Pushing Beyond the Obvious

This is the recording of a live conversation I had with Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag to explore how the principles from the Theory of Constraints can be applied to multi-project environments (Digital transformation efforts) to deliver projects on time, on budget and on spec. She shared insights from her latest book (now available in Worldwide) Goldratt’s Rules of Flow to help us understand how to increase the velocity and throughputs of project deliveries within our organisation. We covered the following topics in the conversation: 1. Introducing the work of Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag 2. Do 70% of projects really fail to achieve their […]

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In this episode of the podcast, we host the inimitable and unapologetically ambitious, Sophie Krantz. We had a conversation about leadership and the need for economic growth and opportunity. We discussed the possibility of creating positive change in the world through frameworks like exponential organization (ExO) and coaching ordinary people to do extraordinary things. In this wide ranging conversation, we discussed – The importance of seeing the world as one and the need to overcome fears and limiting beliefs to achieve breakthrough growth. – The value of immersive experiences and tapping into personal passions to create unapologetic ambition and confidence […]

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In this conversation with @DrAlanBarnard, we explore how the principles of the Theory of Constraints (originally created by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt) can be used to not only drive significant business results but also to help us make high stake decisions as leaders. In this freewheeling conversation, we explore Dr Barnard’s story about how he met with Dr. Goldratt and his famous motto. We explore who is a true expert. He shares how he got into an argument with Dr. Goldratt and how he then formed a life long connection with Dr. Goldratt. He shares his most important lessons from all […]

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In this interesting conversation, an accomplished CEO and digital transformation leader, Damien Cummings shares his perspective on the art of leading in uncertain times. He shares how leaders need to do to stay relevant in an ever changing context, specially the technology landscape. Here are some things that we cover in this conversation:  You can find more information about Damien here. You can connect with him on LinkedIn here.  Books discussed in the video:  If you would like to watch us have this conversation, you can do so here.

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In this interesting conversation, Speaker, Author and Advisor (and Public speaking coach)  @ColFink  shares his perspective on the importance of clear and effective communication for leaders. He also shares insights on how to get good at communication and specifically when speaking to an audience (internal or external). He shares how leaders can learn to communicate to inform, inspire and connect. He also talks about how good communication can provide leaders the leverage they need in order to scale both – effectiveness and efficiency. If you are a leader and want to work on your communication, this is a conversation worth […]

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Premise: In this first episode of a new series, which will be focused on leadership, we host a practicing leader – Pankaj Rusia. He currently works for SAP as the Head of Customer Success for the SAP HR Cloud business are and is based out of Singapore. As the Head of Customer Success for SAP South East Asia, he is on a mission to make customers look great in front of their leadership, employees, and managers, and to help them get the best out of their SuccessFactors solutions. Insights from the conversation: In this wide ranging conversation, he shares his […]

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In this live presentation that I delivered at an event, I introduce a model or a framework of leadership that I have created – The Butterfly Model of leadership and then go in detail about one of the key pillars of this model, which is “Leaders Mindsets” which allow them to perform at a very high level. “Mindset change is not about picking up a few pointers here and there. It’s about seeing things in a new way” – Carol Dweck, Author: Mindset – The New Psychology of Success. As Carol said above, the mindset we have in any given […]

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This the first episode of the current season of my podcast – Pushing Beyond the Obvious and I am super happy and excited to kick off the season with none other than Lisa O’Neill. She is a self described energy and human expert. In this wide ranging conversation about energy and leadership, she shared a lot of great insights on leadership. Here are some of my takeaways from the conversation: She shared insights about the importance of knowing ourselves. If we do not know what kind of a leader we want to be, how would our team know. In order […]

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In this episode of Pushing Beyond the Obvious, we host Stacey Barr – The Performance Measure Specialist. Stacey is a specialist in strategic performance measurement and evidence-based leadership. She specialises in using practical performance measurement as the catalyst for creating a high-performance culture that achieves measurable success. She is also the creator of the PuMP® methodology. PuMP® is a performance measurement methodology that routinely transforms measurement cynics into its greatest advocates, which has been adopted in more than 90 countries and across industries. In this wide ranging conversation, we cover:  1. What is the definition of a KPI and what are the […]

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In this episode of Pushing Beyond the Obvious, we host Stacey Barr - The Performance Measure Specialist. She

Stacey is a specialist in strategic performance measurement and evidence-based leadership.

Stacey specialises in using practical performance measurement as the catalyst for creating a high-performance culture that achieves measurable success.

She is also the creator ot PuMP®. PuMP® is a performance measurement methodology that routinely transforms measurement cynics into its greatest advocates.

In this wide ranging conversation, we cover: 

1. What is the definition of a KPI? 

2. The difference between Leading measures and lagging measures. 

3. What is the true purpose of defining KPI

4. What is the difference between good KPI's and bad KPI's 

5. We also talk about the PuMP® methodology that she created.