High-Performance Execution: from control to clock speed
How leaders achieve predictable performance in a world of constant change Many organizations are busy changing, improving and accelerating. Hard work is being done, but progress feels stagnant. Decisions take too long, priorities shift, and the pace of real improvement lags. The reflex is often predictable: more control. More dashboards, consultations and planning rounds are […]
From Office garbage to exponential learning
The true revolution of artificial intelligence (AI) lies not in the technology itself, but in how organizations learn and innovate with it. Recently, the Dutch Financial Daily warned in an article about “office garbage”: mediocre AI output that actually reduces productivity. I would like to nuance that analysis and argue that the problem is not […]
From working harder to working brighter
We are busier than ever. Teams are working overtime, reporting more, meeting longer. Everyone works hard, but the results don’t grow with them. Indeed, despite all efforts, productivity is declining. This is no accident. It is the result of a deeper pattern: we confuse hard work with effective work. The new reality Doing more seems […]
The paradox of execution power: more results by doing less
The FD recently wrote, based on research from the American univesity MIT: “AI runs aground on humans.” It is not technology, but how we learn and change that determines success. This is true for AI, but equally true for strategy execution and organizational development. This is about execution power: success comes not from more programs, […]
Output versus outcome: the pitfall of linear leadership
Anyone who has ever set out with a map knows, the map is not the landscape. On paper, the route seems clear and manageable, but once outside, the path turns out to be muddy, there are fallen trees and an unexpected intersection comes your way. This is exactly how it goes in organizations. Leaders often […]
Decision-making, focus and trust: your organization’s clock speed
In technology, we know the term clock speed: the frequency at which a processor can execute instructions. The higher the clock speed, the faster and smoother the system functions. The same principle applies to organizations. Clock speed is determined by how decisions are made, how sharp the focus is and how much trust is present […]
Pacing: slow decision-making saps your organization
Everyone knows the meeting that lasts three hours but produces no decision. The only result is a list of new actions, another extra meeting and more pressure on people who are already overloaded. This is not an incident, but the daily reality in many organizations. What is meant to be careful tuning and creating support […]
AI as co-worker: the colleague who never gets tired
Why does an HR professional spend so much time on spreadsheets instead of people? Why are strategists inundated with reports they can barely read, let alone interpret? In many organizations, employees are structurally burdened with repetitive and labor-intensive tasks. That is precisely where the opportunity of artificial intelligence (AI) lies: not as a substitute for […]
Consensus – the Strategy Execution Killer
In the world of organizational change and strategy execution, much has been said and written about how to transform effectively. A common magic word in this context is “support. Creating support is often seen as a necessary step to overcome resistance and achieve success. But what does support actually mean, and is it always the […]
Unused potential due to erosion of hierarchy
Consensus is often used to create support. While the opposite is achieved. An organization that works from consensus leads to a lack of ownership and decisiveness. ‘Everything then belongs to no one.’ Much “unusable” potential is created as the distinction between the domain of executives and that of employees becomes blurred. This is common in […]
