Thanks to input from well-known employers in India, Europe and the US we are discussing plans for a new ‘Innovation Academy’, in collaboration with MLab. This will equip HR and business leaders to solve business challenges by challenging the beliefs and assumptions underpinning six fundamental activities: 1. Strategic Planning 2. Agile Work Design 3. Real-time [...]

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On November 10th a group of experts and practitioners from organisations as diverse as BT, Oxfam and Jongleurs Comedy Club met in London. Hosted by Tomorrow Project, Work Foundation and Ci, our focus was on incremental daily improvements that add up to real change. Amongst the conclusions: • Innovators need crystal-clear measures of success: ‘Will [...]

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Recent headlines have been sobering. We’ve seen the gradual painful overthrow of Libya’s dictatorship. Unexpected riots and looting in England. The anniversary of 9/11. Another rogue trader. Greece and the Euro on the brink of ruin. All this is disturbing; what does it mean? It would be foolish to attempt a single explanation. But it [...]

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A lot of money is wasted on training that doesn’t work. This is one conclusion from Marshall Goldsmith’s research with 11,000 leaders. Success comes not from excellent training but ‘the fire within’ (to learn), backed up by the support of a line manager and regular opportunities to practice. The fact is, according to CCL research, [...]

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Ask any group of leaders how they learned to lead and they will tell you it wasn’t in the classroom. Yet organisational strategies for leadership development still focus, in reality, on courses. Working with Dr Paul Yost, we’re setting out to help companies by building a  research-based online ‘experience map’ people can use to plan [...]

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