The Ancient Mariner: causation and consequence
Change leadership remains unfinished until it clearly explains the cause and the consequences. Only then can the organisation understand what has occurred and why.
The Ancient Mariner and the leadership of change
Leaders must resist the managerial urge to control and instead foster the narrative of connection. Change, after all, is not something one “drives.”
The Ancient Mariner and organisational change
On the cost, tme, and memory of transformation in organisational life
Rethinking institutional reform, part 1: When systems fail, who has the right to fix them, and what does it cost?
Defence says it wants evolution, not revolution. But is gradual reform enough in an era of rising strategic risk?
Rethinking institutional reform, part 3: Who should lead organisational change?
Enterprise change doesn’t begin with strategy — it starts with quiet dissent. So who really leads reform in the public sector?
Rethinking institutional reform, part 4: Organisational change norms, conformity, and dissent
Conformity rewards silence and punishes insight. In public institutions, clear-eyed dissent is often the first casualty.