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Steve Hearsum
Jan 2711 min read
The Graveyard of Disappointed Hope
Reflecting upon the relationship between hope and organizational change arising out of reading Steve Hearsum’s No Silver Bullet . Image...
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Steve Hearsum
Jan 217 min read
Hungry for heroes
For centuries, the dominant archetype that underpins our conception of leadership has remained unchanged. It is that of the ‘hero’: the...
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Steve Hearsum
Apr 18, 20244 min read
“I am an Amazon best seller! Woohoo!!”
One of the ways in which people like me – consultants – increase our profile and generate work is, apparently, through writing or...
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Steve Hearsum
Mar 22, 20244 min read
Awaydays: useful development opportunity or expensive jolly and avoidance strategy?...
I don’t do away days. If I get asked by a client if I will facilitate or design one, my response is typically no. Not unless we can talk...
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Steve Hearsum
Jul 18, 202312 min read
The Farcical World of Organisational Ethics
In December 2021, the UK’s financial watchdog, the FCA, fined HSBC £64 million for money laundering failures. It “highlighted three key...
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Steve Hearsum
Oct 14, 20214 min read
What most organisations get wrong about change...
It’s rare that I hear a client say something like “the last big change we went through was a great success”; or “change in our...
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Steve Hearsum
Mar 2, 20184 min read
#Agile: Really?.... Or are you just jumping on the bandwagon?
In recent years organisations large and small have embarked on the quest for greater agility, often at the exhortation of senior leaders...
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