https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination daily 0.75 2025-12-27 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/why-is-imagination-missing-in-management monthly 0.5 2023-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/f022e7ea-ab10-4974-963f-ea9aa7d7faf6/Why+is+imagination+missing.jpeg Innovation, Creativity & Imagination - Why is imagination missing in management? - Leadership and management need the warmth of imagination as much as the bloodlessness of logic and reason. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/seven-innovation-questions-for-leaders monthly 0.5 2023-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/88c63414-4d9a-4ffa-95ed-d6ba2590866e/Seven+innovation+questions.jpeg Innovation, Creativity & Imagination - Seven innovation questions for leaders - To innovate in the face of uncertainty, paradoxically, more questions might be a useful place to start (as opposed to more answers and solutions). https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/obscured-by-clouds monthly 0.5 2023-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/3f91927b-fb99-46c5-85f6-c2f9b86a9d69/Obscured+by+Clouds.jpeg Innovation, Creativity & Imagination - Obscured by Clouds - The force that drives human behaviour and progress is imagination. Rationality tests and validates. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/fruitful-failures monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/40a008a0-5c73-467e-b37a-e6bf59216eee/Fruitful+Failures.jpeg Innovation, Creativity & Imagination - Fruitful Failures - How we respond to failure in our organisations has a profound and lasting impact on individual behaviour and how much we learn as an organisation. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/blog-post-title-one-j483z monthly 0.5 2023-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/ebf74637-0427-49ec-9a8e-c5a63ff68e4b/Attentiveness.jpeg Innovation, Creativity & Imagination - Attentiveness: a road less travelled to creativity at work - Our attention is finite. Increasingly, it is being treated as a resource to be captured and commodified at work and beyond. How we focus and use our attention is important to creativity and innovation. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/blog-post-title-two-xttx8 monthly 0.5 2024-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/55ce4e90-f3c6-4082-af9f-3a84b1cc5706/crave+creativity.jpeg Innovation, Creativity & Imagination - We crave creativity, but we reward activity - Our workplaces do not tolerate those who challenge the mainstream. We grind out the irritation of creativity in the interest of efficiency. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/blog-post-title-two-j5j2k monthly 0.5 2023-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/55ecd418-03d5-4189-9f7f-1069a57c605d/Creative+leadership+team.jpeg Innovation, Creativity & Imagination - What are the characteristics of a creative leadership team? - Creative leadership teams are important in avoiding or limiting failure through strategic and operational misalignment but are also vital in charting the path to the future. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/blog-post-title-three-s22jk monthly 0.5 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/5aab3c12-cb59-4ee2-a34e-fa61a6308349/A+single+great+leader.jpeg Innovation, Creativity & Imagination - A single great leader or a creative leadership pair? - Suppose our organisations are spun from ongoing interactions and relationships. In that case, the idea of creative leadership emerging from complementary pairs interacting over time in a constant cycle of learning and acting may have some merit. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Leadership monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Attention monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Risk monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Management monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Creativity monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Behaviour+Change monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Learning monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Innovation monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Creative monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Technology monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Imagination monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Leadership+Teams monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Organisational+Culture monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/category/Failure monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Leadership monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Creative+Pairs monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Behaviour monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Attention monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/People monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Risk monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Management monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Creativity monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Learning monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Innovation monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Technology monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Imagination monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Leadership+Teams monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Chnage monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Transition monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Work monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Questions monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Performance monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Habits monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/innovation-creativity-imagination/tag/Failure monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform daily 0.75 2025-12-29 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/the-growing-importance-of-the-back-office monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/5fb9095d-d5ec-421d-93f6-3f175bb7c093/arlington-research-Kz8nHVg_tGI-unsplash.jpg Change & Reform - The growing importance of the ‘back office’ - The fault lines within our administration – the workarounds, the failing systems, the thin capabilities, and the pervasive problems of data integrity and information sharing were all exposed. