Are you planning to act or acting to learn?
Rather than plan in order to act, Bob found more success when he began to act in order to learn....
The four traps on the path to a digital water future
These experiences have highlighted some important, and surprising, risks to successful transformation. They are the…
The Heat(er) is on!
While on my 2nd schnapps, I had a fuzzy realisation about what that might mean- that it is crucial when facing a…
Strategy shining new light on collaboration
"At least one use for the strategic plan", and she went on to wonder why the only people who seemed to look at it were…
The Hard Truth at the Heart of Collaboration
If I continue to show myself as an expert who must behave ‘expertly’ to meet expectations, I hide who I really am. I’m…
Bankers and the Path of Vulnerability
The story of Ken Henry and the Commission is a story about vulnerability and our powerful desire to minimise it.
Manual focus on collaborative capability
How your brain can be "rewired" by changing a long established practice- relevant in collaboration as much as…
What Can The Fonze Teach Us About Managing Water?
Water experts are under pressure to be just that – experts - and for most of us that means knowing our work.
3 Waters and a Question of Trust
A high degree of trust will be necessary to allow a frank and honest discussion on what may be the appropriate…
A Crazy Question for Water Managers
“I have always said that managing water is about managing people and managing relationships”.