Leadership Hints From Jeff Pfeffer

Jeff Pfeffer recently shared some very powerful extracts from his most recent book with McKinsey & Co and today we’ll be having a look at how some of his insights could radically improve your own leadership skills.  Read more

Tech Trends For 2016

At this time of year it is customary to look ahead and speculate about some the key issues we believe will affect us in the coming year. This week we’ll be giving a quick overview of a few tech trends that we believe may become the most talked about developments of 2016. Read more

The Manager’s Mindset

We came across this HBR article recently and have been giving it some thought ever since. It intrigued us because it highlighted how you can be an excellent technical performer without also possessing the gifts required to be a good leader. Here, we’ll recap the main thrust of their argument as well as adding a few of our own thoughts on the issue. Read more

‘Scaling your own disruption’? Lessons from McKinsey

A few weeks ago we were discussing on this blog, the benefits of the Three Horizons approach to strategic planning. One of the key aspects of this approach is to harmonize your future with your present, and to create optionality regarding small bets with high pay-offs. This week we’re going to be looking at how you can make those bets pay big, by scaling your own disruption. Read more

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Coping with Failure

Over the past few years, the technology boom has dampened our fear of failure somewhat. For many entrepreneurs and inventors, failure is simply the inevitable price of eventual success. It’s about paying your dues. But with that said, failure still hurts and can really knock us back. Whether you’ve just had a project die on you, or your startup isn’t turning out like you hoped, here’s why you should stay positive and keep moving on up.

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