Real transformation never looks neat in the middle.

Messy isn’t the risk. Avoiding messy is.

“Inspirational” has become leadership’s go-to word for when they want to sound bold but play it safe. It’s a catchall. It’s wallpaper. It’s the sugar coating on the stale doughnut that is corporate purpose. It’s what we think we should be, rarely what we are, and almost never what actually moves people to action.

Discover the hidden barriers to adaptive leadership, why leaders struggle with uncertainty, and how to build a truly adaptive organisation.

Most businesses are still trading in certainty.

But the REAL currency of future leadership? It’s uncertainty.

Brittle organisations cling to control — long plans, fixed structures, legacy logic.
It’s not resilient. It’s rigid. And it’s costing more than you think…

There’s plenty of research highlighting the benefits of play for children, but why does this have to stop as we get older? 

Let that child run wild!

For a while now I've been fascinated by the concept of play and creative thinking at work.