Change Leadership: minimising the chaos of transformation

By Dean Anderson and Linda Ackerman Anderson Perhaps the most difficult task you will face as a leader is leading complex, large-scale transformational change…successfully. The stakes are high in transformation, with both tremendous potential for ROI, and a huge cost of failure. The bad news: Research shows that most transformational changes fail to return their […]

Govt to learn to manage brilliant, difficult workers if to innovate, Liz Pommer and Vicky Darling

If govt wants innovation, learn to manage the brilliant, difficult workers

Defence force’s structure, for example, doesn’t support someone who “lays on the outer”, says deputy chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Warren McDonald (pictured). Speaking at the Air Power Conference in Canberra, McDonald laid bare his concerns that disruptors — the very people most likely to have the innovation inspiration organisations are looking for — […]

Kintsugi Creates Value and Beauty

In Japan, craftsmen practice the ancient art of kintsugi, or “golden joinery,” which is a method of restoring a broken object with lacquer. Organisations can apply this principle to their people, systems and processes to find value and new opportunities in what they already have.   How did you feel the last time a coffee […]

What is frank and fearless advice, and how to give it

Victoria’s top bureaucrat Chris Eccles explains his approach on frank and fearless advice and when to speak truth to power. Twelve months into the term of a new government is an opportune time to reflect on the nature of our services to the public and government from my vantage point as head of the Victorian […]