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Last week I was in London and had the pleasure of catching up with Ian Rodwell from Linklaters, one of the largest law firms in …

Business writers are increasingly using the term ‘disruption’ to refer to a range of forces which modern organisations are dealing with. It is the latest …

This article is about case studies. No, no…do not stop reading. I have always believed that case studies are the second most boring documents produced …

The benefits of employee engagement It has been proven that employee engagement is strongly linked to overall company performance. Poor engagement leads to high staff …

Over the years I’ve shown a clever little animation in our workshops to illustrate our propensity to tell ourselves stories when things are ambiguous and unclear. …

What do your organisational values actually mean? Do you have a list of 4, 5, 6 one-word, abstract concepts such as integrity, responsive and agile …

People judge their leaders by how their actions align with their words. And how aligned these two things are then triggers stories that get told, …

When asked for the secret of his success in the steel industry, American industrialist Charles Schwab (1862-1939) always talked about using praise, not criticism, giving …

In using story-work to build a brand, engage employees, or for one of its many other purposes, organisations nearly always focus on storytelling. The meme …

How do you get your people to think about what the future could be, in a way that inspires them and starts to spark action, …