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Optimising your ‘end of year' review for maximum impact
Late November is the time when many of us are reflecting on our progress for the year and updating our stakeholders.This can be fraught, particularly in an increasingly cost-constrained environment. Many recent working session stories have had a cost theme, as have...
E3 – Baking Learning & Growth into BAU alongside Agile Ways of Working
Cutting ThroughHelping experts engage 'outsiders' in complex ideasDamien discusses his strategy for engaging 7Eleven in a new Agile-aligned learning strategy. He shares his experience in engaging the leadership as well as the organisation in this new approach to...
E2 – Richard Medcalf – Making Time For Strategy
Cutting ThroughHelping experts engage 'outsiders' in complex ideasDo you struggle to find time to think at work? In this episode, Richard shares ideas to help 'cut through' with our diaries so we have time to think. Although he primarily focuses on strategy, the...
Political Trade-offs
Have you been in a position where you must implement a solution that you disagree with? This is the situation Anya found herself in recently, which set up a great discussion around trade-offs, politics and what to do when your CEO is one of your objectors. In...
A New Influence Framework
One of my colleagues, Louise, has a treasure trove of practical human relations models. I have her to thank for introducing me to the Bolton and Bolton Work Styles framework we use in the Core Curriculum, for example. Over coffee last week she shared another one that...
E1 – Anthony Wilson – Risk Management
Cutting ThroughHelping experts engage 'outsiders' in complex ideasAnthony Wilson shares 30+ years' experience in engaging others in risk management. His biggest challenge is to encourage leaders and others involved in managing risk to move away from a 'once and done'...
E0 – Cutting Through Introduction
Cutting ThroughHelping experts engage 'outsiders' in complex ideasIf you are an expert who needs to persuade others who do not share your technical background, this podcast is for you. One of my biggest frustrations is seeing people with great ideas not get the...
What if stakeholders are wedded to out of date views?
I had a fabulous conversation this week with a client who is head of technology strategy for an insurance company. He has come to a roadblock in his efforts to shepherd a major technology decision through the ExCo that I thought might interest you. A dominant decision...
Thinking harder about the context
You will I hope be familiar with the Ten Point Test by now, and may have even used it to check whether your storyline is robust.As much as I think this is a robust tool, the question for testing the context has been niggling me as incomplete.Having 'noodled on it', I...
A ‘hack’ for helping you synthesise your so what
It’s not often in a working session that we are reflecting on hospital entrances! This morning we were helping one of our new members craft her manifesto as an architect. It was fascinating on two fronts. We learned more about the nexus between architecture and...