What can SMEs learn from aviation safety?
The aviation industry takes massive action after a crash. Why don’t we react the same way within business? To avoid mistakes from...
Thought Bank
People associate process with control, monotony and an overall death of creativity.
If implemented correctly, process provides empowerment, autonomy and creativity for employees and delivers freedom for business owners, with total reassurance that their business is running itself, allowing them to rapidly accelerate innovation.
How good is your organisation at managing the balance of process empowerment?
- 6 days ago
Why Diversity Trumps Equality and The Problem With Quotas
Quotas have been criticised for only resolving issues on the surface level. A better way to drive equality is to recognise the value of...
- May 17
Can Netflix Stop The Decline of the Free Press?
Traditionally, newspapers were the ones that funded journalism. Today, Netflix and the BBC are trying new ways to provide content in an...
- Apr 5
Boiling Point - work related stress
Has anyone seen ‘Boiling Point’? Stephen Graham plays chef Andy who's on the edge, his world teetering on the brink of chaos, overwhelmed...
- Jan 24
5 key reasons your processes erode over time
First published 23/07/21 in Irish Tech News People do things differently, it’s just how the world works. And it’s not a bad thing – if...
- Jan 24
Why processes are about creativity, not control
First published 26/08/21 in Association of MBAs When I found myself as an accidental CEO of my own company (I never set out to be a CEO;...
- Jan 24
Consistency Cultivates Confidence
Employees like to know what they are doing, and how to perform their jobs well. "Documented process helps them to do that with...
- Dec 9, 2021
The Guilt Monster
I was talking to a friend of mine who is a CEO and Founder of a successful business. They’ve recently released themselves from the day to...
- Nov 24, 2021
Letting go and regaining your work-life balance
Matthew Syed is spot on "The paradox of excellence is that it is built upon the foundations of necessary failure." Remember: It’s...
- Nov 15, 2021
If you can't repeat what you just did, then how can you improve it next time?
- Don't know how to do something? Then you are making it up. - If you are making it up, then it's not repeatable. Having a template to...
- Nov 12, 2021
Embracing awkward conversations and uncomfortable truths
Something I like about Donald Trump is he say's what he thinks without sugar coating it, a bit like Boris Johnson. Whether you agree or...
- Nov 9, 2021
The power of imagination and creativity
I'm a member of Vistage, a CEO leadership network, and in September last year at one of our Vistage retreats, Louis Parsons ran a...
- Oct 27, 2021
Learnings from the aviation industry that we can all implement
On the 27th of October 2018, Agustawestland AW169, a twin engine helicopter, took off from the King Power Stadium, the home of Leicester...
- Oct 27, 2021
Cutting your work week down from 80 hours to 14 hours
The 80-hour work week Many CEOs and leaders, including myself, suffer from an overwhelming desire to make sure the business they have...
- Oct 22, 2021
How do I measure organisational health & how is it affecting innovation in my business?
An organisation’s health can be measured by its ability to align around a common vision and achieve strategic goals, which are essential...
- Oct 21, 2021
Allowing innovation to thrive!
Matthew Syed is absolutely spot on when he says "by adopting and encouraging certain attitudes and behaviours, leaders can create an...
- Oct 21, 2021
How can you gain visibility without demanding regular updates?
When I headed up my previous company, I hovered over my staff, keeping everyone’s movements within my sight, acting like a helicopter...
- Oct 21, 2021
A route to innovation!
Position process as the foundation on which everyone in an organisation can shape and improve the way that business operates. Give people...
- Oct 18, 2021
Could your recruitment process be damaging your organisation's ability to succeed?
It is important that the right applicant is chosen for the job, but there needs to be a more inclusive recruitment approach within an...
- Oct 15, 2021
A repeated mistake!
I have just read an article by the BBC reporting that around 43,000 people in England and Wales may have been wrongly told their Covid-19...