After more years of working with organisations through change than we care to count, we've noticed something. The strategy is rarely the problem. The plan is often solid. The intentions are good. What gets in the way, almost every time, is the human side – the bit that most change programmes underinvest in or skip past altogether.   Over the years we've distilled what we've learned – from battle scars as much as successes – into a set of overriding principles for making chang

Why 2026 feels different – and what to do about it. Something has shifted this year. You can feel it in meetings – a sharper edge to conversations, a restlessness that wasn’t there before. Decisions that used to queue politely are arriving all at once. People who are usually measured seem more reactive. The pace of change, already fast, has accelerated again. You’re not imagining it. And it’s not just your organisation. In Chinese zodiac tradition, 2026 is a Fire Horse year.

(And what should still be true years later) We often talk about coaching as if it’s an event. A programme. A set of sessions that happen over a defined period of time and then… end. And if we’re honest, sometimes the way coaching is talked about can make it sound a bit like a magic fix. Do coaching. Become better. Everything improves. Most people who’ve actually been through coaching – or delivered it – know it’s rarely that simple.  The real purpose of coaching isn’t what ha

Building on our Trust theme, the key to this is Psychological Safety.

Simon Sinek has a very simple but powerful model for leaders to inspire co-operation, trust and change, which starts with a golden circle an

Transforming your company into a ‘one buttock company’. Want to know more? Watch this talk by Benjamin Zander.