Crises now arrive together, and they keep changing. Many of the rules that guided companies, associations, NGOs and public institutions were made for calmer times, and leaders can feel it.
My talks and mini-workshops start from five situations you will recognize, each with an animal that lived it. Your people leave able to decide when the facts will not settle, and ready to work with the variety that real life brings.
Writing on decision-making since 2019 for Business Review, Forbes and Ziarul Financiar. Several business boards. Two mandates on the WWF CEE Board, now on the WWF CEE Council.
Tell me the event and the audience. I reply within 24 hours with a proposed angle. Or book a call.
Koala
It lives on a few eucalyptus species and does that perfectly, yet its numbers keep falling.
Octopus
A deep-sea octopus guarded her eggs for 4.5 years and was never seen eating.
Crab
Its hard shell protects it, and to grow it must shed it and stay soft for days.
Elephant
The herd’s knowledge sits in the oldest female, and nobody wrote it down.
Crow
New Caledonian crows bend twigs into hooks when the direct way fails.
Each mini-workshop takes one situation and works on it with your own case.
Koala
Your team does everything right and the results still slip. We look at what the work depends on.
Octopus
The safe option keeps costing more. We look at what the safety is protecting.
Crab
Tighter control, weaker readiness. We look at where protection stops growth.
Elephant
The organization knows more than it can say. We look at who holds what, and where it never gets written.
Crow
The obvious answer is too expensive. We look for the less obvious ones.
Keynote: 15 to 45 minutes.
Mini-workshop: 2 to 4 hours, Q&A included, for a leadership team or a mixed group.