By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW We are just four bleets away from the end of the year – and a decade. The 2010s (they never even had a cool name!) was, according to The Guardian who devoted a magazine to it, ‘the decade that left...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW A recent article in Psychology Today shared research by neuroscientist Matt Lieberman that shows that there are two parts of the prefrontal cortex used for processing information about identity: the medial prefrontal cortex (active during our default mode or...
By Juliet Hammond, LIW Business Impact Consultant McKinsey research finds people are positive about technology’s impact on society, but we need to agree on what positive looks like! They propose a Helix organisation where individual development is decoupled from getting stuff done in an agile world....
By Pia Lee, CEO, LIW It appears that we like to put up walls just as quickly after taking them down. Nick Miller’s report in the Sydney Morning Herald documented Europe’s rise in borders and fences since the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago. Our...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW The Rugby World Cup is treating us to some bone-crunching action and some leadership lessons. Eddie Jones, England’s coach, was asked in a press conference about his decision to ‘drop’ fly-half George Ford in their win against Australia. His answer...
By Pia Lee, CEO, LIW Challenging taboos and indeed, stigmas, is a tricky business. But it’s one that Channel 4 in the UK has taken head on by announcing the launch of its first ever dedicated menopause policy. Recognising that 59% of women in the workplace...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW Our Product Development team delivered a big release this week. This was by no means guaranteed. Three months ago, the team used Squadify (the product we were developing!) to uncover the conditions in the team. We were strong on purpose,...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW Just eight weeks ago, WeWork was planning to IPO with a valuation of $47billion. It is now on the edge of bankruptcy. Its charismatic CEO Adam Neumann managed to secure billions of dollars in funding for a business model that...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW I had the great fortune to visit the offices of what3words this week. Their app became the most downloaded over the summer and the technology is set to transform the lives of people who don’t have a street address...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW Here at LIW, we are going through a transformation, shifting to a new business model and accelerating onto the next curve. We work with clients going through similar transitions and we see that while these are exciting times, they hold...