Can great experts become great leaders? It's a subject that Dr Deepa Desai and I have been reflecting on recently. We thought about the skill sets that great subject matter experts have, why it's not enough for today’s Global leaders and how great leaders need to behave to be truly great. Great subject matter experts: Are relied on for the [...]
The recent Test series between England and India has given @DrDeepaDesai and I a chance to reflect on what leaders, individuals and organizations can learn from Test cricket. Why Test cricket? We think it is a useful metaphor for how leaders navigate and lead change. Created by ChatGPT5 - not a real image It requires long term thinking [...]
My recent posts have been about finding your purpose. People have agreed its important, but should it be the number one priority when making career decisions? A recent conversation with Trefor Munn-Venn made me pause and think. It has been many years since we spent a week together on a fabulous leadership development course (Niagara Institute) It was at a critical point [...]
Are you happy in your work? Are you in an organization where your individual purpose is aligned with the organizations purpose? Recently @Mike Mair and I explored our experiences in discovering, demystifying and aligning organizational purpose. We created six questions that enabled us to tell our stories: What is your purpose? Why do you do, what you do? [...]
At Biointegrates in Cambridge this month, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel on “Future Proofing Biotech: Cultivating Diversity, and Innovation for a Thriving Workforce”. The context for the discussion was set up by the excellent panels that had preceded this discussion. They discussed Collaboration, Location, AI and Funding, each of which drives the need for having a workforce [...]
In a recent post Jonathan Betts, Dianne Lee, Jackie MacRitchie, Renos Savva, Sara Vanderberghe and I discussed why a healthy culture is important and described ten actions to develop and sustain a healthy culture. One of the actions we highlighted was not to be afraid of subcultures but instead to recognize their reality and embrace them as part of the [...]
Recently Jonathan Betts, Dianne Lee, Jackie MacRitchie, Renos Savva, Sara Vanderberghe and I met to talk about how to sustain culture in times of change, especially in a downturn. We discussed how a positive organizational culture is critical as organisations grow and evolve so that our best talent can thrive. Culture is a differentiator! As times get tough culture is [...]
