How to make an organisation smarter

How to make an organisation smarter

Most people involved in the selection of exceptional Managers and Leaders will focus on some type of cognitive testing, as IQ is regarded as the critical component in high performance. Certainly, the high number of cognitive ability tests available in the market would...
Collaboration and the need to disagree

Collaboration and the need to disagree

Most jobs in the 21st Century are complex and require some form of collaboration and teamwork to achieve innovation, creativity and problem solving. So in practice, when a new team is put together, why do they find it so difficult to collaborate from Day 1? Why does...
Hands up who wants change imposed on them?

Hands up who wants change imposed on them?

“People don’t resist change. They resist being changed.” -Peter Senge Peter Senge, that well-respected management writer, systems scientist and architect of the learning organisation, makes a very good and thoughtful point. Resistance to change comes not from people’s...