by Flamingo Strategies | Mar 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Blog The obscure art of sense-making Posted: How effective is your sense-making? Sense-making in complex business and organisational situations is critical for the purpose of deciding on a course of action to address a set of circumstances; in coming up with a...
by Flamingo Strategies | Mar 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
Blog You can’t control your way to alignment Posted: Getting an organisation or a team pointing consistently in the same direction is famously difficult. Unfortunately, we face a counter-intuitive truth: You can’t control your way to alignment. On the contrary, to...
by DavidFraser | Mar 9, 2015 | Organizations, Relationship Skills, Uncategorized
We all have an ego. We couldn’t function properly without one. We need our sense of separateness. On the other hand… Our ego can blind us to the feedback we need to receive in order to grow and to develop or make the right decision. Unfortunately, we tend...
by DavidFraser | Sep 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Delighted to have launched a new series of workshops at the invitation of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, focusing on board level skills. We’ve picked two topics to begin with: Mastering … … Effective Board Meetings and Mastering … … Facilitating...
by DavidFraser | Feb 13, 2012 | Change, Leadership, Organizations, Uncategorized, Wisdom
He’s looking in the wrong place… The young man before us insists a particular role will help his career. He’s frustrated that employers don’t see it that way. He goes over his qualifications and experience again. The thing is… What’s holding him back is...
by DavidFraser | Jul 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
The silence in the room is profound. Joe sits out front with the coach who’s running the workshop. No-one moves as Joe processes the question he’s just been asked; the question that will resolve the issue he expressed. The silence seems endless, as we wait for Joe to...
