Imagine if you were given two options - to have an 80% success rate on your efforts or a 20% success rate. Easy choice, right? We would all go for the 80% success rate. Now, imagine if you had to choose a mascot for your latest project - a Cheetah or an African Wild Dog. The Cheetah wins hands down. What’s not to love about the speed, elegance and stealth-like movement of the Cheetah? Unfortunately, you can’t have the 80% success rate and be a Cheetah. While there is so

Have you ever had an experience where you were told “go for it”…gone bungy jumping, white water rafting, sky diving, a roller-coaster ride? If you did go for it, what made you do it? Was it the excitement of the unknown and adrenalin rush? Was it the influence of somebody close to you, to take a leap of faith…trust in them? These are factors that you want to enliven in the people that you are trusting to implement your vision. Let’s explore the elements in the scenario ab

Sport provides a great theatre of triumph and adulation, gladiatorial and herculean efforts, marvellous skill and dedication; which can all inspire us to do better in our every day lives. If we peal back the layers of successes in the sporting arena we see commitment, perseverance, tireless devotion to achieve, routines that would make any of us "couch potatoes" wince and applaud their zest and zeal to get up off the canvass and continue to strive for their dream. Transformi

One of the most important factors to drive your transformation effort and agenda is the architecture (or framework) for your current and end states. Architectural design (an artful arrangement of resources for definite ends) is best described as design with intent. Understanding the interfaces between a) systems, structure and people, b) how work is performed and by whom, and c) where strategy meets execution, will optimise your outcome. Similarly as you are faced with build