The Capability Gap: Why Strategy Needs More
After a keynote I delivered last week, one question stayed with me. I asked the audience to think about the best professional they’d ever worked with. The responses came quickly… Empathy Communication Trust Listening Curiosity Open to learning and adapting Asking good questions Emotional intelligence Relationships What struck me wasn’t what people chose but what […]
The AI Dividend: What Organisations Do Next
AI does not just save time, it creates capacity. And we are already seeing the benefits. Emails are being drafted faster. Meetings are summarised in seconds. Reports and proposals take far less time to produce. Routine tasks that once took hours can now be completed in minutes. These gains matter but they are only part […]
The Next Evolution of Value
Something has shifted, and most of us have felt it before we’ve had a chance to name it. A financial adviser told me recently that his clients are turning up with portfolios they’ve already built using AI. An ETF mix, rebalancing logic, even a risk score. Not finished portfolios, but good enough to start the […]
Trust Your Knowing
I arrived at the Gwinganna wellness retreat last week not really knowing what I needed. I knew I was curious. I knew I wanted a digital detox. I knew I wanted to learn from nutritional biochemist Dr Libby about burnout and health. But I couldn’t have told you what I actually needed from the experience. So, naturally, […]
The Most Dangerous Word Isn’t Burnout
In my recent Masterclass, I asked the room one simple question. “What does performance feel like for your team right now?” The responses came quickly: Challenged Hard Aspirational Stretched But one word stopped me in my tracks – Unrelenting. Not burnout. Not stress. Not disengagement. Unrelenting. And I haven’t stopped thinking about it since… When Pressure […]
The Performance Drag Costing You More Than You Think
Your team is working hard. Deadlines are being met. People are still delivering. So why does it feel like things are slipping? You see, most teams don’t suddenly stop performing. They start paying for performance with their people – through retention, quality and speed. And that cost rarely shows up where you’re looking… The Performance […]
Stretched Isn’t a Strategy
Two thirds of teams are stretched right now. That’s what people shared with me recently at my Masterclass. And honestly, I don’t think anyone in the room was surprised. We know burnout is rising. Stress is compounding. Wellbeing is declining. And leaders, the very people we rely on to steady the ship, are often the […]
The Cost of Cognitive Convenience
Last week I caught myself doing something I didn’t love. I’d opened up my AI tool to draft a quick reply to a client email. Nothing complicated. Two or three sentences I could have written in two minutes if I’d just sat with it. But there I was, prompting and tweaking instead… By the time […]
When Doing Nothing Became Something
Last Friday I shared a post on LinkedIn about Gen Z ‘raw dogging’ flights. For those not in the know (I wasn’t either), that means sitting on a plane with no phone, no music, no entertainment. Just you and your thoughts. Sometimes for 17 hours. The post has hit over 60,000 impressions. And the comments have been […]
Thinking about Thinking about Thinking
Last week in my Masterclass, I put three words on a slide: Mindset, Skillset, Toolset. The core elements of my Sustainable High Performance Stack. And then I asked a simple question: ‘What breaks first under pressure?’ Almost everyone said the same thing – Mindset. Now that didn’t surprise me. But what does surprise me is […]