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Apr232022 by PresidentNo Comments

Innovator is the other name for leader

Innovator is the other name for Leader “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” - Steve Jobs The pandemic, the latest incarnation of multiple global disruptions in our VUCA world, has challenged every aspect of our lives and the way we see, think, plan, and act. It also challenges the purpose, the mission, the processes, and even the survival of our organizations. And because almost everything is changing or must be reinvented - sometimes radically - we can say confidently that the organizations that succeed now and will thrive in the future are those led by and populated with innovators. But, who are those innovators? How do innovative leaders see and think? What is their relationship with knowledge and novelty? How do they act to make their organizations a great place for innovation?…

May42021 by PresidentNo Comments

Crisis, innovation and leadership

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What is the crisis revealing about innovation and leadership in our organizations? The pandemic – the latest incarnation of multiple global disruptions in our VUCA world – challenges every aspect of our lives and the way we see, think, plan, and act. It also challenges the purpose, the mission, the processes, and even the survival of our organizations. And because almost everything is changing or must be reinvented - sometimes radically - we can say confidently that the organizations that succeed now and will thrive in the future are those led by and populated with innovators. But, who are those innovators? Genuine leaders build resilient organizations. They achieve it by constantly developing and innovating. Their fields of innovation for resilience include organizations’ mission, structures, processes, people, and relationships. The pandemic crisis has demonstrated once again: organizational resilience…

Jul142020 by PresidentNo Comments

7 lessons for your next planning

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What is the crisis teaching us about corporate planning? Seven lessons for the next planning exercise You are undoubtedly – like many other leaders now – carefully observing and considering the impact of the current crisis on your organization. And you are also probably realizing that: the crisis is changing our world in a way that will make the return to old ways of thinking and operating not only difficult, but likely impossible; you have to lead your organization, not in bouncing back to the future you may have imagined before, but in bouncing forward to an altogether new future, one not yet charted; the window to make those changes may close sooner rather than later and you have to act now. The crisis is a test and an opportunity for…

Jul102020 by PresidentNo Comments

The crisis: A test and an opportunity

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The crisis: A test and an opportunity for the organizations At the beginning of this year, most assuredly, your organization, like most organizations, did not have a mention of Covid-19 in its 2020 plan. Most likely, it was taken by surprise by the pandemic. As we are just beginning to measure the impact of the pandemic wave, it becomes evident that this impact may be further-reaching than expected. The crisis will change and is already changing organizations. Increased telework and rules of social distancing in the workplace are only the tip of the iceberg of looming changes. Many others are coming our way and organizations’ futures will depend on their ability to foresee these changes and act on them. The crisis is a test: What can we learn from…

Apr222020 by PresidentNo Comments

Preparing Post-COVID-19

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Preparing the post-COVID-19 We are going through difficult and troubling times. We worry about our health, our families, friends and communities, our economy and our businesses, and our future. The future will prove that this crisis – as all other disasters in the past – is temporary. It will however bring pain and it will question and challenge many of the rules and assumptions we lived by. As every other crisis, this “perfect storm” will also bring new perspectives and new solutions to our problems, individual and collective. It is every leader’s responsibility to fight the crisis and its immediate challenges. But this is also every leader’s responsibility to prepare the after-crisis and build a better future for their organization and their community. When a big crisis as COVID-19 hits,…

Oct142018 by PresidentNo Comments

The leadership we need

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I have been wanting to write about this story for a while because more people deserve to know, reflect on, and get inspired by it. When, finally, a few months ago, I decided to put the words together, I learned some sad news: one of the story’s heroes, Bernard Lachance, had suddenly passed away. The obituary, in the image of the man’s modesty, did not mention this story – possibly one of many he was involved in – nor the thousands human lives it helped change. *** I first heard of Mulheres Mil (A Thousand (Strong) Women) a few years ago, when I was conducting research for a study commissioned by the Asian Development Bank and Colleges and Institutes Canada on the lessons learned from the rich experience of Canadian…