Sharing what interests me
25th May 2025
The affichistes — artists like Jacques Villeglé and Raymond Hains — didn’t paint. They tore.
24th May 2025
Rebecca Solnit’s answer in The Guardian today grabbed me.
23rd May 2025
Although they might not realise it, most change programmes are built on modernist assumptions – that with the right data, the right plan, and the right leadership, we can drive predictable outcomes.
22nd May 2025
You can have a single source of data. You can agree on where the master records live. You can make sure everyone’s working from the same numbers.
21st May 2025
“I’m honestly in awe of you. I haven’t met a consultant in this business who’s given me as much confidence as your website just has.”
20th May 2025
What transformation promises versus what you get
20th May 2025
Taoism teaches us that life flows best when we stop forcing outcomes.
19th May 2025
We often approach change like it’s a project. Define the scope. Set the goals. Hit the target. Finish the job.
12th May 2025
In business, we often reward clarity, confidence, and decisiveness. But sometimes, a well-placed doubt can cut through the noise far more effectively.
4th May 2025
In early Greek cosmology, Chaos wasn’t disorder – it was the fertile void. The raw potential from which Cosmos – order, beauty, and structure – emerged.
10th April 2025
Ever wonder why people say they’re on board with change… but then quietly resist it?
9th March 2025
In a recent discussion about winning ‘hearts and minds’, I sketched out this simple 2x2 matrix that plots alignment against engagement.
6th March 2025
I invite leaders of change and transformation programmes to answer these ten essential questions when considering how to communicate more authentically:
4th March 2025
A headline from The Guardian yesterday caught my eye: “Researchers believe personal stories are more persuasive than facts alone in addressing vaccine scepticism.” Of course they are.
27th February 2025
Behind all effective communication is persuasion. The three rhetorical appeals that Aristotle described in the 4th century BCE are just as relevant today.
25th February 2025
Whenever I need to communicate something important, I try to turn it into a story.
24th February 2025
Before becoming a Lean Change practitioner, I spent a decade running a digital marketing agency.
21st February 2025
The programme is called ‘The New World Order’. It’s a large-scale transformation over which I have no control, yet it will dramatically change my life. I feel anxious, scared, and powerless.
18th February 2025
Yesterday I facilitated a Lightning Decision Jam (LDJ) with a client – one of my favourite ways to help teams solve big problems, fast.
17th February 2025
A couple of years ago I joined a company that had previously launched a disastrous change programme called PURE.
16th February 2025
Prochaska and DiClemente’s Stages of Change model – widely used in substance misuse recovery – has powerful lessons for business change.
15th February 2025
What happens when you give control instead of taking it?
13th February 2025
A colleague recently said: “I think you’ll like The Ready". They were right.
12th February 2025
Imagine if your therapist called themselves a ‘Change Manager’, and you brought them in to manage the change you wanted in your life.
9th February 2025
This morning I went to book a ticket for the London Book Fair and was delighted to see the smiling face of my friend and colleague Charlotte Talmage from Uuna on the landing page.
7th February 2025
I love this video from Selena Resvani. It makes me even more optimistic about the future of work not being based around hierarchy.
6th February 2025
I love discovering new words, and today’s find is 'workshopper'. With thanks to Jonathan Courtney.
4th February 2025
"Listening isn’t waiting for your turn to speak. Listening is the ability to make others feel heard. One of the ways to do that is to practice using these three statements when someone is telling you something"
2nd February 2025
For over a century, organisations have been treated as machines. Although complicated, they can be broken down, optimised, and controlled.
31st January 2025
Last week, a colleague of mine met with the Portfolio and Transformation Director of an innovative UK company with 5,000+ employees and asked him about change management opportunities.
29th January 2025
Frank is a beautiful, gentle, loving companion who’s been by my side through thick and thin. But the biggest lesson he’s taught me?
27th January 2025
When teams try to collaborate on a project, it often starts well, but it quickly dissolves into chaos and inaction and the only outcome of each meeting is ‘let’s have another meeting’. Bad times.
26th January 2025
I’m encouraged to see that Test and Learn is being adopted by the UK Government in a bid to make the state “more like a start-up”. The Government has launched a £100 million fund to pioneer public service reform and deliver the Government’s Plan for Change.
24th January 2025
The Van Gogh exhibition at The National Gallery in London has just closed with 334,589 visits, making it the most popular ticketed exhibition in the gallery's 200-year history.
21st January 2025
Founders of start-ups begin by doing what they love and what they are good at and loving what they do.
20th January 2025
This is the first of five posts – one on each of the 5 Universals of Change, created by Jason Little.
17th January 2025
Yesterday, I launched Men Listening – safe, supportive and confidential online groups for men to share what’s really go on for them at work – and feel heard.
15th January 2025
Thirty years ago, while training to be a counsellor, I set up and ran a men’s group called ‘Men on the Hill’.
13th January 2025
The beekeeper forgot to put the frames in this beehive, so the bees were free to build a structure that worked for them. This had natural ventilation, so the air could flow freely and maintain a stable temperature, and it also produced more honey in the space available.
5th January 2025
Lean Change is an innovative approach to managing organisational change that combines principles from Agile, Lean Startup, and Design Thinking. Inspired by Jason Little's 2014 book Lean Change Management: Innovative Practices for Managing Organizational Change, this approach challenges traditional change management methods by prioritising collaboration, experimentation, and adaptability.
5th October 2021
To design the right solution, you first need to understand the problem. Enter: the Double Diamond.
27th July 2021
If you're struggling to deliver change in your business, understanding the Bridges Transition Model can help steer you in the right direction...