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5 Practices That Could Paralyse Your Pivot

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By: Michael McQueen

As events have unfolded this year, the word ‘pivot’ has emerged as a description of the moves necessary in business, society and individual lives to adapt to uncertain times. It is an appropriate word choice to describe these movements, especially as it depicts a motion that adapts its direction, while remaining rooted in one spot. It is clear that in times of crisis, the fundamental need for businesses is the ability to pivot. Read more

How Sustainable is a Focus on Sustainability?

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By: Michael McQueen

The need for environmentally sustainable moves in business has been common knowledge for years. However, while many businesses have implemented changes and strategies to address this, many others have been held back by the need to maintain profits and ROI. Read more

Why Ground-Level Workers Are The Top-level Innovators

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By: Michael McQueen

‘In my experience, innovation can only come from the bottom. Those closest to the problem are in the best position to solve it. Everyone must be able to experiment, learn, and iterate. Position, obedience and tradition should hold no power.’ [1] Read more

Why Critical Thinking is More Critical Than Ever

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By: Michael McQueen

This year, more than any, we have seen the power of fake news. Politics, climate change, public scandals and the virus which has overwhelmed our year, have revealed a vulnerability in society’s ways of consuming news and information. Read more

How Driverless Cars Will Steer Us Off the Beaten Track

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By: Michael McQueen

It has become a well-known fact in recent years that driverless cars are a future that is soon to arrive. In characteristically ambitious fashion, Tesla founder Elon Musk suggests we will see true autonomous driving available to the public within the next few years. Read more

How Disney’s Teamwork Pushes Them Into the Unknown

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By: Michael McQueen

Over my years of working in the business world around ideas of innovation and leadership, one lesson I have learned is that there is a lesson to be learned in most places. I must admit though, when I sat down to watch Frozen 2 with my son, I did not expect it to be one of these places. Read more

Which Archetype of Leadership Represents You?

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By: Michael McQueen

Think back to your teachers at school. What characterised them? In schools, the approaches to teaching and authority tend to group themselves into four key categories. Read more

The Future is Arriving Ahead of Schedule, Thanks to COVID

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By: Michael McQueen

Whatever the circumstance, one thing we can be sure of is that the future is coming. No matter the success of the standards and systems of the past, disruption is inevitable. Read more

How to Empower Your Thinking with a Strategic Mindset

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By: Michael McQueen

For those in the corporate or educational world, the idea of a Growth Mindset has been front of mind in recent years. Read more

Are Your Traditions Strangling Your Progress?

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By: Michael McQueen

A number of years ago, a team of researchers conducted a fascinating and somewhat callous experiment in an effort to understand the process of conditioned behaviour. Read more