Urgency, and the resultant reactivity created by it are necessary evils in modern business. In fact, it is a part of the territory when you are working in global, complex, and ever-changing marketplaces. As leaders, you need to foster a sense urgency to create traction and momentum. But what if...

Many of us may feel like we are working in reactive environments, and find it hard to work proactively in the face of so much urgency and reactivity. But if we take a cold, hard look at what is really happening, we might find that a part of the problem...

Many of us feel like we are working under the constant pressure of urgent issues and deadlines. We feel like we have little control over our time and our priorities, and that we must work reactively to stay in the game. But if we stop and examine what is really...

Projects are hard. They are complex and have many moving parts. They require a number of people to work together to achieve the project outcomes, and seem hard to plan and organise. Because of this complexity, they are often the work we procrastinate about, therefore making our job harder still...

Whenever a discussion starts around productivity, a few ‘usual suspect’ productivity issues always come up. Too many emails, ineffective meetings, constant interruptions. We are finding it harder and harder to do our jobs in a reasonable way as we need to deal with so much friction and noise. One client...