Spoilt for choice
It’s often said that strategy is as much about choosing what not to do, as it is about choosing what to do. And in a complex world with expansive thinking, that array of possibilities can be bewildering.
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Perspectives on the future
The call over recent months for a full return to office-based working shows not just a lack of vision but a profound failure of leadership to adapt.
A time to talk
We can get far more from our in-person interactions than mere productivity. We can get ideas, inspiration, creative thinking. We can get a space to genuinely bounce off and explore. We can get a time, just to talk.
Surpassing the limits of charity
There is a broad and fertile valley between the opposing mountain ranges of selfless charitable altruism and naked commercial self-interest.
A strategy for success
What does success look like for your organisation? And if I asked each of your team, your executives, and your trustees that same question, would they all answer in broadly the same way?
A climate for collaboration
Collaboration between organisations within the sector has never been more essential, so how can we break down the barriers that seem perennially to prevent us from making it actually happen?
Why we don’t do what we should
Why is it, that even when we know what we need to do, and why we need to do it, we still don’t? Because there are four “traps” we need to avoid if we want to succeed.
The perfect proposition
How do you design new commercial ideas so that you can deliver to customers flawlessly, retain them year after year, and grow them continually over time?
The adaptable organisation
The ability for any large organisation to learn, adapt and respond to a rapidly changing environment, largely comes down to two things: how good are its hothouses, and how well can it propagate its limes.
The corporate opportunity
If we want to access the income, impact and influence we could gain from a new generation of corporate partnerships, we will need to meet business leaders where they are, and take the time to educate and lead them to where they need to be.