Posts by Dr. Marianne de Pierres

Influencing Up

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” Dr Stephen Covey. We know from many studies that the key to our enjoyment of work is the sense that we are being listened to,...

How Can AI Help You Lead More Like a Human?

While AI is being used to uncover patterns and make predictions in organisations, it’s also increasingly making managerial decisions. And this trend appears to be accelerating with the emergence of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, which is writing ever larger...

How should I think about Generative AI changing my work?

In late 2022, the world was abuzz with the release of Chat-GPT. Chat GPT attracted 1 million users in just 5 days, the fastest rate of adoption for any tech product, ever. The new generative AI systems, like Chat-GPT, represent...

Amping Communication with Strategic Partners

“It’s more important to be on emotion than it is to be on message.” – Edmund Hill The smooth operation and even the growth of our organisations is often significantly impacted by how well we communicate with our external partners....

Setting the Compass on Organisational Stewardship

Mentoring is a familiar concept. We understand intuitively that it relates to sharing wisdom, insights, and skills with another person and encouraging them to grow and flourish. In the best of scenarios, we would all have a mentor, sometimes more...

Finding Our Whole | The Shift from us AND Environment to us AS Environment

“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works, and the way people think” – Gregory Bateson  The shift away from mechanistic thinking and old power paradigms into whole living-systems thinking has brought with...