Intrinsic Creativity with Duncan Brand
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Culture Change That Lasts: where the work begins once the values statement is written
Duncan Brand has advised nearly 100 organizations on culture and leadership systems, across healthcare, technology, finance and the public sector. He watched the same pattern in a Federal Reserve…
Decision Authority in Modern Teams: why asking people for initiative fails when approval stays at the top
Duncan Brand has advised nearly 100 organizations on how decisions actually get made, from the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis to healthcare during COVID. Most companies now ask for…
Coaching as a Core Leadership Capability: How a coaching mindset changes accountability, confidence and performance from first-time managers to executives.
Leadership development often teaches managers how to manage performance, but far less often teaches them how to develop human beings. Drawing on his forthcoming book Closing the Gap, Duncan explores…
Leadership Readiness Before a Crisis: testing whether leadership holds while conditions are still calm
Duncan Brand has advised nearly 100 organizations on leadership systems, and he worked inside the Federal Reserve during the 2008 financial crisis and in healthcare during COVID. Most companies…
Promoting Technical Performers Into Management: How organisations can identify leadership potential and prepare people before promoting them.
Why do organisations promote their best technical performers into management, then wonder why teams struggle? Duncan explores the fundamental mistake behind so many ineffective managers: assuming…
Human Skills as Strategic Advantage: Why empathy, critical thinking, connection and trust matter more as organisations adopt more technology.
As technology accelerates and workplace expectations continue to change, Duncan asks a bigger question: what happens when organisations become more technologically advanced but less human? He…
AI Adoption and Investment in People: Why organisations that use AI to make people more capable may outperform those pursuing automation at any cost.
AI is forcing organisations to reveal what they really think about their people. Duncan challenges the idea that AI is simply about replacing jobs, arguing that the biggest divide will be between…
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