I was thumbing through a Harvard Business Review article on business transformation and delighted to find the revival of Virgin Australia featuring in it. The article, by two Bain & Company leaders reiterated that very few transformations deliver lasting results -...
How Good Are You At Managing Upwards?
Did you know that 50% of CEOs report their role is "not what I expected beforehand", and that managing upwards and outwards is accounting for 50% of their time and energy? Just yesterday I had lunch with a CEO who was promoted from within, thinking she knew what she...
Overcoming Design Challenges in Creating Shared Value
If you are seeking to link profitable business with social good, how do you overcome design challenges in creating shared value? The Role of Design Design is used extensively in reimagining and implementing social change, yet it has been largely missing in discussions...
Why Move Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?
Companies once regarded corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs as a means for maintaining their licence to operate, but that's now changing. At the recent Australian Food & Grocery Council Future Leaders event in Sydney, I was asked to shake up thinking...
How to Build a Collaborative Business
With the global population growing by 5 billion over the past 100 years and the resulting strains on our natural resources, you'd be brave to argue against the assertion that companies must work more collaboratively. The trend is inevitable. International management...





