Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_new-language-for-a-new-world-activity-7034061530304290816-knK9 Have you seen any of these in your sector? The response of my #localgovernment client as we approach the 14th straight year of austerity was to turn to #innovation For a new approach to #management and #humanresources, we lifted concepts from a wide range of sources for a n𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 Have you seen … Continue reading What do you do when you don’t have enough people for the jobs? →

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_consultants-projectmanagement-innovation-activity-7029005980143132673-edll What are your top tips for using consultants? Whether it’s for project management, innovation, implementation of technology, or management development, most organisations procure and manage consultants ‘sub-optimally’. As a consultant of nearly 20 years’ experience, here are my tips: · If tendering, share your full budget (less, say, 15% contingency) — the one … Continue reading What are your top tips for using consultants? →

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_business-innovation-management-activity-7026446041637871616-AD-O The time is surely right for a new philosophy of #business — but, I mean, really new. In business: · ‘Moats’ are bad. · ‘Blue ocean’ is bad. · ‘Defensibility’ is bad. No company should have monopoly or monopsony power, no company should be more important to its employees on the inside than the … Continue reading New philosophy of business →

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_why-i-am-in-dispute-with-hunter-boots-it-activity-7023920019231154176-Erb2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Why I am in dispute with Hunter Boots.It goes like this…My delightful and charming niece and nephew needed new wellies. I wanted to buy them a present. And there was a sale at the very high end Hunter Boots. Hurrah!The new WhatsApp channel ‘Wellie discourse’ was created, and after an … Continue reading I am in dispute with Hunter Boots →

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_the-devils-adviser-activity-7021396052595384321-JuHd Lots of people criticise consultants, and so do I. I even created and led ‘The Campaign Against Consultancy’. There can be a premium on slickness over authenticity, telling you what you want and giving you what you ask for — answers, a very clever report based on detailed analytics and benchmarking — rather than … Continue reading The problem with consulting →

Also available, more nicely done, at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy This will be the last update from me via Revue, as they close it down. I hate when they do that! Please connect with me via: Chosen Path BlogLinkedin Newsletter subscription linkSubstack Newsletter linkTwitterLinkedInMastodon Amber Griffiths, the RedQuadrant management trainee, is working to find a way to collate … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #73 →