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Often technology strategies fail to resonate with their broader organisation. Earlier this month, I was chatting with an industry friend...

The Australian Government's 'Safe and Responsible AI in Australia' interim document was published in January. Projections indicate that...

In 2023, I presented or facilitated about forty AI sessions with some of the most senior business and technology executives across APAC....

I met with over 100 CIOs in 2023, and the nature of our conversations differed from the beginning to the end of the year. The 2024...

Season greetings! While working at Microsoft within International IT, I learned how the Gates Foundation was ending the poverty...

Many countries worldwide remain close to full employment. Australia forecasts the unemployment rate to be around 4.25% in 2025 due to a...

Our environmental conditions may lead us to accept the preventable. Consider this controlled study of two groups of dogs in the 1960s...

In March 2018, I spent a week at IMD in Switzerland completing a joint IMD and MIT program; ‘Driving Strategic Innovation’. A memorable...

Off-sites - some people love them, others dread them. Regardless, everyone wants them to be a valuable use of time with sensible...

In the business realm, Design Thinking, Lean Start-Up, and Agile often cause confusion due to their interchangeable use, necessitating a...

Our former, much-loved and wise VP regularly reminded our international technology team that 'technology trends will come and evolve, but...

Walter Isaacson detailed the history of Silicon Valley in a book called The Innovators. It’s one of my favourite books, and I summarised...

Over a decade ago, I began working with Millennials (those born between 1981 and 1994/6). I wrote Finding a Better Way with one...

There is a great deal of noise we all have to manage. The noise - like social media, world events or subscription television - can easily...

Last week, with 24 hours' notice, I was invited to facilitate a 45-minute session for 80 to 100 people online. The objective was to...

I have facilitated thousands of people at workshops, and I now confidently know what is of great value to the participants! You may have...

Precision Questioning (PQ) is an intellectual toolkit developed at Stanford University for critical thinking and problem-solving. Bill...

Over a decade ago, I learnt about The SCARF Model developed by David Rock. Throughout my career, I’ve subconsciously applied it. The...

Over the weekend, we sent the final proofread manuscript for Making Life Happen, including the nineteen cartoon pictures, to the...

A long-time industry friend rang me the other week to say they were considering a new role. It wasn’t a traditional CIO role of managing...