Balancing incremental & transformational change

What type of change are you trying to make? Broadly speaking, change falls into 2 categories: Incremental change and transformative change. Incremental change keeps the lights on As the world continues to change and become more complex, our systems and approaches...

Bringing play into serious work

Play is a powerful and underutilised tool in our change and strategy toolkit. When we play, we have permission to be a bit ridiculous, to engage with weird and novel ideas, and to try on other perspectives. When it comes to serious work, our decision-making is often...

Foresight for the change-weary

It’s always been challenging to successfully lead change, and these times make it harder. I spent 2 days this week training change leaders in the public service. They tell me they are tired. Their people are tired. They are finding it hard to generate the energy...

5 types of feedback to sharpen your scenarios

There’s nothing worse than asking for feedback and only getting crickets or grammatical tweaks in return. You’ve poured time, energy, and sweat into developing these scenarios. Make it easy for your reviewers to give you really usable feedback that takes...