Category: Strategy

Looking into the future

by Jonathon H, posted in business plan, Environment, Management, Research, Strategy, Work performance

Making choices about the future, and the ways in which it may affect us, are at best guided best guesses.  There are no guarantees that a best guess will be right nor can we say we will be suitably wrong either.  What we need is to develop a framework of systems thinking that allows us … Continue reading Looking into the future

Strategic thinking! – thinking part 2

by Jonathon H, posted in Cognitive, Environment, Growth and Change, neuroplasticity, Research, Strategy, workplace

'Being strategic' is a catch phrase, much like 'risk, that gets bandied about quite frequently within many situations.  Sports teams, senior management, government policies are all often described as having 'strategic; intent or priorities.  But how much of the thinking that goes into making these decisions is actually strategic?  And if we know what being … Continue reading Strategic thinking! – thinking part 2

Evidence Based Practise

by Jonathon H, posted in Academia, development, Growth and Change, Leadership, Management, mentor, Research, Strategy, Work performance, workplace

Working in an educational institute which trains professionals for three specific areas - nursing, education and social work - each of these areas has a requirement for the practitioners to demonstrate that they meet a number of professional criteria if they are to practice which are described as competencies. Within the nursing realm there are … Continue reading Evidence Based Practise

Measuring and Managing Talent

by Jonathon H, posted in Growth and Change, Leadership, People Development, Strategy, Talent, Work performance, workplace

Earlier today I discussed with my coach/mentor about identifying and maximising the talent of others for career development.  As stated in my last post Got Talent?, there are a number of factors that affect an individual in the workplace and whether or not they are performing to their very best ability - or seen in … Continue reading Measuring and Managing Talent

Creating adaptive teams

by Jonathon H, posted in business plan, development, Engagement, Growth and Change, Leadership, People Development, Strategy

  At the end of this calendar year the organisation I work for is set to go into a major change in the way that we operate and function.  In the past this has occurred and, in my opinion, was not handled well in that teams were caught unaware of the changes and the resulting … Continue reading Creating adaptive teams

Career management and employee development

by Jonathon H, posted in encouragement, Growth and Change, Leadership, Management, mentor, People Development, Strategy, Work performance

Career management has been described as the process whereby a person comes to an understanding of who they are and what their skills are which assists them to create a roadmap that will potentially guide them through their career development.  Career management as a tool was lauded in the 1980's as being a tool that … Continue reading Career management and employee development

Understanding Design Thinking

by Jonathon H, posted in Challenge, design, human centered, Innovation, Strategy

Through a MOOC on the NovoED website I am completing a course on Human Centred Design.  The foundation of the course is all about research and studying the lives, habits and routines of people's lives in order to best understand them and their struggles, wins and outcomes.  My group have undertaken a study into access … Continue reading Understanding Design Thinking

A tale of two business cases

by Jonathon H, posted in business plan, Management, Strategy

Two very different organisation at very different stages of their life required my time to help create business plans for them both.  One business plan was a labour of hard work, blood, sweat and tears.  The other business case a labour of love, enjoyment, fund and creating positive outcomes. One business case was retrospective in … Continue reading A tale of two business cases