Last week my wife was looking after our grandson for the afternoon. He is 18 months old and as you would expect will grab anything he can get his hands on. He loves to play with iPads and iPhones and he already knows how to get Siri to talk to him! This particular day he […]
… ‘poor practice risk’ scan
Horizon scanning is about widening our perspectives – so why do we generally limit our scanning to risks and threats? We should also scan for novel and emerging practices that can complement, or even replace, our current Good and Best Practices. Consider this story, a new CEO is appointed to a large multi-national company that […]
… even breakfast has become complex.
Our lives are becoming increasingly complex and recently the challenges of complexity even disrupted my favourite Canberra breakfast spot, Silo Bakery. Silo was found to have served salmonella infected food, and subsequently shutdown temporarily by local health authorities. The source of infection was traced to some free-range eggs they used in making their own mayonnaise. […]
… 3 words for 2012
First day of the working year here in Australia. Thought this would be a good day to outline the 3 words that I hope to use as a focus for my research and writing this year. Last year the key focus words were Craft, Observatory and Community. I am fairly happy with how I went […]
… explore vs exploit – resilience as learning.
To be resilient requires that we be open to new ideas. That has been a message in a number of the posts in this series, including the previous post discussing the Hamel & Valikangas article. Here is a new idea – resilience can mean different things in the Strategic, Tactical and Operational contexts of an […]