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From Intention to “In-Tension”. Report on First Session of “Bringing Missions to Life: A Co-Inquiry”

This report summarises an event convened to help sensemaking on emerging thinking and practice on applying the Missions Leadership concept in practice.

Dancing in the triangle: consulting relationships in complex transformation and organisational development projects
Hybrid Working in Matrix Organisations: Why It’s So Hard and How to Make It Work
Mission-Oriented Leadership: How to Organise for Grand Challenges and Avoid the Common Pitfalls
How to Facilitate Better Meetings and Workshops: The Five-Stage Framework That Actually Works
Snookered again? ‘Game playing’ in Transformation and Change Consulting
Why HR and OD Leaders Get Sidelined in Strategy and Organisation Design — And How to Change That
Optimal Team Size: What the Research Says and How to Apply It to Your Organisation
Bring the “suits” and “cardigans” together from the start…
Matrix Organisation Design: 7 Questions Every Leader Must Answer Before Going Live
Starting an Organisation Redesign? Here’s Who to Interview, What to Ask and Why It Matters
How did we get back here, again?
Thinking partners and the art of micro-interventions
Can you NOT communicate?
Why Co-Design With Users Is the Key to Sustainable Organisational Change
Leading Strategic Change When People Are Resistant: How to Work With Ambivalence Rather Than Against It
The Most Common Organisation Design Mistakes Leaders Make — And How to Avoid Them
What Makes Senior Leadership Teams Effective? Insights From Our Research Into Executive Team Experience
Why Culture Change Programmes Fail: Research-Based Lessons From Leaders and OD Practitioners
ADKAR, Kotter or Lewin? Why Choosing the Right Change Model Matters Less Than You Think
Changing the Bed Sheets
Why Organisation Design Must Follow Strategy: The “Form Follows Function” Principle in Practice
Leadership Beyond Performance: How Executive Teams Are Responding to ESG, Purpose and Societal Pressure
Who Should Be on Your Organisation Design Team? A Practical Guide to Getting the Right People in the Room
Stirring up our strategic thinking together – am I half-baked or did you pre-cook it?
Thinking about restructuring?
Learning from the mundane, everyday and taken-for-granted
What’s the quality of your executive team conversation?
Culture eats strategy for breakfast – one decision at a time
Starting an organisation re-structure? 10 ways to get it right.
How do we find new ways to make sense of Organisational Culture?
What words should we use?
Designing organisations and creating culture – two sides of the same coin
Why Organisation Design Is Never “Done” — And How to Lead Continuous Redesign
Fast-Track Restructure vs. Participative Design: Which Approach Gets Better Results?
Virtual working – lessons from real life
Is Cultural Change really that controllable?
What Our Transformation Research Reveals: The Language and Framing Decisions That Determine Success
Organisational Transformation: are you a leader walking backwards into the future?
“Ripeness is all” – leadership lessons from myth and legend
Consulting beyond the Froth
Calling all excretors! Why words matter in times of change
The Relationship Between Executive Teams and Senior Management Teams: How to Get the Dance Right
How the Metaphors Leaders Use Shape Their Approach to Transformation — For Better or Worse
Why Strategic Conversations Fail: The Role of Presence, Attention and Listening in Strategy Work
Strategy on a shoestring?
Celts, Gaels and Organisational Language
“Going down like B.H.S” – Anti-heroic narratives and organisation
A ‘postmodern’ perspective on Organisation Development
Morality and the ethics of OD: A timely provocation from the world of film
Why Work?
Are you a high performing leadership team? ….. ten questions to ask yourselves!
Change agents, can you stand? What Sean Bean can teach us
What’s the connection between dead hamsters and leading in times of uncertainty?
Chaos, hip hop and complex change – beyond the butterfly…
Do You Actually Need to Restructure? How to Diagnose Whether Your Problem is Structural Before You Act
What is a Metalogue? … and what is its relevance to organisations?
What is culture and how does it change?
How internal change agents earn ‘a licence to operate’….
What complexity theory reveals about stability and change in organisations

Putting our insights to good use, our bite-sized blogs give leaders our latest thinking on strategy, organisation design, executive team development and culture change as well as other musings.

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From Intention to “In-Tension”. Report on First Session of “Bringing Missions to Life: A Co-Inquiry”

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