Thriving in Complex Times - How to Stay Relevant

If you have a look around the current business environment, it doesn't take long to see how technology has affected not only our lives, but also the way we work. Now more than ever the way we work is impacted by forces that are less tangible and controllable.

The ways in which we previously run our businesses and the processes that control them have not really changed despite the fact that the very nature of how we work in many roles is fundamentally different. So what do I mean by this?

Vertical Development, Innovation, Change, LeadershipPete Holliday23 September 2015Leadership Development, Strategic Thinking, Complexity, change Comment

Is your strategic thinking that strategic?

Are you walking into the future looking backwards?

I have the conversation about strategic thinking a couple of times a week, and every time the first question I have is:

"Tell me what you mean by Strategic?"

The response is nearly always the same, a list of activities or a ‘To Do’ list that is either operational or tactical, and not really strategic as all. At best I would estimate that less than 5% of conversations actually refer to true strategic thinking,

Leadership, Innovation, Change, Vertical DevelopmentPete Holliday16 June 2015Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Strategy, Dynamic SteeringComment