Creating a People-Centred Approach to Organisational Transformation
In an environment defined by complexity, uncertainty, and continual change, organisations are under increasing pressure to adapt. New strategies are developed, transformation programs are launched, and operating models are redesigned in pursuit of better outcomes. [...]
Awareness Before Action: Why Leadership Transformation Begins with Insight
Every transformation is inspired by awareness. Before leaders can change behaviour, strengthen relationships, or develop greater efficacy, they must first understand how they are experienced by others. This is why feedback and reflection matter. The Importance [...]
From Potential to Practice: Creating the Conditions for Efficacious Leadership
In our workplaces today, leadership is being asked to do more than deliver results. Leaders are expected to navigate complexity, foster engagement, support wellbeing, and help people adapt to constant change, in addition to managing their own humanity. Yet despite [...]
Mapping the Learner Experience
No doubt you've heard the joke about the man lost driving through the countryside who asked the local farmer how to get to where he needs to go. Having done his best to explain the directions as best as he could, given the intricate state of the roads and [...]
Managing Differently in the Digital Era
Achieving power, exerting influence and maintaining control have long been the domains of executive leaders. We've all seen how information and expertise – critical tools in wielding power and influence - traditionally resided at the top of organisation [...]
Modern Tools for Modern Times
As an academic and facilitator for nearly 30 years, I have a love/hate relationship with the ubiquitous “course evaluation survey” students are asked to complete. I love feedback! On the one hand, I love receiving feedback on what they liked/disliked about [...]
Mapping the Learner Experience
No doubt you've heard the joke about the man lost driving through the countryside who asked the local farmer how to get to where he needs to go. Having done his best to explain the directions as best as he could, given the intricate state of the roads and [...]
Don’t get Burnt by the Burning Platform
The ‘burning platform’ is a well-known metaphor for igniting personal or institutional change. It’s based on the idea that change needs a spark – a very big one – to ignite the process. Without a burning platform, the change process flames out. Burning [...]
Shifting the Paradigm Shift Faster
Besides the many ideas and innovations Kurt Levin advanced as one of the most influential social scientists of the 20th Century, he once commented “there is nothing so practical as a good theory”. Shifting the paradigm from teacher centred to student [...]
Back to the Future: Student-centred Learning in the 21st Century
I’ve formally worked as an educator for the best part of 30 years. During that time, I thought I’d done a pretty good job of adopting a student-centred approach to learning. However, as I’ve delved deeper into the literature, I’ve realised I’ve still [...]