“Emotionally, it’s easier to change when you’re haemorrhaging.” — Andy Grove Conventional wisdom suggests that to effectively motivate people for digital transformation, a leader needs a burning platform — a narrative of how an external threat is going to disrupt your organisation, such that you must either change quickly or go up in flames. “We had a series of misses. We […]

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” — Peter Drucker Centuries ago, oxcarts carved routes through the wilderness, choosing paths of least resistance. Over time, these trails solidified, compressing the earth beneath countless journeys, until they became the very roads we traverse today. These paths, laid down

The intensity of a heavy squat with the biological marvel of bone remodelling “Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity — not a threat.” — Steve Jobs When we bear weight, we introduce micro-fractures to our bones and micro-tears to our muscle fibres. These small injuries are not detrimental; instead, they are signals for our bodies to

Sharkpedo “The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens” — Rainer Maria Rilke In a modern reinterpretation of H.G. Wells’ timeless classic, “War of the Worlds” (2005), humanity faces an onslaught from a technologically superior alien force. There is a small detail in the movie, often overlooked. In the scene

Emptying the Cup “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled” — Plutarch A young acolyte, eager to gain wisdom, visits a sage. He bombards the sage with questions, his mind teeming with ideas, theories, and beliefs. Recognising the acolyte’s thirst for knowledge yet his inability to absorb any more, the

“It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.” — Miyamoto Musashi “It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.” — Miyamoto Musashi In my journey to author “Undisruptable”, I considered areas of my life that were languishing at the top of the first curve. Inspired

“The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.” — Publilius Syrus, 43BC “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. “ — Amelia Earhart In the world of startups and scaleups, the absence of strict decision-making processes fosters agility and rapid progress. Founders revel in the freedom to act swiftly, unencumbered by bureaucratic chains of command.

“After the arrival of the Internet, we realised that under this triangular hierarchical structure, people had a difficult time adapting. So we reorganised ourselves as an entrepreneurial platform.” Zhang Ruimin, CEO, Haier In the wake of the digital revolution, businesses worldwide are confronting the limitations of traditional hierarchical structures. Zhang Ruimin, CEO of Haier, encapsulated this

DALL E “The alignment, or congruence, between strategy and four organisational building blocks: critical tasks and workflows, formal organisational arrangements, people, and culture drive today’s success. Incongruence, a lack of alignment, or inconsistencies among these elements is almost always at the root of today’s performance gaps.” — Michael Tushman and Charles O’Reilly Several years post-retirement from rugby, I

“If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.” — Jack Welch I grew up in the Irish countryside. My grandmother lived a field away from us in an old cottage. I remember how happy she was when she got running water, and we no longer had