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/why-do-we-talk-about-organisational-change-when-stability-rules monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/7212836c-6878-41e6-af1b-7838238f9b50/Organisational+stability.jpeg Change & Reform - Why do we talk about organisational change when stability rules? - Do our organisations have the capacity and capability to learn and adapt at a systemic level? https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/what-does-it-mean-to-have-a-balanced-organisation monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/fc5710b1-207c-476b-9505-9789e0e8be36/Balance.jpeg Change & Reform - What does it mean to have a 'balanced' organisation? - In uncertain times, the notion of a ‘balanced organisation’ loses some practical meaning. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/some-thoughts-about-organisational-innovation monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/ff042b3c-f8b7-40ef-9ac3-f83106cb885c/Some+thoughts+about+organisational+innovation+.jpeg Change & Reform - Beyond Heroes: Navigating the Soap Bubble Maze of Organisational Innovation - Organisations, particularly large organisations, fight hard to stay the same. They fight to stay the same because they are made up of teams that are invested in today's work more than tomorrow's. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/organisational-reform-is-a-battle-of-ideologies monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/c767a7b2-9592-4ae7-8a8b-3f862bcefb22/Organisational+reform+is+a+battle+of+ideologies.jpeg Change & Reform - Organisational reform is a battle of ideologies - The prize in the battle of ideologies is the authority to establish a new organisational culture—the right to develop new rules and traditions. It is the right to define and establish new stability. However, victory is never quick, clean or total. The parties, old and new, will ultimately fight for a compromise. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/learning-the-subtle-lessons-of-culture-from-the-hayne-royal-commission monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/47c8a547-1a40-4d33-b23d-97d0f86da2cc/Hayne.png Change & Reform - Learning the subtle lessons of culture from the Hayne Royal Commission - Organisational culture takes time and sustained effort to change. There are no quick fixes. Leaders must be committed to change rather than tinkering at the margins or making a show of change. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/how-might-we-think-about-organisation-reform-and-change monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/5ecb88d3-ee2f-4278-988a-38acc24c52ba/Think+about+organisations.jpeg Change & Reform - How might we think about organisation, reform and change? - We should be most focused on the boundaries of our organisations. The places where our customers, peers, collaborators and competitors interact with our organisation. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/change-change-management-and-leadership monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/3a6194a4-5f82-426c-9e4b-ce1e932174d0/Change+and+Change+Management.jpeg Change & Reform - Change, change management and leadership - Most change methodologies perpetuate the idea that if sufficiently well-planned and well-communicated, certain actions will lead us to our desired outcomes. But many research expeditions to find this nirvana have yet to uncover evidence of its existence. Yet, despite this, we continue to trudge our way toward the mirage. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/can-we-act-without-a-crisis monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/07fa6b48-0516-420f-afa8-f2c93790811b/Crisis.jpeg Change & Reform - Can we act without a ‘crisis’? - The trouble with a slow-moving crisis is that there is no obvious culmination point. There is no point where it can be conclusively stated that ‘the sky is falling’. There is no immediate or obvious threat. It is more that we know, on the weight of probabilities, that the ‘sky will fall in’, and if we act, we can shape how it falls to minimise harm and maximise benefit. It is at this point that action-orientated leaders begin to struggle. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/can-our-fixed-views-of-organisation-escape-the-hungry-teeth-of-ages monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/cdbb98e9-df41-4e2e-813f-97ade8a05723/Fixed+views.jpeg Change & Reform - Can our fixed views of organisation escape the hungry teeth of ages? - “Nothing immobile can escape the hungry teeth of ages”. Nothing that sets stability as its goal can avoid degradation over time. It is natural and inevitable. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/as-night-follows-day-organisational-reform-follows-disruption monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/62096dd7-a608-4652-ab13-849d45834fd0/As+night+follows+day.jpg Change & Reform - As night follows day: organisational reform follows disruption - To complicate matters, organisational reform operates at different scales, time frames and speeds inside the same organisation. So, understanding the interactive nature of reform outcomes requires understanding the organisational scale. Scale effects in reform are often overlooked as we respond to the immediacy of a disruptive event. