Bryan’s Blog

Design think your way out

Some problems are seemingly intractable. One for you right now might be: “How do I plan for August when the current easing of social distancing and isolation restrictions may get reversed in a week, in a month or in the last week of July?” One answer is to use Design Thinking, to work smart in

Assumption Busting

Laid out in front of you are a range of scenarios as to how the coming months might play out. You have already been shocked and surprised since our world got turned on its head. How many more surprises are coming your way? What might you do about them? The answer is assumption busting. Identifying

Never Mistake Motion for Action

“Never Mistake Motion for Action” is a quote attributed to novelist Ernest Hemingway. This is poignant in the current environment because motion affects results while action effects results. Said another way, if you create motion, something will happen. If you take action, you plan something to happen. A few weeks ago I wrote about tooling for

Examples of Adaptive Leadership

Given my focus on Adaptive Leadership in my blogs over the past six weeks, when one of my clients shared this with me recently, I just had to share it more widely. It is a wonderful example of Adaptive Leadership. In this case, in the aged care sector. To remind you, the three attributes I see at the core

Adaptive Leadership through Listening

Listening is important in any conversation. However, listening to the voices that you don’t normally hear from is critical at this time. Those from outside your normal circle of trusted advisers. I run a mentoring group once a month. At my most recent one I presented my views on Adaptive Leadership which gave a lens to look through to