When in doubt, zoom out
Perspective is a funny old thing - the things that are huge when they're right in front of us seem to get smaller when they're further away...
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You can’t work with what you can’t see
Whether it’s too many projects too many tasks or too many black t-shirts, you can't work with what you can't see.
Stop ripping off the community: a rant
Your time is as limited as your money. You're not getting any more of either.
Snow melts from the edges: connect to them
Do you spend enough time looking outside? Are you connected to the edge?
Agreement sucks: aim for productive disagreement
Alignment is not agreement… it’s productive disagreement. Don't aim for agreement.
Aligned leadership teams webinar
In this webinar, Alicia talks about how to align your leadership team
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.
Tamworth Regional Council met a 20 year challenge
Supercharging organisational transformation with Strategy to Action.
Events
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Public Sector Morning Out, Sydney, November 2019
A keynote on strategic change in the public sector: trade-offs, priorities and necessary endings.
Take risks to make progress
Is your team hiding in a shell? You need to take risks to make progress.
Newspaper headlines
The lens of a childhood dream, obituary or a newspaper headline gives us the opportunity to question the meaning of things.
How MBIE's Corporate, Governance and Information team got everyone on board
60 leaders, one day, and a whole lot of laughs.
Identity
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How running a marathon became resilience skills training
17 lessons marathon running became resilience skills training.
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.
Leaders as strategists webinar
In this webinar, Alicia talks about strategic leadership.
Events
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Association of Local Government Information Managers (ALGIM) CX Conference, Christchurch, November 2019
Do The Right Shit! A keynote on priorities and priority conversations
Change
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Design and delivery are better together
When we connect the big picture and the ground-floor, we can make better, faster progress. Connect design and delivery.
Change
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Take the handbrake off: systems change
Eliminate points of friction for systems change, by looking at policy, process, people and budgets.