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Video bite #1 - The Big Idea
Here is the first is a series of one-minute...ish videos, dropped every Friday, that summarise the key ideas in my book: Gardeners Not...
Gary Lloyd
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How do we re-imagine project delivery?
My one-minute video was one of 12 video responses to the question: "how might we reimagine project delivery, so that we can make projects...
Gary Lloyd
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Change Leadership Podcast
Hear me chatting with Scott J. Allen about my book Gardeners Not Mechanics:How to cultivate change at work on his leadership podcast,...
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Change Leadership Lesson from Darwin
When Darwin wrote about survival of the fittest, he meant the best fit within the surrounding ecosystem, not the fastest or strongest....
Gary Lloyd
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How to make a good start in a new job
Someone I mentor is about to start a new job, in a new company. That prompted me to think about what advice I could give them to help...
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Prune out what holds you back
The pandemic restrictions seem to have made my clients more reflective. Periods of introspection have filled the gaps formerly occupied...
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How to challenge assumptions like a zen master
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk. Before his stroke, at the end of 2014, he used to do question and answer...
Gary Lloyd
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Change Management lessons from terrorist interrogators
Even when you take an inclusive approach to change, you may encounter individuals or groups whose positions seem intractably opposed to...
Gary Lloyd
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How not to prepare for a return to work
In my previous post, I listed the nine elements of gardening, that help to effect sustainable change. Little did I know that the UK's...
Gary Lloyd
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Nine ways to cultivate change
We live and work within ecosystems, not machines. Thus, if you want to make a sustainable change, you are more likely to succeed if you...
Gary Lloyd
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Five steps to effective decision making in an organisational ecosystem
For the last few weeks, here in the UK, government ministers have promised to increase the number of COVID-19 tests. However, despite...
Gary Lloyd
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5 lessons COVID-19 can teach us about change at work
I used to have to make the case that organisations, and the world of work, are more like ecosystems than machines. That no longer seem to...
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How gardening might have saved J C Penney
On the day that J.C. Penny announced Ron Johnson as their new CEO, their stock price rose 17%. Penny board member Bill Ackman, whose...
Gary Lloyd
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How mechanics created China's demographic time-bomb
12% of China's population is over 60. By 2050 it will rise to 34%. Deutsche Bank calculates a pension shortfall in trillions of dollars....
Gary Lloyd
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Think like a gardener
Sustainable change is elusive. Whether it's as significant as Brexit, or as personal as finding a job you love, the obstacles are...
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