Here is the first is a series of one-minute...ish videos, dropped every Friday, that summarise the key ideas in my book: Gardeners Not...

My one-minute video was one of 12 video responses to the question: "how might we reimagine project delivery, so that we can make projects...

Hear me chatting with Scott J. Allen about my book Gardeners Not Mechanics:How to cultivate change at work on his leadership podcast,...

When Darwin wrote about survival of the fittest, he meant the best fit within the surrounding ecosystem, not the fastest or strongest....

Someone I mentor is about to start a new job, in a new company. That prompted me to think about what advice I could give them to help...

The pandemic restrictions seem to have made my clients more reflective. Periods of introspection have filled the gaps formerly occupied...

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk. Before his stroke, at the end of 2014, he used to do question and answer...

Even when you take an inclusive approach to change, you may encounter individuals or groups whose positions seem intractably opposed to...

In my previous post, I listed the nine elements of gardening, that help to effect sustainable change. Little did I know that the UK's...

We live and work within ecosystems, not machines. Thus, if you want to make a sustainable change, you are more likely to succeed if you...

For the last few weeks, here in the UK, government ministers have promised to increase the number of COVID-19 tests. However, despite...

I used to have to make the case that organisations, and the world of work, are more like ecosystems than machines. That no longer seem to...

On the day that J.C. Penny announced Ron Johnson as their new CEO, their stock price rose 17%. Penny board member Bill Ackman, whose...