Does the path to our best possible future live in the silence?
Recently, I was rehearsing the closing of my DIVERSIFY keynote and – for the first time in a long time – I connected to the meaning of the words that makes it one of my favourite songs of all time. I re-affirmed – for myself – that valuing…
Exploring PROJECTIFY with Mykel Dixon – Projectifying Your Business
It's Monday morning and you want to start projectifying your strategy, but then the questions start to come...
Where do I begin? What's the first thing that I do? What do I want to avoid? What does it mean for my business's culture?
In…
Exploring PROJECTIFY with Mykel Dixon – The Power of People
As we near the end of my discussions with Mykel Dixon, this episode explores what I've learned in developing the concepts contained in PROJECTIFY and in applying those ideas in the real world. How the power of this approach isn't in the projects…
Exploring PROJECTIFY with Mykel Dixon – Empower Your Team
What does a projectified approach to business strategy look like in practice? How does it look for your people? How does it impact you as a manager?
The seventh episode of my interview with Mykel Dixon explores these questions...and a few…
Exploring PROJECTIFY with Mykel Dixon – Sustaining the Strategic Journey
So, your business has carefully created a strategic roadmap and now you've embarked on the strategic journey...
How do you sustain that journey? How do you ensure that it remains relevant with a laser focus on your strategic goals? How do…
Exploring PROJECTIFY with Mykel Dixon – Creating A Strategic Roadmap
So how do you effectively initiate your business's strategic journey? How do you transverse the uncertain terrain of the future business environment? Most importantly, how do you ensure that your people join you on that journey and contribute…
Seeing the effect of the progress principle
In my last blog post, I discussed the power of meaningful progress as the driving force behind an engaged and intrinsically motivated team. Specifically, I talked about how Harvard Business School’s Teresa Amabile had uncovered the key to…
Use meaningful progress to turn strategic intent into business value
I have written and spoken a lot about how effective strategy-making doesn’t just turn strategic intent into plans, it turns it into ACTION – consistent, persistent action that drives adaptation and, ultimately, evolution. But I know it doesn’t…