In a quick poll I ran, a surprising 67% of people said they rarely engage with customers to improve their produce your experience. But...

Empower your team(s) to collaborate, self-organise, and witness the magic unfold.

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Earlier this year, it occurred to me that we talk a lot of the problems that we need to solve when it comes to ways of working, but we...

Andrew Carnegie, a key person in the third technology revolution, had a fascinating life, working in all of the first three technology-led

The Fearless Organisation by Amy Edmondson - On psychological Safety and how silence is a killer.

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This is the 5th blog post in the Organising for Outcomes series . It is helpful to understand where we’ve come from, how today’s ways of...

Our Dedicated Charity Partner 'Happier' includes happier clients, colleagues, citizens and climate. Increasing colleague engagement is...

In the previous post, nine key aspects of the First Industrial Revolution were listed. We're now going to take a closer look at each one of

It’s 5:55am and a bell is ringing. Elizabeth just made it in through the tall, imposing factory gates before they close at 6am. The next tim

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In the world of business agility, I often find myself needing to explain complex concepts in a way that's easy to understand. That's...

This is the first blog post in the Organising for Outcomes series . It is helpful to understand where we’ve come from, how today’s ways...

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Change is hard. Change is messy. Change is different for everyone. There are real emotions that we need to consider on the journey....

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Most large, old, traditional organizations either used to take, or still take, a waterfall approach in the context of unique change. The...