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Leadership monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Organisational+Change monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Organisational+Design monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Transformation monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Corporate monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/AI monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Risk monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Crisis monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Complexity monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Behaviour+Change monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Innovation monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Control monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Back+Office monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Dissent monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Strategy monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Reform monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Balance monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/category/Culture monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Leadership monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Transformation monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Startegy monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Behaviour monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Organisation monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Royal+Commission monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Corporate monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Banking monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Workforce monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/People monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Pandemic monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Change monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Management monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Learning monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Leaders monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Innovation monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Chnage monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Back+Office monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Work monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Future monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Balance monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/change-reform/tag/Culture monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers daily 0.75 2025-12-27 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/the-quiet-courage-of-frank-and-fearless-leadership monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/f172d861-d39d-4413-87b4-0c3c324280da/candle-5181374_1920.jpg Leaders & Managers - The quiet courage of frank and fearless leadership - The public service ideal of being ‘frank and fearless’ meets its toughest test in today’s political climate. History, literature and leadership collide in this quiet reckoning. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/its-only-a-poor-memory-that-works-backwards monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/8a64e14f-fde1-4ee2-9854-ed7bdfa3cd6d/alice-2902560_1920.jpg Leaders & Managers - It’s only a poor memory that works backwards - What do Shakespeare, Ricoeur, and robodebt have in common? A reminder that leadership is about how we remember — and what future we make from it. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/the-fragile-power-of-charisma monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/7599b05c-c354-4053-91fb-6be63e642f4e/cow-5083354_1920.jpg Leaders & Managers - The fragile power of charisma - We are living in the age of social media, where ‘influencers’ are everywhere, we have empowered and democratised narcissism. We have created a platform for charisma’s most malignant and damaging aspects. Protecting ourselves from its more harmful effects is becoming an essential life skill. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/leading-with-emotion-authenticity-accountability-and-the-power-of-feeling monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/ca58d31b-8872-4cf8-a5be-ff8258c919ee/smiley-2979107_1920.jpg Leaders & Managers - Leading with emotion: authenticity, accountability, and the power of feeling - Authentic emotion in leadership fosters trust, ethical clarity, and connection but remains misunderstood and scrutinised. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/leaders-leadership-and-time-are-entangled monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/b3830e28-e892-4441-9763-218a5e1960ac/pascal-van-de-vendel-RqjNWnQbWGU-unsplash.jpg Leaders & Managers - Leaders, leadership and time are entangled - Effective leadership blends future vision, past reflection, and present action. The ability to navigate and influence a progressively complex future hinges on leaders who possess a profound grasp of the significance of time. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/when-leaders-fall-silent monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/1738117349687-CRZQEZWSZD1I46MG8PF2/unsplash-image-EoVoOCNf8nc.jpg Leaders & Managers - When leaders fall silent - The committed optimist has an infallible cheerfulness. Toxic Positivity is an unwanted feature of our workplaces https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/why-leaders-should-embrace-poetry monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/6545c7b4-2eef-4304-943c-d8a060d307c6/olena-bohovyk-Ft_Wn-K5YH8-unsplash.jpg Leaders & Managers - Why leaders should embrace poetry - Leaders are crucial in combating workplace disillusionment and managing uncertainty. Integrating poetry and literature into leadership development is a step toward equipping leaders to practice the art of leadership. