Collaboration theatre…saying we’re collaborating, labelling it, everyone pretending we’re collaborating but we’re all just doing our own thing. L&D sees collaboration theatre more clearly than most. We sit across teams and see where work joins up and where it doesn’t. Worst of all, we’re often asked to “support collaboration” without anyone changing the conditions required… Read More Collaboration theatre
I had an awful realisation about pilots the other day. Not the sitting in the front of a plane kind but the small exercise of a bigger plan kind. I’m a big fan of pilots – they don’t fail but just have different degrees of success. What I hadn’t appreciated was how much they fall… Read More Pilot
In his latest book, Innovation for the Fatigued: How to Build a Culture of Deep Creativity, Alf Rehn highlighted a phrase I hadn’t seen before – ‘Innovation Theatre’. Coined by Steve Blank, innovation theatre describes the way organisations try to gain cachet in innovation circles by emulating startup techniques. Unfortunately these activities often end up… Read More Learning Theatre
Lost and Desperate 