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Yesterday's news, today's agility

Tuesday night Prime Minister Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield held an emergency press conference. New...

We get the why, focus on the how

A few years ago, Simon Sinek came to the mainstream with The Golden Circle concept: Start with Why. In short, he states all organisations...

Only the lonely

We're emerging or have emerged from lockdown. Some people are championing working from home. Personally, I was at home in a crisis trying...

Following threads, zoombies and the economy of action

One of the great joys of life for me is browsing library and bookshop shelves. You don't know what you'll come across, what you'll learn...

Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face

At Hilary's Tea & Toast webinar on Build an agile mindset she quoted Mike Tyson. In the lead-up to a fight, Tyson was asked about how he...

Over 100 creative ideas and still counting

I was going to start this blog with - Now's the time for creative thinking - but that misses the point. We shouldn't wait for a crisis to...

The crisis and recovery cycle - where are we now?

I had another good read through this article over the weekend: Business recovery from disaster: A research update for practitioners by...

A shout out for scenarios, metaphor, and the Beaconsfield mine rescue

Advice is coming thick and fast right now. I've taken plenty of advice on technology for new ways of working. Other, equally important...

Keep learning & carry on

If your inbox is anything like mine, then in the past month it's been completely bombarded by every company you've ever interacted with...

SCARF—a tool to understand reaction to the pandemic?

Threats and rewards are a topic in many of our workshops—they are a way to understand what drives people to behave in particular ways....