Mark Withers - Mightywaters

Bridges to the Future: People (2)

This second of three articles on People ‘Bridges to the Future’ explores three critical skillsets people professionals must excel in to ensure the human side ...

Leadership, Organisational Change

Bridges to the Future: People (1)

In a recent Harvard Business Review discussion about what the next normal is going to look like, many of the panellists re-emphasised that quality talent ...

Leadership, Organisational Change

Bridges to the Future: Being a Compassionate Leader

In our previous articles we asked you to imagine you are in 2023 and are able to look back at this time. We asked you to ...

Leadership

Bridges to the Future: Are you leading with a Microscope or Telescope?

In our previous article, we asked you to imagine you are in 2023 and are able to look back at this time. We asked you to ...

Leadership

Bridges to the Future: Not Knowing

Imagine you are in 2023 and are able to look back at this time. What kind of leadership would you like to be remembered for? ...

Leadership

What Bridges to the Future are you Building?

A number of words or phrases are being used to capture our current season. Transition, emergence, fog are some words we have heard used. New normal, next normal, better normal are other phrases. ...

Leadership, Organisational Change

Growth in a time of Adversity? – Part 3

After just over two years spent living in the wilderness, Henry Thoreau’s great learning expressed through his book Walden was the value of simplification. ...

Organisational Change

Growth in a time of Adversity? – Part 2

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen excellent examples of people removing barriers to get things done at pace. Test centres have appeared out of nowhere. Make-shift ...

Organisational Change

Growth in a time of Adversity? – Part 1

‘Same storm, different boats’ seems to be the metaphor of the moment. Storms are violent, unpredictable and threatening. Our primary focus on surviving the storm ...