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Assess before you take action. Sense making is a core skill of any change agent. We use our Irrational Change workbook to guide us. With over 50 tools, assessments and reflections, our workbook focuses on changing behaviours, the tricky part of any
When changing behaviours, Leadership conviction is your new constraint. Create an irrational plan to create and build conviction. Traditional (rational) plans are built with time as a leading element. A go live date is set and everything revolves a
Where are decisions made in your organisation? The true test of empowerment is where judgement is applied, and decisions are made in your organisation. As leaders, we love making decisions, they make us feel useful and leader like. Every time we m
Measure your progress, it makes you feel good. Small steps, task by task, help you see how far you have come and each tick in the box triggers the reward synapses in your brain, releasing dopamine for that feel good factor. The more we associate ta
If it is hard to know which way, take just one step, then another. Complex choices with lots of ambiguity and risk paralyse us. Sometimes the best option is the least worst one. Break into small chunks, what is your no-regret first step? Does a ch
Our most impactful lessons come from what we get wrong, not what we get right. Treat every day as a school day. Our deepest learnings come from our toughest challenges, often learnings we cannot see at the time. We remember negative events for l
Always assume positive intent. We don't always have the best survival tactics in a situation. However hard it is, assume positive intent. No one comes to work to be a bad colleague, a bad leader, or a bad friend. As humans, we do not start out t
Find something to look forward to. The anticipation can often be better than the reality. It is true, our brains love the anticipation, the wait and the dream of what might come, often it is much more delicious than the reality. Even in today&rsqu
Less is more. Make it simple to understand. In a world where information is coming at us from all angles, where we are cognitively overloaded, we need to make it easy for our teams to understand our messages. It takes more effort to make things ea
Our brains play tricks on us, they find excuses not to take actions. Hack your brain with small steps. The more you research this subject, the more you realise that your brain is an internal resistor. It likes the status quo. If you have ever fe
There are 24 hours in every day. How do you use yours? Are you making the best use of the hours you have? The inconvenient truth is that most of us get to choose how we spend our days; whether we say 'yes' to meetings, what time we go to sleep, w
Trust is a magic glue which enables empowerment, risk taking, open mindedness and speed. Invest ahead. Proactively build trust at every opportunity. You never know when you might need a trusted relationship. If you take a moment to reflect when yo
How committed is your stakeholder? Are they at the back of the bus (let it happen), driving (make it happen), or far away (oppose). We often use a ‘bus’ analogy to bring to life the level of commitment a stakeholder is showing. A simpl
Take some time off, your body, brain and soul will thank you for it! Think like an athlete; rest and recovery are important as training. You will make better decisions, be more open-minded, take more risks (good ones), be more compassionate, more e
Are you too close to the problem? Get some perspective, and things will look different. A hard lesson to learn, but it is easy to get dragged into the weeds, to be overwhelmed by the problem. As a change leader, we need to keep our perspective. O
Watch out for ego and vested Interests, they can distract your change from its stated outcomes. If you have ever had stakeholders tag along to a project because they see how it could improve their own agenda, keep your eyes open: ▹Do you have commo