Is Change Management Dead? November 28th, 2022 I have come across many organisations, including consulting firms, and countless articles that state that “Change Management is dead”. We have even gone through SWOT analysis in our own team, where we clearly identified managing change in the traditional sense as a Threat. At least for the old,…
It’s One Minute Until ‘Digital Midnight’ But These Three Things Can Turn The Clocks Back November 11th, 2022 This time of year much of the Northern Hemisphere adjusts their clocks back to accommodate fewer hours of daylight and it’s a great pity that we can’t do the same in South Africa with our ticking digital…
The Art of Organisational Development October 31st, 2022 Organisational Development (OD) has always straddled in existence between the concept of social action and scientific inquiry. Addressing the effects of change at a micro and macro level, OD encompasses a myriad of interventions and activities, ranging from team effectiveness to structure redesign, and even ensuring job…
When A Project Becomes A Career October 25th, 2022 Project work on the MBA at IMD is invariably impactful. In a few examples it is lifechanging. Adam Craker and his colleagues on the Team Initiated Enterprise (TIE) consulting project in 1996 devised a plan for a social enterprise in South Africa, using internet technology to…
SA Ahead Of The World For Once – But It’s Nothing To Be Proud Of September 30th, 2022 South Africa has the unenviable honour of being ahead of the world in three key ways. Much of Europe, the UK and North America are facing a dark, cold winter without reliable energy, the UK is coming…
To curate or to create learning content? September 21st, 2022 In a world where learning happens daily, synchronous with exploring the digital space in which we work, live, and socialise, it is not uncommon for learning and development teams to face the decision of whether its better to create or curate learning content. Organisations invest…
The subtle art of GESHIDO™ September 8th, 2022 What does GESHIDO™ mean? GESHIDO™ is all about GETTING S#!T DONE, literally. When the agile manifesto was signed and published way back in 2001, the team who put the manifesto together (the Agile Alliance) made no apologies about the fact, in addition to discovering a better way…
Why Learning and Development? September 6th, 2022 The last two years have seen immense changes to our ways of work and our working environments in general. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns around the world necessitated a broad-based movement to new digital platforms and brought about somewhat of a digital revolution. Work from home policies…
South Africa’s heritage deserves an honest approach from business for successful succession planning September 5th, 2022 Almost every business in South Africa has got Heritage Day wrong. Yes, we should be honouring our individual and cultural heritage, but leadership needs to have an eye on the legacy that their business will create for generations to…
The integration of Agility and People Advisory to truly create and enable Business Agility July 29th, 2022 As I sit writing this article, I reflect on how my life and career changed in January of 2011. After the Euphoria of the 2010 FIFA™ World Cup and completing a large Programme at a big bank as…
