Leadership Posts, Strategy
In my hands is a corporate strategy. It’s a glossy six-page document designed for every employee to memorise and enact. There are seven themes each …
Read MoreTrusting the system
Registered Post is reliable system for getting important items from one place to another, right? Well read on – you might re-think your answer. Last …
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