Do we have a date with destiny? READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION The American anti-tax activist Grover Norquist once said: “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” At least with respect to public … Read more
There’s an organizational competency which is rarely discussed but much needed READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Similar to many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot about hope in our personal lives. Sometimes hope feels fleeting – an emotion that I can’t sustain for very long by myself. At other times, it feels as real … Read more
Today’s strategic landscape is like nothing ever seen before. We need leaders capable of reconciling dilemmas READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION If there ever was a moment when the traditional tenets of leadership were deservedly under the microscope, it is now. Anger in the streets, a pandemic, economic upheaval and inequity, fears about the reach … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION The professional poker player, Annie Duke, has written that the outcome of any given poker hand is based on two factors: the cards she and other players are dealt, and her skill in playing the hand. At its simplest, her aim is to achieve a positive strategic outcome. Leaders in … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Complex challenges demand a dynamic balancing act Japan has the most hospital beds per head in the world: nearly five times as many as the US. It has had a relatively low number of Covid-19 cases: a total around 25,000 at the time of writing, compared to 4 million and … Read more
Developing a rubric for culture change can help leaders win buy-in, as an example from the US Navy shows READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION When a team is falling short on its targets, a new leader is often brought in with a mandate to improve performance or boost contributions to the bottom line. My time … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Airlines hold their customers’ lives in their hands and culture is critical to keeping them safe Safety, compliance and reliability are at the heart of my work and underpin everything that United Airlines does. Whether it’s one aircraft or 1,000, safety is our number one concern, for both our passengers … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Ed Barrows considers a more resilient way of managing risk We live in a world of ever-increasing uncertainty. Where organizations once existed in a state of relative equilibrium buffeted by an occasional shock, major jolts have become the norm for industries and whole economies. From 9/11 and the decades-long war … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Leaders need to simultaneously cooperate and compete In the emerging global economy, companies are realizing that a substantial part of their value proposition rests on their ability to forge relationships to add value to their customers.The environment for business is continually changing: technology has enabled new levels of international trade … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Covid-19 has checked globalization. It’s time for a new deal between business and people The world, author Thomas L Friedman told us in 2005, is flat. As he quite rightly noted, a series of “flatteners” were even then coming together to globalize supply chains, outsource work, offshore work, and otherwise … Read more