Breaking the Project Delivery Growth Trap with a Product Mindset
Growth Trap: I keep on kicking off projects to fix things in the business, and yet I end up putting all my effort into fixing the failing project, rather than …
5 Growth Traps for Small Business
I was recently invited to write an article for Innovify.com about growth traps. When I look at growing businesses there are typically 5 stages of growth, and 5 risks of …
The Art of Powerful Questions
Powerpoint on slideshare.net A powerful question creates a new understanding. It’s either the unlock to truly understand another person, or it opens them up to understand something new. Asking the …
How do you align Leadership, Sales, Marketing and Development in one day?
A little while back, I was asked by a major software company to help them kick start development of a radical new set of mobile/tablet apps across their alliance and …
Presenting the Product Roadmap as a story
We all like stories. We watch movies about them and when we come to driving a business case, stories are helpful in connecting to the board about the how and …
Breaking Groundhog Day in team meetings
Have you ever been in a meeting where you feel like you’re in a Groundhog Day? It’s where you try as you end up with the same stories, or reactions …
Uncovering our sub-conscious mind to make better decisions
Oh, we think we are rational creatures, particularly when it comes to business decisions. In reality we are slaves to our unconscious both personally but in the corporate culture. Only …