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For most of my professional career, the one consistent war-cry I have heard in many established company boardrooms and across C-suite leadership teams is: “How do we cut costs?” Compared to a significantly lesser extent: How do we optimise our investments more effectively and drive growth? A myopic cost mindset is analogous to: Cut the lifeboats free, the ship is sinking. Eventually, without effective interventions, the ship sinks, together with all its assets while the people left behind are cast adrift […]

Dreaming: A contemporary leadership model? It’s business as usual! Or is it? The power of ‘dreams’ in building long-term value for an organisation is an area left to the select few, it goes way beyond the corporate vision statement to a passionate belief embedded deep into an organisation’s culture and psyche. […]

How important is curiosity to your unique strengths? How does curiosity support market leadership and growth? The ability to learn, to discover, to innovate, to question, to be creative, to develop wisdom, to wonder, to move you mind thoughts and feelings to another level, all reside in the mind of the curious. However […]

In a world where competition drives consumer choice and value perception, a growing list of brands, products and services, are being perceived as basic commodities, driving diminishing financial returns. This has resulted in many businesses having an obsessed view of their competition […]