The parable of the wall

What i learnt from building a wall to protect my house.

I live in Malaysia, in a beautiful house in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. Our house is nestled between a lovely a lovely park with a hill, and two similar houses with obviously wealthy owners by the looks…

How to Design Compelling Learning Experiences?

The right tools for thinking

How models simultaneously enable and constrain our ability to think and work systemically?

A different kind of success story

As an entrepreneur, I am always curious to hear and learn from others that have been on a similar journey. What really happened in Steve Job’s garage and how different is it from what happened on my balcony? What triggered Jack Ma to shift Alibaba’s business model from…

Experimenting with a new paradigm

What can we learn from how Amsterdam is using the doughnut model to create socio-economic and…

A future by design

How can we shift from crisis recovery to future shaping?

The illusion of alignment

In an attempt to identify what our primary added value is as a business, I interviewed several current and former clients with a simple question: what is the most value you got from working with us? There was a recurring theme in most answers: greater executive alignment.

Business transformation & innovation require an updated Body of Knowledge!

Innovation Labs & Collaboration Zones: from Cradle to Grave

Tyranny of the Urgent

In an age of overwhelm and busy-ness, often the last thing people have is the time to reflect, assess, ponder and…