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/rehabilitating-the-image-of-middle-management monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/c4bfeadb-8158-4b32-b275-ff801c88db1a/bernd-dittrich-v_zNak97UdE-unsplash.jpg Leaders & Managers - Rehabilitating the image of middle management - No other leadership layer is associated with so many negative labels as middle managers. The language used to describe middle managers shows a need for more respect for their contribution to business continuity and organisational performance. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/svqh4fo2rhog8dxw2ef4oap3ejuuxb monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/7e01f03f-d9dd-4eaa-9af3-707ac863525c/Leaders+and+managers+need+to+be+more+critical.jpeg Leaders & Managers - Leaders and managers need to be more critical - In a world of speed, busyness, and information overload, it is easy to accept the claims of 'experts' rather than thinking for ourselves. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/what-are-management-facts monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/bef94720-214c-433f-b154-efd666e33d19/What+are+management+facts.jpeg Leaders & Managers - What are management ‘facts’? - The phrase ‘lies, lies and damn statistics’ tells us that the selection and arrangement of facts is central. The facts are dead without context or theory. How we select, arrange, sequence, and provide the context for facts influences policy and practice. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/t3lu3cv7hapbodabp9ytgshrg5x4rg monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/33fb3da4-65b8-42de-9980-315d64c84dc0/Do+leaders+matter.jpeg Leaders & Managers - Do leaders matter? Insights from conductorless orchestras - The conductor interprets the mechanics of the music to give the listener access to the art. The listener hears the players' specialist skills expressed through the conductor's interpretation. Organisational performance might be seen as the mechanics of management expressed through leaders' interpretation. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/a-richer-appreciation-of-leadership-and-organisation monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/e9f081f4-e036-4d08-94e1-8599bb04a297/A+richer+appreciation.jpeg Leaders & Managers - A richer appreciation of leadership and organisation - What if we tried to maintain a picture of the whole organisation and focus on the interaction between the background and foreground systems? We could see the texture (the fine weave) of how people, work, and organisation interact. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/b33fqrxvuwj7a41pzsjepmw8e5ae4e monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/6b883dc7-bdec-4f05-99cf-f92690568615/Leaders+and+managers+network.jpeg Leaders & Managers - How should we understand leadership and management in a network? - Leadership and management in a network might be defined as an ensemble of actors that, at its best, performs in harmony according to each actor's particular functional skills and competence. The leadership team is seen as a whole, and individual leaders and managers as its part. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/fighting-to-a-standstill-the-ceo-versus-the-organisation monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/30384ae6-e06e-4fe9-956d-a5d12ab599d3/Fighting+to+a+standstill.jpeg Leaders & Managers - Fighting to a standstill: the CEO versus the Organisation - While much effort has gone into better understanding management research and practice, we might not be getting any better at it. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/leaders-managers/theres-something-primal-about-leadership monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/0efd9c22-8d96-42d0-8113-dea384117913/Primal+leadership.jpeg Leaders & Managers - There’s something primal about leadership - There is something deeply instinctual and emotional about the ability to move a group of people to sense, breathe, move, feel, and think as if they were of one mind. 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There’s no value in elevating one part to the exclusion or diminution of the others. 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Business and government leaders claim to be evidence-based decision-makers, except when it comes to hybrid work. 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Thoughtful gifts aren’t about price or flash… so, who gives the most thoughtful presents? https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/musings/strategy-lurks-in-the-deep-places-of-our-imagination monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/c3315d73-f4cb-43ff-a7df-88c7aae6936e/jr-korpa-QeMp6SmdtlE-unsplash.jpg Musings - Strategy lurks in the deep places of our imagination - Most problems in implementing organisational transformation come back to a failure of imagination. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/musings/oh-so-youre-an-idealist monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/a8fb0f73-0394-4bcf-90b7-580155ad6ce9/nazym-jumadilova-U86Q7vwX4Z4-unsplash.jpg Musings - Oh, so you’re an idealist! - It is only possible to start an organisational transformation if you are idealistic. Most of the time, an idealistic narrative will be all you have to sustain you. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/musings/the-art-of-the-impossible monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/52b3e313-175e-4241-a222-ed58ac450117/k-mitch-hodge-oQ9pECond48-unsplash.jpg Musings - The art of the impossible People want their leaders to leave open the possibility of doing the impossible. 