What does authentic leadership really mean? And will it be different post Covid?
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of talking to the brilliant Jon Harding as we recorded an episode of my forthcoming podcast, ChangeStoriesTM. In our conversation, we returned a number of times to the need for honest and open conversations in...
Imagining the future using nostalgia
What are you watching on television at the moment? What music are you listening to? If you are anything like me you might be listening to music from your past or re-watching favourite films or TV programmes. You might be watching...
What can organisations learn from the uncertain world that we live in now?
Photo by Airam Vargas on Pexels.com I’m guessing that most of us spend at least part of the day feeling uncertain right now. There are a few questions that run through my mind on most days. What does the future look like for me? For my business? For my family? ...
The change curve. Is it still relevant? Or should we embrace the messy reality of change?
Over the past weeks, I have seen so many posts and articles reminding us about the change curve and how it relates to how we experience change. I'll be honest - I've never been a great fan of the curve. Whilst I agree that it is useful to be able to name the various...
Change and connectedness in a time of Covid-19
It is common knowledge that we humans can find change hard but right now, it feels like everything is changing around us. We are being asked to stay at home, our work is now online and our children are not at school. We can console ourselves that we are lucky that...
To create change in organisations, you need to be an archaeologist as we well as a consultant (and maybe a snake charmer too)
The psychologist, Manfred Kets de Vries recounts a Sufi tale in his book. In this story, a man notices a lump under a rug which he tries in vain to flatten before lifting the rug to find a snake. Kets de Vries uses this story as a metaphor for trying to create change...
Taking the plunge. Why organisation change is like learning to swim.
I love to swim. But, for many people, swimming or being underwater is a frightening experience. Many of us, even the most confident swimmers, will remember the scary feeling of having to go to the deep end of the pool for the first time. Being out of your depth can...
What’s in a name?
I'm often asked about my company name. Firstly, how do you spell Feldspar and secondly, what does it mean? Why did I choose it? Well, I love moonstones and jewellery and so hit upon 'Feldspar' as my company name which is the geological term for the group of minerals...
Deep thought: why is it hard to find the time and space to think?
The chess fans reading this will know that Deep Thought was a computer developed to play chess against the best (human) chess players in the world. The science fiction fans among us will know that Deep Thought was named after the computer with the same name from The...