Leadership Snow melts from the edges: futurist thinking Do you spend enough time looking outside? Are you connected to the edge? By Alicia McKay / 21 Nov 2019
Strategy and Decisions Agreement sucks: aim for productive disagreement Alignment is not agreement… it’s productive disagreement. Don't aim for agreement. By Alicia McKay / 14 Nov 2019
Case studies Talking strategic risk with Southland District Council Strategic risk was firmly on SDC’s mind. Rex Capil, GM- Community and Futures knew there was only one person for the job. By Alicia McKay / 9 Nov 2019
Case studies Tamworth Regional Council met a 20 year challenge Supercharging organisational transformation with Strategy to Action. By Alicia McKay / 7 Nov 2019
Leadership Real leaders let go Like parenting, relationships and pretty much all things involving people, trust goes both ways… and someone has to go first. By Alicia McKay / 31 Oct 2019
Risk Take risks to make progress Is your team hiding in a shell? You need to take risks to make progress. By Alicia McKay / 17 Oct 2019
Leadership Newspaper headlines The lens of a childhood dream, obituary or a newspaper headline gives us the opportunity to question the meaning of things. By Alicia McKay / 13 Oct 2019
Case studies How MBIE's Corporate, Governance and Information team got everyone on board 60 leaders, one day, and a whole lot of laughs. By Alicia McKay / 7 Oct 2019
Identity and self How running a marathon became resilience skills training 17 lessons marathon running became resilience skills training. By Alicia McKay / 28 Sep 2019
Risk Fear breeds complexity: simplify the public sector The Global Simplicity Index tells us that, in the private sector, simplicity pays. Government should take this lead. By Alicia McKay / 27 Sep 2019
Time management You are on top of things You are on top of things. There is plenty of time. By Alicia McKay / 25 Sep 2019