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But a home is also much more than that. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/musings/time-to-rethink-leadership-a-head-hand-and-heart-approach monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/424c06cf-1946-40d8-82a3-ba43d763aa70/jean-louis-paulin-rmV4Zct9Kcg-unsplash.jpg Musings - Time to Rethink Leadership: a Head, Hand and Heart Approach - Leadership, what it is, how it is done, and its value are deeply embedded in our history and culture. Leadership is a social relationship grounded in historical knowledge. It is developed and refined through judgement and interpretation. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/musings/a-pragmatic-approach monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/49501ee7-258b-4494-b09f-04aa0ed5e8ae/A+pragmatic+approach.jpeg Musings - A pragmatic approach - Does our unhealthy desire to be seen as pragmatic, task-focused, can-do, action-oriented, heroic leaders grind out the diversity of thought in our organisations? Does it grind out possibility and opportunity? https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/musings/leaders-of-organisational-change-and-reform-need-to-be-pitchmen monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/dfc904d0-4f22-41b0-a021-1dca6d7b9021/need+to+be+Pitchmen.jpeg Musings - Leaders of organisational change and reform need to be 'Pitchmen' - The leaders of organisational change and reform must be Pitchmen. They must constantly persuade the workforce to engage intellectually with the idea of change, but most importantly, they seek a voluntary commitment to change behaviour. This cannot be compelled; this must be won through the strength of argument and persistent communication. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/musings/welcome-to-the-new-machine-part-ii-skaef monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/b85e9a73-b46d-4d57-b241-1af55a00b590/Welcome+to+the+new+machine.jpeg Musings - Welcome to the New Machine - Part II - Management does not have a deep sense of time or history, so we will continue to re-learn age-old behaviour, work, and organisation lessons as we build the new machine. 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It should be, but it’s not. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/musings/high-hopes monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/f7c405d5-4895-48a4-aa25-d3e363aeb44d/High+Hopes.jpeg Musings - High Hopes - As it always is with new technology, the underlying concern is: do we know what we are losing? https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/musings/two-views-on-specialisation monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/ffc0d80a-9ef8-4cf7-b7e6-2c552d121ba0/IMG_0677.jpeg Musings - Two views on specialisation - Is specialisation impossible or necessary? https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/musings/the-thin-ice-of-modern-life monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/f6e485ad-7a7e-48d0-8c59-ce7d8ce83e73/The+Thin+Ice+of+Modern+Life.jpeg Musings - The Thin Ice of Modern Life</span> - We live in democratised version of the tall poppy syndrome? 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Why Haiku Prose? - Haiku offered me a discipline through which I could attempt to express feelings and thoughts that I was finding hard to get through a traditional essay format. It was a discipline I enjoyed practising while drinking coffee and watching the world go by. Then, I stumbled on Haiku Prose or Haibun. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics daily 0.75 2025-12-29 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/new-procurement-rules-the-trouble-with-assessing-ethical-conduct monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/71f1c715-fda1-4f4e-ba35-9479af1f4f56/serina-bird-t7IQEtBnGws-unsplash.jpg Integrity & Ethics - New procurement rules: the trouble with assessing ethical conduct - Ethical conduct joins the procurement rulebook, but without shared standards or data, assessing integrity may prove more theory than practice. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/the-fish-is-still-rotting-from-the-head monthly 0.5 2024-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/b1f74a37-dd2a-413f-97c0-359d0073003e/david-clode-4ZfKLCMnjQ0-unsplash.jpg Integrity & Ethics - The fish is still rotting from the head Are we selecting senior leadership characteristics that skew our decisions toward those who value profit over integrity or compliance over fearlessness? We may be getting the leaders we deserve. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/when-it-comes-to-trust-theres-more-to-measuring-than-counting monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/9f5bb91c-c6e6-4662-902b-72d27300a537/kati-hoehl-i3rBo3b9QbA-unsplash.jpg Integrity & Ethics - When it comes to trust, there’s more to measuring than counting - Relying on functional measures can distract from what is expressed in vision and strategy. It discounts aspiration in favour of practicality. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/integrity-is-where-good-leadership-begins monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/blog-post-title-one-y2jyf monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/539b4b0e-f2f2-418c-be6a-61e8cd9c54ad/consulting-4877955_1280.jpg Integrity & Ethics - Taming the consulting industry when ‘doing the right thing’ is an objective reality - Positive regulation of the consulting industry requires a significant mindset shift. