Why Self-Diagnosis of the Problem Never Finds the SolutionWhitepaper We have all done it. When we are feeling unwell or something hurts, it is tempting to jump online to look up the symptoms. And what inevitably happens? Whether or not you self-identify as a hypochondriac, you jump to the worst possible conclusion, and almost always…
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Technologies Change, but Transformation Challenges Stay the Same: People, Process, Technology & PoliticsWhitepaper It can sometimes seem like the concept of ‘transformation’ is a never-ending task, like painting the Forth Road Bridge, as new technologies emerge all the time. How are you supposed to know that your transformation is complete, and you won’t need to…
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Is Risk Always Something to be Avoided?Whitepaper As a business leader it is natural that we should want to protect our business: to avoid risk and keep it from harm. Generally, risk is seen as a ‘bad thing’, and most material published tends to be about how we can avoid or mitigate risk. But what…
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Why is it Important to make Resilience the Core of your Business Strategy?Whitepaper Building a culture of change, that is to say developing an organisation that is relatively comfortable with the new and unknown, can be a challenge. However, this culture of change and innovation is precisely what will help position organisations to evolve and…
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Can Your Organisation Become Resilient in the Face of Adversity?Whitepaper Understanding the resilience of a business and developing a plan for business continuity have long been ideas relegated to the ‘not immediately urgent’ pile for many organisations. The pandemic, however, has had other ideas, and this totally unpredicted spanner in the works has put the…
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How can understanding methodologies from other disciplines benefit business leaders?Whitepaper During the day to day running of a business it can be hard to see how and where to effect change to see the best results. A lot of the latest ‘hot’ ideas are actually just new takes on existing methodologies that have been repackaged, and it…
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How well do you really know your business?Whitepaper It seems like an obvious question, and most leaders might say “of course I know my business!”, but once you start to dig a little deeper, the gaps start to appear. Knowing your business is not just understanding your mission, vision, and values, or being able to describe your company culture, and account…
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Efficient tools are made for efficient people: are you making the most of your teams and your tech?Whitepaper There are a lot of vendors out there offering businesses solutions and tools to make the day to day running of a business more efficient, but the real challenge can be deciding which tool to implement, and…
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How can leaders cultivate and maintain engagement across teams?Whitepaper Ensuring your teams are engaged and motivated can be a challenge at the best of times, not to mention maintaining those levels of engagement and enthusiasm longer term. While many organisations continue to work remotely, this is only exacerbated. In fact, since the outbreak of the…
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How can uncertainty both drive and hinder your organisation’s transformation?Whitepaper The state of uncertainty is by no means foreign to us all after the past year – the pandemic has upturned anything we previously thought of as ‘normal’ and has had an impact of nearly all areas of our lives. We are all accustomed to…
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