Posts in Transformation
Make Possibilities Happen
Make Possibilities Happen

Mentee Reading | There are two critical things an executive can influence when it comes to making possibilities happen: your strategy and your ability to execute that strategy. After all, any dream, idea or goal without the ability to bring it to reality is merely wishful thinking. Moving from visualisation to actualisation takes a specific skill set, hyper focus and discipline.

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Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Conversations That Matter, Effort, Execution, Flux and Failure, Leadership, Make It Happen, Mastery, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Strategy, The Long View, Think Differently!, Transformation, Multiply Your ImpactDianne JacobsMake Possibilities Happen: How to Transform Ideas into Reality, Grace Hawthorne, How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters, Michael Stanier Bungay, The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals, Sean Covey, Chris McChesney and Jim Huling, The Change Book: Fifty models to explain how things happen, Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschappeler, Super Vision: An Eye-Opening Approach to Getting Unstuck, Sherife AbdelMessih, Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More, Chris BaileyComment
Love What You Do and Do What Sustains You
Love What You Do and Do What Sustains You

Mentee Reading | The path to satisfaction is not linear. Hopefully, along the way you’ll discover the crucial intersection between what you love to do and how you contribute it to others. Fulfilment doesn’t come from one-off peaks, but from many consistent good days. So how do we sustain performance, foster deeper connections, know ourselves, find more in life and do what we love?

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Conversations That Matter, Continuous Learning, Future Focus, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Questions, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Mastery, Disruption, Risk, Transformation, New Business Leader, High-Performance, Hidden Potential, Executive PromotionsDianne JacobsIdeas, Leadership, Imagination, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Outside-In Questions, Excellence, facing the future, Business Leadership, Lost Leaders, Future Choices, Future Self, Strengths, Breakthrough, Thrive, Love + Work, Do What Sustains You, Working Identity, Sustain Excellence, Love What You DoComment
Lost Leaders
Lost Leaders

Mentee Reading | When life and work don’t go as planned, sometimes under challenging and confronting circumstances, there can be a painful sense of being unable to find the way. Rather than staying lost or being stuck in ‘not knowing’ or making mental mistakes about the future, look for that breakthrough.

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Conversations That Matter, Continuous Learning, Future Focus, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Questions, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Curiosity, Mastery, Disruption, Risk, Transformation, New Business Leader, Flux and Failure, High-Performance, Hidden PotentialDianne JacobsDiverse Thinking, Future, Ideas, Leadership, Imagination, Connection, Invention and Innovation, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Outside-In Questions, Excellence, facing the future, Business Leadership, Lost Leaders, Future Choices, Future Self, Strengths, Breakthrough, ThriveComment
New Kind of Business Leadership
New Kind of Business Leadership

Mentee Reading | As the business environment is transforming a new kind of business leadership is emerging. Contemporary organisations are seeking solutionists, activists, relationists, imperfectionists all with the curiosity and a mindset necessary for a fragmented, uncertain and non-linear future.

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Conversations That Matter, Continuous Learning, Future Focus, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Questions, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Curiosity, Mastery, Disruption, Risk, Strategy, Sustainability, Transformation, New Business LeaderDianne JacobsCuriosity, Diverse Thinking, Future, Ideas, Leadership, Imagination, Connection, Invention and Innovation, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Outside-In Questions, Excellence, design-thinking paradigm, ideas-informed society, facing the future, Business LeadershipComment
Strategy and Future Choices
Strategy and Future Choices

Mentee Reading | What is strategy and why is it so difficult? This reading series will help answer these questions. Strategies are fundamentally about choice, difference and advantage. It is as much about deciding what not to do and being alert to signals or noise, as it is about what will be done. It incorporates a systems perspective, it is intent-focused, level shifting, opportunistic and timely.

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Conversations That Matter, Continuous Learning, Disruption, Future Focus, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Questions, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, Transformation, Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Strategy, Significance, New Business LeaderDianne JacobsCuriosity, Diverse Thinking, Future, Ideas, Leadership, Imagination, Connection, Invention and Innovation, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Outside-In Questions, Strategy, Transformation, Excellence, design-thinking paradigm, ideas-informed society, facing the future, Future Choices, Strategy and Systems, Emergent Strategy, Play To Win, Connected StrategyComment
Adventures In Thinking
Adventures In Thinking

Mentee Reading | Adventures In Thinking looks at collective thinking and the creative mindset, design paradigm and ideas-informed society needed to face the future including the coming wave of powerful technologies.