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/blog-post-title-two-ndpbh monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/c5f30d62-e306-4835-84bf-ee032b6420fb/sheep-7025909_1280.png Integrity & Ethics - Dissent is not a dirty word - It’s stressful to be different — to go against the group. We want to be liked and accepted, and most of the time, it makes sense to do what everybody else does. We want to conform. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/blog-post-title-three-zgnzg monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/e4e66404-394f-4243-b3be-1e9638e34f2b/fingerprint-7900106_1280.png Integrity & Ethics - Does ethics pay? - Ethical decision-makers know a firm’s leadership and culture will support them when a decision is about impact, not profit. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/blog-post-title-four-pjsrx monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/d9bf627b-75cd-48b0-95f8-41cfdcb941de/leadership-7000851_1280.png Integrity & Ethics - Where can we find ethical leaders? - Integrity is tested in a moment. When the moment passes, the course is set, and we are on the right or wrong side of ethics. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/category/Procurement monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/category/Ethics monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/category/Leadership monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/category/Government monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/category/Consulting monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/category/Integrity monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/tag/Procurement monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/tag/Leadership monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/tag/Ethics monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/tag/Government monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/tag/Consulting monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/integrity-ethics/tag/Integrity monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning daily 0.75 2025-12-27 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/its-time-to-disrupt-the-why-of-learning-and-development monthly 0.5 2025-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/1567f343-ac89-4a50-b8a1-76c7210c237f/mikael-kristenson-3aVlWP-7bg8-unsplash.jpg Careers & Learning - It’s time to disrupt the ‘why’ of learning and development - Now is the time to disrupt the ‘why’ of learning and dramatically shift toward valuing lifelong learning. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/the-soft-skills-revolution-do-we-know-what-we-are-talking-about monthly 0.5 2024-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/03721d75-c4e9-4c73-a5dc-735612ce8ddd/heart-4682756_1280.jpg Careers & Learning - The soft skills revolution: Do we know what we are talking about? - Soft skills develop and evolve through communal understandings of the workplace and ways of working. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/gen-z-is-defining-the-modern-career monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/41101863-f6be-4d88-8763-c0495c742339/mariia-zakatiura-jeCgPCtfuzU-unsplash.jpg Careers & Learning - Gen Z is defining the modern career - Too often, learning and development are lost to workplace ‘busyness’ and are frequently the first ‘expense’ sacrificed in budget cuts. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/careershavemelody monthly 0.5 2024-08-04 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/category/Soft+Skills monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/category/Learning+and+Development monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/category/Boundaryless monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/category/AI monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/category/Generation+Z monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/category/Career monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/category/Culture monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/tag/Learning monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/tag/Soft+Skills monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/tag/Boundaryless monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/tag/Development monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/tag/AI monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/tag/Generation+Z monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/tag/Career monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/tag/Culture monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/careers-and-learning/tag/Learning+Development monthly 0.5 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/artifical-intelligence daily 0.75 2025-12-29 https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/artifical-intelligence/ai-adoption-in-the-shadow-of-robodebt monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/868a1353-58f9-40cb-9f43-01bb4c1cb1b0/forest-5029212_1920.jpg Artifical Intelligence - AI adoption in the shadow of robodebt - Robodebt showed what can happen when technological systems lack human accountability. For AI to succeed in government, we must learn from its mistakes. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/artifical-intelligence/machines-mimic-humans-become monthly 0.5 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/d24f2d02-9305-491f-b8bf-aa5d97814b22/20250918_1523_Humanity%27s+Elusive+Essence_simple_compose_01k5dmdsk4er5rq8qp6gq0cjbs.png Artifical Intelligence - Machines Mimic, Humans Become - Why AI’s best imitations still miss what makes us human https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/artifical-intelligence/wonder-boredom-and-technological-forgetting monthly 0.5 2025-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/627e7b18-ef72-42a8-bc74-6752e4a5b722/20250920_0834_Wonder+and+Boredom_simple_compose_01k5j1r25mf4c8m9kv1k5z834c.png Artifical Intelligence - Wonder, boredom, and technological forgetting - The rapid rise of AI demands that public servants hold on to curiosity and meaning to navigate a changing government landscape. