Sir Charles Masefield describes the series of events by which, under his leadership, BAE Systems’ worst performing factory became their best. Continuing to share stories …

We recently began an Anecdote book club for the office. For our first book, we read The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary …

Jean-Francois Gravelet was famous for tight-rope walking over the Niagara Falls in the late 1800s. This story was inspired by these amazing feats: Upon completing …

The numbers tell the story. At least, that’s what many accountants would have us believe. “Accountants are so used to talking in numbers, we forget …

We were about 20 years too early. Back then, my group at IBM extolled the benefits of understanding organisations as complex systems – ones where …

It’s important to keep a project’s business case up-to-date throughout its life, so that the project keeps delivering value to the organisation. Stories can be …

When I was doing my first degree back in the late 1970s, one of the very important – and simple – techniques for being a …

Last week I was in London and had the pleasure of catching up with Ian Rodwell from Linklaters, one of the largest law firms in …

Business writers are increasingly using the term ‘disruption’ to refer to a range of forces which modern organisations are dealing with. It is the latest …

This article is about case studies. No, no…do not stop reading. I have always believed that case studies are the second most boring documents produced …