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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of Predictable Surprises and How To Avoid Them
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of Predictable Surprises and How To Avoid Them
Some have incorrectly called the Coronavirus outbreak a Black Swan event i.e. an event that was “hard-to-predict, rare and beyond the…
Paul Barnett
Mar 15, 2020
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Fault Lines Exposed + Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity on Steroids
Fault Lines Exposed + Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity on Steroids
Many directors and executives are seeing the fault lines in their strategies exposed for the first time. They will seeing what systems…
Paul Barnett
Apr 29, 2020
UNDAUNTED LEADERS INNOVATE OUT OF A CRISIS
UNDAUNTED LEADERS INNOVATE OUT OF A CRISIS
Yesterday I spoke to the Chairman of a pretty large business about the impact the Coronavirus triggered crisis is having on the firm’s…
Paul Barnett
Mar 26, 2020
UNDAUNTED LEADERS AND THEIR MAVERICK MINDSET
UNDAUNTED LEADERS AND THEIR MAVERICK MINDSET
THE WAY TO OVERCOME THE INNOVATORS DILEMMA AND THE WAY TO SURVIVE A CRISIS.
Paul Barnett
Mar 25, 2020
Mapping the Radically Uncertain Future & Avoiding Predictable Surprises
Mapping the Radically Uncertain Future & Avoiding Predictable Surpr...
There are times when it seems several thinkers are coming to the same conclusions at almost the same time. A few books are published on…
Paul Barnett
Mar 3, 2020
On Managing in a Downturn
On Managing in a Downturn
Last night I attended a Harvard Business Review book launch, the topic of which could hardly be any more timely. On Managing in a Downturn…
Paul Barnett
Feb 28, 2020
The Global Governance Crisis: Failing To Avoid Predictable Surprises
The Global Governance Crisis: Failing To Avoid Predictable Surprises
In this article I am going to argue that the failure of boards and executives to avoid predictable surprises, evidenced by the PwC Global…
Paul Barnett
Feb 21, 2020
The Causes and Cures of Poor Megaproject Performance
The Causes and Cures of Poor Megaproject Performance
New Research by Juliano Denicol, Andrew Davies, and Ilias Krystallis, just published in the Project Management Journal explores “What Are…
Paul Barnett
Feb 18, 2020
What it takes to be a CEO in the 2020s
What it takes to be a CEO in the 2020s
The Strategic Management Forum is not the only organisation talking about why “CEOs say the job has got harder.” The latest issue of the…
Paul Barnett
Feb 6, 2020
Advisory Panel
Advisory Panel
Paul Barnett
Feb 6, 2020
Sponsors
Sponsors
We will soon announce the details of the sponsors of the conference UNDAUNTED: How Successful Leaders Face Wicked Problems & Avoid…
Paul Barnett
Feb 6, 2020
STOP BEING DAUNTED — SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES
STOP BEING DAUNTED — SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES
Directors and executives spend a great deal of time trying to understand and mitigate risk. It is their job to do so. They have a duty to…
Paul Barnett
Feb 6, 2020
Tomorrow’s Leader Needs the Repertoire of Styles and Skills of a Wise Advocate
Tomorrow’s Leader Needs the Repertoire of Styles and Skills of a Wi...
Most books on leadership advocate one right leadership type, often defined as a model set of characteristics and behaviour traits said to…
Paul Barnett
Feb 5, 2020
BREXIT — What now for UK business?
BREXIT — What now for UK business?
By Andy Wilkins
Paul Barnett
Feb 4, 2020
Continuing to attempt to tame a world increasingly filled with messes and wicked problems, makes…
Continuing to attempt to tame a world increasingly filled with mess...
Ten years ago David Hancock, a director at the Cabinet Office, Infrastructure and Projects Authority wrote Tame, messy and Wicked Risk…
Paul Barnett
Feb 4, 2020
Debunking the Crisis Myths
Debunking the Crisis Myths
I am delighted to announce Tracey Groves will be joining the speaker list for the upcoming conference, “UNDAUNTED: How Successful Leaders…
Paul Barnett
Jan 30, 2020
David Hancock to speak at the UNDAUNTED conference
David Hancock to speak at the UNDAUNTED conference
We are delighted to announce that Dr David Hancock will be one of the speakers at our conference Undaunted: How Successful Leaders Face…
Paul Barnett
Jan 26, 2020
UNDAUNTED Reading List
UNDAUNTED Reading List
The following books are by authors who will be speaking at the conference Undaunted: How Successful Leaders Face Wicked Problems and Avoid…
Paul Barnett
Jan 26, 2020
UNDAUNTED Course
UNDAUNTED Course
Undaunted: How Successful leaders face up to wicked problems and avoid preventable surprises is the focus of a new one-day workshop…
Paul Barnett
Jan 26, 2020
UNDAUNTED Conference
UNDAUNTED Conference
The Strategic Management Forum is delighted to announce that we will host a conference on Monday 9th March in London. UNDAUNTED: How…
Paul Barnett
Jan 26, 2020
Undaunted: How Successful Leaders Face Wicked Problems
Undaunted: How Successful Leaders Face Wicked Problems
This article is based on a presentation I gave recently at the WarwickCG, Warwick Business School, conference organised by the executives…
Paul Barnett
Jan 5, 2020
Daunted by Complexity: Traditional Management Theory Is No Match For Wicked Problems
Daunted by Complexity: Traditional Management Theory Is No Match Fo...
New Management Theories, Methods and Tools are needed. Paul Barnett
Paul Barnett
Jan 5, 2020
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