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The Fear Factor – Change.When I first read Nicholas Taleb’s book, Fooled by Randomness I was seriously impressed by Taleb’s analysis of the fallibility of human knowledge....18th May 2012
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Transformation is Ambidextrous.As we look at the transformational opportunity, the approach I suggest is holistic, and I often describe my transformational challenge as this; How...18th May 2012
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Organisations are Living Entities.I often use the human body as an example of what happens in change and transformation programmes. Imagine if you will, the challenge we have in...16th May 2012
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100 per cent success!All full time and part time MSc Human Resources Management students at Sunderland Business School successfully organised and completed placements in...15th May 2012
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Out of Chaos Comes Order“Somewhere out there is a bullet with your Company’s name on it. Somewhere out there is a competitor, unborn and unknown, that will render your...6th March 2012
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Transformation on the MarchOrganisations cannot control the direction that powerful global forces will take over the next fifty years, but they can control how they respond to...13th February 2012
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Pioneering partnership between sunderland business school and blackswanUnique five-day intensive programme in innovation for business strategy is being offered to postgraduate students from the University of Sunderland...7th February 2012
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The Key is Outcome Focused InnovationThe key to successful innovation is to be "Outcome Focused." We need to focus on matching the Voice of the Idea with the Voice of the Customer. As...6th February 2012
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Trust is a key Ingredient in the Innovation Formula.It is early morning and I am watching a mother and her baby and thinking of the unbelievable bond of trust that exists between them and wondering why...30th January 2012
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Crossing the Valley of DeathThe most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize. —Shigeo ShingoIf you need a new process and don't install it, you pay for it...27th January 2012
