In todays World the pace of change is so rapid that what you believe to be a star today could be a dog by tomorrow and if you don't react quick enough you not only lose competitive advantage but you get left behind
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February 6, 2012 in Change Management, Communication, Innovation, Leadership, Motivation, Transformational Change
I loved using Ishikawa or "Fishbone" diagrams (named after Kaoru Ishikawa who became one of the guru's of modern management in the 1960s after he pioneered the use of them in quality management processes in the Kawasaki shipyards). It was like peeling an onion, carefully taking each layer of a problem and figuring out what had caused the problems we were seeing at the time so that we understood the cause. Once we understood the cause we could decide what our next course of action was; was it something we could fix and move on, or had something changed meaning that our landscape had altered and our course of action needed to change?
There are times in life when we all need something to trust in, whether it's a repair man, an organisation or just a friend. It's the times when you need them that you go to them, but what about the journey in between when times are good?
Sometimes when you think about what you want to achieve the task seems so great it puts you off doing anything at all, the book It breaks it down into bite size chunks with the focus on celebrating success along the way and making it manageable, tangible and achievable
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January 30, 2012 in Change Management, Communication, Economy, Innovation, Leadership, Motivation, Transformational Change
Everyday we work on game changing ideas for big business. They are always for commercial gain and there to prove we are stretching beyond what exists today, taking on impossible thinking, innovating and being future facing. I'm happy to say that there has been recent energy surge for this, as if business has finally acknowledged that there is no point in waiting, being risk adverse isn't going to cut it, bring out the ballsy thinking!
UK politics is all too wrapped up in rants and raves- have we forgotten how crucial objectivity is to achieving our goals?
Google have recenlty been under fire for promoting their secondary services via search and is currently under investigation by the European competition authorities for alleged monopoly abuse. They have introduced a search update in America called 'search plus your World' which means users will see more links to Google+ when they do generic web searches. In a recent blog post Google wrote 'Starting today if you search for a topic like music or baseball you might see prominent people who frequently discuss this topic on Google+ appearing on the right hand side of the results page'
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January 23, 2012 in Communication, Innovation, Leadership, Motivation, Transformational Change
Innovative in spirit, Monkeys get a helping hand in 2012 from the Year of the Dragon. Opportunities for growth are many and doing things for the general good of those around is recommended. Research/study and taking on activities to push their own personal growth will be on the anvil and prove exciting. With a taste for adventure and their love of partying, Monkeys will be wearing their social hats, throwing many a swanky do or taking trips around the world.
