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If someone asked you to “make time” for something at work, how would you react? I’m guessing you might feel a tightening in your chest, or your head may throb. Perhaps your thoughts fly to your backlog of tasks and…
While many leaders are embracing AI at full speed, few are considering its cognitive, cultural, and developmental implications. AI is not just transforming how we work; it’s reshaping how we think, learn, and grow. As leaders we face a crucial…
“Because a stimulated intellect is a sine qua non to carry out challenging tasks, managers must consider establishing the right conditions in the workplace that encourage and foster vigorous social exchanges among the employees in their pursuits of intellectual curiosity.” …
We live in a world where change is constant, relentless, and sometimes overwhelming. Here in Australia, employees today face an average of 19 organisational changes per year, a number that’s almost hard to fathom. No wonder the willingness to support…
The recent 2025 Australian elections were charged by much stronger undertones than normal. They weren’t simply a nod to a particular party platform, but a vote by the majority of the Australian people affirming a set of national values, i.e.,…
Scarcity mindsets, rooted in vigilance, fear, and defence, were once essential to human survival. Today, however, they are increasingly maladaptive when now, more than ever, we need collaboration, openness, and creativity. This article explores how scarcity remains our neurological and…
Learning development design and practices have changed. There’s not only a significant mindset shift towards continuous learning, and a slew of new technologies to assist with that, but our preference in “how” we learn is also evolving. Think: gamification, immersion…
Do you have a team with potential that just isn’t quite reaching its stride? You see glimpses of brilliance, but something is holding them back. If your team is not performing optimally, how do you bridge the gap between their…
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, it is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”– Charles Darwin Our world is a complex, unpredictable ecosystem, teeming with interwoven networks—natural and man-made—that…
Over the many years of working in the field of transformation, I have formed the opinion that facilitative leadership is not just a skill, it’s an art, a way of being, and a constant act of self-awareness, self-regulation, and attuning…
“Every leader is at a different level for their window of tolerance for things like change, pressure, stress, complexity and uncertainty… When they get thrown outside their window of tolerance, that’s when their executive functioning goes out the window. And…
Did you know that up to 50% of New Years Resolutions fail? Change is hard. And yet our lives are filled with change. Even if we try our best to keep things the same, the inevitable march of aging, relationship…
