Project Red Flags: Client Quotes That Lead to Trouble (and What to Do About Them).
From my experience, if you want to lead an unsuccessful digital product, the first thing to do is write a specification document with a tight deadline.
A break in transmission
When I started with the idea of the Changeable Company, it was to help shine a light on how organisations, teams and people can use mindsets and methods to make tomorrow better than today. What I didn’t realise is how hard it is to change. On a very personal level, it can be horrifying, anxiety-inducing and flat-out exhausting. And that’s all without leaving my own mind.
The Question of the Problem
We often think we know what the problem is, but we generally don’t know what we don’t know and never look further than our own experience.
Burning Platforms
If you wait until the platform is burning, and your only option is to jump, you’re too late.
Experiment
How often have some initiatives moved forward even under the knowledge they will be stillborn or of little value when they’re done?
The Secret
For the end of the working week I’m going to let you in on a little secret - just promise not to tell anyone else. I want to tell you the secret of digital transformation.
Leadership
Five and a half years ago I sat in Vienna listening to thought leaders in the business world talk about managing in the digital age. The fear was palpable.