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Artificial Intelligence, Conversations That Matter, Continuous Learning, Curiosity, Disruption, Future Focus, Human AI Interaction, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Questions, Responsible AI, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, TransformationDianne JacobsArtificial Intelligence, Curiosity, Diverse Thinking, Future, Human - Digital Interaction, Ideas, Leadership, Imagination, Connection, Invention and Innovation, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Outside-In Questions, Strategy, Transformation, Excellence, design-thinking paradigm, ideas-informed society, facing the futureComment
Future-Proof The Organisation
Future-Proof The Organisation

Mentee Reading | Future proofing the organisation is the focus of this reading list selection, exploring how you can go beyond disruption for a thriving and enduring organisation. Purpose, people, customers and creativity are key. Happy reading and stay curious!

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Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Continuous Learning, Conversations That Matter, Curiosity, Future Focus, Leadership, Reading Circle, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, Disruption, Transformation, Human AI Interaction, Strategy, Executive Committees, Flux and Failure, Problem Solving, New Business LeaderDianne JacobsDiverse Thinking, Disruption, Transformation, Boardroom Dynamics, Rebel Ideas, CEO, Curiosity, Excellence, Future, Ideas, Conviction, Work Creatively, Strategy, Transform, Outside-In Thinking, Digital, Artificial Intelligence, Human - Digital InteractionComment
Digital and AI Epoch
Digital and AI Epoch

Mentee Reading | Certain questions need to be explored and resolved about AI and digital. How do you (out)compete? Will we use AI to improve the way we work and live, or will we allow it to alienate us? Where is the strategic and transformation value? Does human progress depends on choices we make about technology? What is a digital mindset and what does it take to thrive? Happy reading and stay curious!

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Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Continuous Learning, Conversations That Matter, Curiosity, Future Focus, Leadership, Reading Circle, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, Disruption, Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Responsible AI, Human AI Interaction, StrategyDianne JacobsDiverse Thinking, Disruption, Transformation, Boardroom Dynamics, Rebel Ideas, CEO, Curiosity, Excellence, Future, Ideas, Loonshots, Conviction, Work Creatively, Strategy, Transform, Outside-In Thinking, Digital, Artificial Intelligence, Human - Digital InteractionComment
Flux, Failure and Risk
Flux, Failure and Risk

Mentee Reading | We face flux, change and difficult situations all the time. We may succeed or we may fail. It helps to both fail well and to learn from our success - to understand how we make decisions and our reasoning abilities. We can also learn from ‘risk-takers’ about why they do what they do, how they prepare, and how they’ve handled things going wrong. Happy reading and stay curious!

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Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Continuous Learning, Conversations That Matter, Future Focus, Leadership, Reading Circle, The Long View, Think Differently!, Problem Solving, High-Performance, Disruption, Transformation, Stimulating Ideas, Curiosity, Executive Committees, Strategy, Risk, Flux and FailureDianne JacobsThe NED and Talent AdvisorsDiverse Thinking, Boardroom Dynamics, CEO, Excellence, Future, Ideas, Strategy, Outside-In Thinking, Outside-In Questions, Conversations That Matter, Leadership, Decision Leadership, Problem Solving, Flux, Failure, Risk, Invention and Innovation Comment
A High-Performing Board
A High-Performing Board

Mentee Reading | A high-performing board is a function of good governance with the capability to lead through the future changes and current challenges of the external environment, guided by a skilled Chair and CEO, with competent people who know what they are doing and a clear organisational purpose. These are the underlying messages of the six books chosen. Happy reading and stay curious!

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Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Continuous Learning, Conversations That Matter, Future Focus, Leadership, Reading Circle, The Long View, Think Differently!, Problem Solving, High-Performance, Disruption, Transformation, Stimulating IdeasDianne JacobsDiverse Thinking, Boardroom Dynamics, CEO, Excellence, Future, Ideas, Strategy, Outside-In Thinking, Outside-In Questions, Conversations That Matter, Leadership, Decision Leadership, Problem Solving, High-Performing Boards, Board Chair, Board EffectivenessComment
Disruption and Transformation
Disruption and Transformation

Mentee Reading | What is the relationship between growth and transformation? Why are some of the world’s most successful companies adopting and implementing innovative strategies, while others struggle? How do smart companies involve each and every stakeholder? What mindset is needed for perpetual innovation and relentless experimentation? Happy reading and stay curious!

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Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Continuous Learning, Conversations That Matter, Curiosity, Executive Committees, Executive Promotions, Future Focus, Leadership, Reading Circle, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, Strategy, Disruption, Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Human AI InteractionDianne JacobsDiverse Thinking, Disruption, Transformation, Boardroom Dynamics, Rebel Ideas, CEO, Creativity at Work, Curiosity, Excellence, Future, Ideas, Loonshots, Conviction, Work Creatively, Strategy, Transform, Outside-In Thinking, Human - Digital InteractionComment