This article was originally posted on swombat.com on October 24th, 2011. Some years ago, one of my managers used to repeat this "Accenture truism" (or so he designated it): to fix or improve something, first you need the right people, then you need the right processes to
This was originally posted on swombat.com on October 6th 2011. I'm sure there'll be thousands (probably tens of thousands) of blog posts, comments, and other forms of expression and eulogies about Steve Jobs. The man had that much influence over us. Maybe some, maybe all
This was originally posted on swombat.com in June 2011. I regularly get asked about my time in Accenture, and my transition into entrepreneurship, both by people who are trying to decide whether to apply to go there after university, and by people who are currently working there. Here'
Over the last 6 months, finishing recently, I have been going through a leadership development course called the SAS, by CirclingEurope. It is built on the practice of Circling, which I won't try to define fully here. For me, one of the essences of it is accepting and
This article was originally published on swombat.com in May 2011. From my father's blog about wisdom: Most people will swiftly agree with most of the high values of humankind: freedom, happiness, truth, respect, justice, equality, prudence, compassion, courage, modesty, patience, moderation, harmony, industry and so on; but
A lot of advice given to people (and, to some extent, to companies) amounts to “just be yourself”, or “just be comfortable with who you are instead of trying to change”. This advice is well intentioned, fundamentally, and yet I think it’s not all that helpful. How can I
