“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore” Andre Gide, 1927. I saw this quote from Nobel prize winning Gide, a week after the officially worst day of the year (that day when the post-Christmas […]
Snow. It’s like life. No matter how much you plan for it, it still manages to thwart and disrupt. I’m sitting at my office window watching the previous day’s deep snow turn from fascinating soft drifts into slush and ice. A leaking gutter is causing […]
CIPD research says that 60% of change initiatives fail their stated objectives. I read this report when I was preparing for a day on resilience and change for leaders at a Housing Association that had expanded rapidly over the past two years. The figure shocked […]
“Instead of seeing the rug being pulled from under us, we can learn to dance on a shifting carpet” Thomas F. Crum I’m working with some housing managers at the moment help them manage their teams after a massive reorganisation. You can almost hear the […]