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/artifical-intelligence/ais-responsibility-gap-with-messages-from-dune monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/69f81e0b-13bd-4831-86f3-abb6b015ea29/rev_1_DUN2_T3_0084r_High_Res_JPEG.jpeg.webp Artifical Intelligence - AI’s responsibility gap (and the messages of Dune) - AI introduces new challenges for assessing accountability. The algorithms’ scale and speed mean that when issues arise, the interconnectedness and reliance of the AI systems create a tangled web. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/artifical-intelligence/zen-and-the-wicked-problem-of-ai-and-digitalisation monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/2981f2cf-e5d7-4dda-885e-f14c1ccb4b6c/zen-garden-9670763_1920.jpg Artifical Intelligence - Zen and the ‘wicked problem’ of AI and digitalisation - The characteristics of digitisation generally and AI specifically inherently introduce wicked problems, and require systems solutions. Go with the flow. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/artifical-intelligence/an-augmented-workforce-is-not-new-but-it-does-require-some-thinking-about monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/1ee28e74-e04c-4fa8-9192-85993de16896/agriculture-4208863_1920.jpg Artifical Intelligence - An augmented workforce is not new, but it does require some thinking about - The effect of automation and digitisation is not defined by the nature of the task but rather by the talent of the individual performing it. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/artifical-intelligence/does-ai-promote-human-creativity-or-encourage-social-loafing monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/a7e14f37-ba18-40f3-85ac-c18fa9bd5912/kenny-Gx1raEg_3Zw-unsplash.jpg Artifical Intelligence - Does AI promote human creativity or encourage social loafing? - AI has the potential to allow people to focus more on creative work. However, depending on AI can also erode critical analysis and reflective thinking, which are vital to creativity. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/artifical-intelligence/vengenance-most-fowl-an-ai-warning monthly 0.5 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/663a6f7f-a62c-424f-abd0-a55e14176e75/sa_wallace_and_gromit_vengeance_most_fowl_430-thumb-430xauto-96454.jpg Artifical Intelligence - Vengeance most fowl: An AI warning - ‘Vengeance Most Fowl’ is Wallace & Gromit’s cautionary tale about AI risks, reinforcing the importance of human imagination and ingenuity. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/artifical-intelligence/small-teams-as-change-catalysts-harnessing-ai-for-organisational-transformation monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/92a1d54b-13ee-4ab7-ab42-d1df7b00947d/giorgio-trovato-dp1aYMagp5Y-unsplash.jpg Artifical Intelligence - Small teams as change catalysts: harnessing AI for organisational transformation - 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Unlocking potential is key. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/why-bureaucracy-matters/why-bureaucracy-matters-part-5-the-indispensable-knowledge-machine monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/a5c9ed2f-7125-4e04-9cf5-d7dc19c198e7/silhouette-1632912_1920.jpg Why Bureaucracy Matters - Why bureaucracy matters, part 5: The indispensable knowledge machine - In a noisy information world, bureaucracy ensures decisions are evidence-based, transparent, and grounded in reality. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/why-bureaucracy-matters/why-bureaucracy-matters-part-6-bureaucracy-then-now-next monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/8757ae4c-2590-46b5-8e6f-937effcbf50a/black-and-white-2178384_1920.jpg Why Bureaucracy Matters - Why bureaucracy matters, part 6: Bureaucracy then, now… next - The APS has shifted from rigid hierarchies to agile, data-driven reform. 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But is gradual reform enough in an era of rising strategic risk? https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/rethinking-institutional-reform/rethinking-institutional-reform-part-2-leading-on-unstable-ground monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/b02f7150-edec-476a-a483-c28ee32d1f11/drive-44411_1920.png Rethinking Institutional Reform - Rethinking institutional reform, part 2: Leading on unstable ground - Tech projects fail without moral leadership. Leaders must accept messiness and foster adaptability in complex systems. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/rethinking-institutional-reform/rethinking-institutional-reform-part-3-who-should-lead-organisational-change monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/b072cbfe-ad33-46ba-9a74-8ddd8c6cf781/entrepreneur-2831340_1920.png Rethinking Institutional Reform - Rethinking institutional reform, part 3: Who should lead organisational change? - Enterprise change doesn’t begin with strategy — it starts with quiet dissent. 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Structures can be redrawn in a week, but the habits, loyalties and tacit cultural understandings that sustain a system take years to realign. Yet leadership attention is often consumed by the short term. https://www.davidschmidtchen.au/ancient-mariner-change/the-ancient-mariner-causation-and-consequence monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bc6daa4061be2bf5d68eaa/dcda0efc-f147-4071-8790-6662f1840901/Frontispiece_by_William_Strang.jpg Ancient Mariner & Change - The Ancient Mariner: causation and consequence - Change leadership remains unfinished until it clearly explains the cause and the consequences. 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