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Is efficiency vs resiliency really a tradeoff? A few weeks ago we were privileged to hear Roger Martin share some of his views on this topic at a private event hosted by Emergn and the Drucker [...]

It’s rather interesting watching teams play activities that are familiar to them. When asked to run an activity again they will say “we’ve done this before” and then begin to quote [...]

“For anyone in business, the rapid cycling of their valued products into generic stuff is a dark and constant fear.” – Kevin Roberts One of the reasons why many firms are shifting from a [...]

At any moment, you find yourself thinking the worst of someone or some situation. It’s one of the most frequent things we do; spend time thinking negative thoughts about someone or something, [...]

From time-to-time, we all get stuck with our own ideas. We need inspiration and new sources of innovation if the normal interactions from your teammates and colleagues do not help solve your [...]

It’s hard to consistently stay optimistic, especially when you’re going through a specific change or set of circumstances that are not as favorable as you expected or desired. I recently came [...]

Trying to define the difference between talent and skills might be a game of semantics but it’s one worth playing, even if it allows us to see things from a different perspective. In recent years [...]

It’s a challenge we’ve all struggled with at one point – the belief that investing in a tool or product is going to bring the results we’re currently not getting in our business. This has been [...]

Creating products and services that are simple is hard. Designing experiences that just work for users in a satisfying way takes skill and deliberate practice. BJ Fogg suggests six areas for [...]

When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills – Chinese proverb I’ve more normally heard the proverb above as ‘In a hurricane, build windmills’. For me, I use [...]