Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 26, 20208 minLEARNING THROUGH EXPERIENCINGExperiential Learning and Learning Styles David Kolb is an American social scientist known for his work in experiential learning. He...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 23, 20205 minI JUST WANT TO BE MY OWN BOSS: UNLEASHING YOUR OWN BUSINESSCreate, Transform and Grow Many of us reach that point in our lives when we simply don’t want to work for or report to another person. I...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 21, 20202 minENGAGED RESEARCH: DOING STUFF THAT MATTERSPeople in White Coats? For a lot of folks, the word research still conjures up images of grey-haired men and women; yes, I can see you...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 21, 20202 minSTRATEGIC PLANNING … PAY ATTENTION AT THE BACKIf You Don’t Write It Down, It’ll Never Happen The old saying “failing to plan is planning to fail” is true, but then so is the...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 21, 20203 minTRANSFORMING BUSINESS MODELSGreat Product, Shame About Your Business Model Building or operating a business is difficult. Mistakes and failures go with the...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 21, 20202 minENABLING ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONOrganisational Transformation is Enabled by Leadership Change projects targeting organisational transformation don’t usually fail because...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 21, 20203 minTHE MORE IT CHANGES, THE MORE IT’S THE SAME THINGOh No, Not Another Blog Post About Change! How can you say anything new about change? Discussion and debate about it go back millennia to...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 21, 20203 minLEADING STRATEGY DESIGNPutting the ‘D’ in Strategy Over many years academic texts have portrayed strategic planning as an almost purely logical process of...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 21, 20203 minSTRATEGIC THINKING: WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENSWould You Like More Magic? Current events are demanding strategic change in lots of businesses and for lots of people. Yes, change is a...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 19, 20202 minLEARNING THROUGH ACTINGExperiential Learning and Learning Styles David Kolb is an American social scientist known for his work in experiential learning. He...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 19, 20202 minTHE SCHOLARSHIP SPIRALIn 1990 Ernest Boyer introduced his model of scholarship in order to broaden and redefine academic life past its traditional research...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 18, 20202 minLEARNING THROUGH INITIATINGExperiential Learning and Learning Styles David Kolb is an American social scientist known for his work in experiential learning. He...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 18, 20203 minLEARNING THROUGH DECIDINGExperiential Learning and Learning Styles David Kolb is an American social scientist known for his work in experiential learning. He...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 18, 20202 minLEARNING THROUGH THINKINGExperiential Learning and Learning Styles David Kolb is an American social scientist known for his work in experiential learning. He...
Prof. Clive SmallmanJun 17, 20204 minWANT TO BE A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER? YOU SHOULD BE CERTIFIED.Technological Change, Culture War and Corporate Failure A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I worked on an exceedingly large change...
Prof. Clive SmallmanMay 29, 20205 minTRANSFORMING LEADERS WITH MBAsOver the close to 30 years I’ve worked in business education, I have heard ‘the fall of the MBA’ predicted more than once; the acronym is...
Prof. Clive SmallmanMay 26, 20202 minA NEW JOB BY FRIDAY?BEEN THERE, DONE THAT “She did what? Again?” “He didn’t? He did?” “That’s it; I’m out of here!” Over 36 years of work, I must have had...
Prof. Clive SmallmanMay 25, 20205 minFROM MANAGER TO CEOIT’S A LONG WAY TO THE C-SUITE You’re a manager, and some days it just feels like you’re a supporting cast member on a lousy action movie...
Prof. Clive SmallmanMay 21, 20206 minSIX STEPS TO TRANSFORMING YOUR LIFETHE IMPACT OF INTERESTING TIMES It’s not widely known, but the proverb ‘may you live in interesting times’ is a curse. And at the moment...
Prof. Clive SmallmanApr 21, 20202 minYou can’t bounce with your head in the sandThe Critical Curve We’re in a recession and it’s going to deepen. Whether we’ll enjoy a rapid ‘V-shaped’ bounce back, endure a longer...