Are you leaving your delivery team behind?
When you are making a commitment to collaborate with stakeholders to develop an important plan or strategy, I wonder if you are leaving…
A Parent's Guide to Complexity
So there we were last night, finally in bed with reading in hand when my wife put her book down, paused thoughtfully for a moment before…
Is Best Practice Water Management a Myth?
Managing urban water challenges lies at the heart of a sustainable future and drives my work in the sector. As a coach, I talk to many…
Bankers and the Path of Vulnerability
In Australia we have just been through a very revealing Royal Commission into the Banking and Financial Services sector. For most of us the…
Wine, Castles and Complexity
I’ve just returned from a few weeks’ leave in Europe, including the beautiful Alsace region of France. And while I thought I was driving…
What's So Hard About Water?
I recently attended the Local Government NSW Water Management Conference 2018, in the beautiful city of Armidale. As always, presenters…
Where Has All The Certainty Gone?
On Thursday 16th I attended the AWA NSW State Conference and came away with this one question: Where did all the certainty go? Every…
Top Tips for Managing Complex Water systems
Managing water presents us with multiple complex challenges, such as integrated water management, reducing demand, managing catchments,…
What Can The Fonze Teach Us About Managing Water?
I grew up watching the American Sitcom Happy Days, which followed the adventures of Richie Cunningham and friends, including the…
When the Problem is the Problem
Recently I’ve been observing a government agency charged with improving the environmental outcomes of a waterway that flows through an…