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I was listening to someone talk the other day and they referred to “the inevitability of change”, and it was a phrase that really resonated for me. So often I hear people talking about Change as if it was an occasional stroke of bad luck, a bit like a traffic accident or a snow storm, […][...] read more » The Inevitability of Change

As part of the redesign of the blog, we are moving the articles into the body of the blog to enable people to comment on them and discuss the ideas.  It does mean that, for our long-term readers, that they are being republished en masse.   I hope that they are worth re-reading but apologies […][...] read more » Articles into the Blog

As I watched the 11th September attack on the World Trade Centre, seeing the planes fly over and over again into the buildings, I was struck by a need for us to do something, something different, and this got me asking myself some questions on the nature of the change process. Change is a feature […][...] read more » Nature of Change

“This guy pushed his motorcycle from the patio into his living room, where he began to clean the engine with some rags and a bowl of gasoline, all in the comfort of his own home. When he finished, he sat on the motorcycle and decided to give his bike a quick start and make sure […][...] read more » The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men, or how not to plan your changes

Time is a concept that most of us take for granted, but Einstein showed us that it is rather more complex than we think. Many of us have an idea of something which is called a ‘Time Line’, where we place the past at one end of a linear scale and the future at the […][...] read more » Present Tense Future Perfect

or why you only get to choose the flavour of Change you want… Whether you realise it or not, managing Change is the key to every business. You almost certainly do not have a Change Director. You perhaps spend little time directly discussing it. However, every executive is looking at his (or her) business and […][...] read more » Change is the only constant

Who is at the top of any organisation? Assuming that you have moved beyond the one-man-band or founder-run organisation, then the answer is the people who have proved themselves most successful in the past. The historical paradigm is that you join a company, build a track record and move on up. The thing is this […][...] read more » Who Sets the Rules

Charles Darwin is famous for saying that animals had to ‘Adapt or Die’. What happens when the environment changes? Some animals adapt to the new circumstance and carve out a niche… others fail to adapt and we all know what their fate was don’t we? So what happens when the business environment changes? This can […][...] read more » Change Management – Adapt or Die

“If we habitually focus on how to improve things that are already great, can you see how this spirit can transform ourselves, our organizations, families and communities?” Tony Robbins How long has it been since you sat down and took stock of your life? Sometimes Life forces this upon us in the shape of a […][...] read more » Time for a Change

Some of you may have heard the news story the other day of the competition to discover who made the best wine, America or France. This was a repeat of one held in Paris in 1976, called ‘The Judgement of Paris’, when France was shocked when French experts, after a blind tasting, said they preferred […][...] read more » Wine not