Ideas to Actions
Start where you are, go where you need to go, and grow when you’re ready.
I focus on creating solutions that not only perform technically but also account for their human and societal impacts. I believe the most powerful innovations come from harnessing the collective wisdom of diverse teams, end-users, and beneficiaries.
Starting point
I begin with what you are facing now, at the pace and in the direction that suit you. For some leaders that is one conversation or a review of a plan; for others, a stress test of their strategy, a change of direction or a workshop with their team. The problem that brings you to me is often a symptom, so – working together – we identify the real underlying problems. When you are ready for more, I bring broader perspectives into view: strategy and direction, the technology, and the human, organizational, economic and societal sides of the problem. I can also help your team build the skills to carry it forward via bespoke workshops and coaching.
Method
- I start where you are.
- The first problem you see is usually a symptom.
- Complex problems are never only technical or only organizational.
- Rigor and imagination can work together.
- The people closest to the work see what the org chart misses.
- Solutions people help build are solutions people use.
- Change is happening to you either way; let’s make it work for you.
- End-users of our work and those who are impacted by our work are always broader than we see and know. And they matter deeply.
- Leave every client more capable than I found them, when they want that.
Engagement stages
Any single step can be a complete engagement.
- Find the real problem. Iteratively with the leader until symptoms give way to core problems.
- See the whole system and look ahead. Technical, human, organizational, economic and societal factors; emerging technologies and possible futures.
- Stress-test and design the strategy. Test the current strategy, generate new directions, and design the path forward with leaders.
- Co-design with the team. Bespoke workshops created for your team to collaboratively define the problems and co-design the solution directions.
- Turn strategy into action. Strategic directions, organizational change, innovations, requirements, roadmaps and investment choices that account for budget, time, technology, capability and partnerships.
- Leave capability behind. Workshops and master classes that leave teams more capable of solving the next complex problem.