Our clients are desperate to build high performance cultures.  Unfortunately, most efforts to do so only cause division and anxiety.  The reality is that teams cannot flourish if they do not feel safe. Daniel Coyle knows the secrets to building a great culture and has outlined his findings in The Culture Code – The Secrets […]

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In future, learning will be more important than knowing and because of this, organisations will compete on their speed of learning, that is, how quickly they can understand what customers value and use these insights as in input to design meaningful experiences for the customer. An organisation’s success will depend on its ability to create […]

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I have been urging our clients to better define and communicate their organisational Purpose – their company’s reason for existence – their WHY. Many leaders who have watched the fabulous TED talk by Simon Sinek, titled, How Great Leaders Inspire Action or read his book, Start With Why, still don’t understand that an organisation’s Purpose […]

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Integration; Merger; Take-over; Amalgamation – How to Bring Together Disparate Entities & Cultures. Most organisations take their foot off the peddle when they sign an agreement to merge or integrate two entities (offices, stores, companies, teams etc.) but the real work actually commences once the agreement is signed. Not appreciating this is one reason most […]

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Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead said something like: It is not enough to be the best at what you do, you should try and be the only one who can do what you do!  To strive for Garcia’s benchmark, we must work much harder to understand our customers and what they value.  This requires […]

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How does an established manufacturer counteract the current challenges besetting the industrial products and systems sector?  Better still, how have they managed to defy the industry trend of cost cutting, savage restructuring, lay-offs, dwindling sales and financial losses to stand tall as the best performing business, of its class, in Australia. The mining downturn, the […]

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During 2017, Associated Grain announced the sale of the business to Agrocorp International.  Agrocorp International is a global agri-commodity trading business, founded in Singapore in 1990 and with trading revenues upwards of 3 billion USD. We are so pleased that Todd Jorgensen is staying on as the innovative and driven CEO.  Todd and Associated Grain […]

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We are pleased to share 3 new case study summaries.  This year we have included direct client findings on the impact and return on the work we have done together. We have purposely chosen 3 engagements only, as they represent the depth of the work we undertake but also the breadth of clients we work […]

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Dear Friends and Colleagues, On the 1st of June we opened our new office in Phillip Street Parramatta.  It is extraordinary to look out at the Parramatta skyline and know that there are more cranes than anywhere else in the country.  The region is booming and we are excited to be part of it.  While […]

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I felt like I was flying — like a bird, diving and rolling, weightless and untethered. Everything looked so blue, so sharp. I felt incredibly alive. Into hairpin bends my body surged forward dangerously close to the edge, disregarding the terrifying 1,000-metre cliff drops. The mountains engulfed me. Drenched in sweat, I cycled higher and […]

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