The information got there. The decision didn’t

The information got there. The decision didn’t. The symptom: everyone was informed, nobody decided The usual explanation, and why it does not hold Four mechanisms: why information crosses and decisions do[…]

Why do you innovate

Why do you innovate? Your answer decides which ideas get said

Why do you innovate? Your answer decides which ideas get said. The symptom: a full pipeline with nothing uncertain in it The usual explanation, and why it does not hold Four[…]

Two colleagues at a planning board in a bright Scandinavian office

Everyone supports innovation. Nobody’s KPIs do

Everyone supports innovation. Nobody’s KPIs do The symptom: a successful pilot that is still a pilot The usual explanation, and why it does not hold Four mechanisms that keep a pilot[…]

A customer email open on a laptop screen in an empty office, with a sticky note on the monitor that has clearly been there for months.

Everyone knew. It took a customer to say it out loud

Everyone knew. It took a customer to say it out loud. The symptom: a problem everyone knew about The usual explanation, and why it does not hold Four triggers, and what[…]

A meeting room after a workshop, with sticky notes still on the wall and the chairs empty.

You held the workshop. Nothing came of it

You held the workshop. Nothing came of it. The symptom: a good day, then a quiet month The usual explanation, and why it does not hold What breaks after the room[…]

A team meeting where one person has stopped partway through a sentence and the others are looking at their notes.

Nobody brings you problems any more

Nobody brings you problems any more The symptom: it has gone quiet, and quiet looks like fine The usual explanation, and why it does not hold What is missing: four signals[…]

A woman standing between two desk clusters in an open office, pointing at a laptop held by a colleague from the other team.

The work between teams that no system counts

The work between teams that no system counts The symptom: the handovers that never fail The usual explanation, and why it does not hold What keeps it invisible: four mechanisms Where[…]

A meeting room screen showing a slide with an empty table of figures, while three people look at it in silence.

Every idea gets a business case before anyone understands it

Every idea gets a business case before anyone understands it The symptom: the first question is about money The usual explanation, and why it does not hold What breaks: four mechanisms[…]

A project kickoff meeting with a timeline on the whiteboard and no one writing down what has to be in place.

Four questions to ask before the next initiative

Four questions to ask before the next initiative The symptom: you find out late, and always the same way The usual explanation, and why another process does not help Four questions,[…]

A mid-pilot review meeting where two participants are describing different versions of what success would look like.

Your pilot is halfway through and nobody agrees what it has to prove

Your pilot is halfway through and nobody agrees what it has to prove The symptom: three people, three definitions of success The usual explanation, and why it does not hold What[…]

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