LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

The Past Casting model, based on ecdysis in crabs, provides a way of analysing leadership strengths to create a development plan for growth. The model has a specific focus on casting-off old strengths. This is particularly important to both personal and team development as it highlights the need to avoid the success trap. The model helps identify those strengths that may be less relevant to the challenges going forward. A successful career and experience in a particular field or industry can often be a barrier to making change. Drawing on past experiences is becoming less relevant to emerging and changing customer needs. The ability to build, configure and re-configure capabilities and competencies is key to remaining competitive. The Business Biomimetics approach provides a new way to think. And this, coupled with a focus on goal related strengths creates an effective approach to leadership.

Collaboration  
Collaboration

If your business strategy depends on partnering and collaborations then you need to be talking to the Institute of Collaborative Working. They are the thought leader in partnering and through their executive network they share and drive best practice. For a copy of their Partner newsletter click here. The Partner . Institute of Collaborative Working is also the driver behind the new British Standard, BS11000. Game changing innovation is only possible through co-creative collaboration.

GREEN MANAGEMENT  
GREEN MANAGEMENT

The approach to green management has matured and is no longer just about recycling, low energy builds and managing waste paper. These are still important parts of the approach to manage a sustainable business and are component parts of a strategy that is corporate, social and responsible. Much rhetoric is shared about the environment and there is the continuing debate about global warming, green house gases and carbon footprints.

At Thoughtcrew we take a different perspective. We operate at the heart of the latest research in biomimetics. This means we can use lessons from nature to help inspire and inform our thinking. What better place to look for expertise on the environment than nature. We can now take lessons from nature to help us change the way in which we manage. Everything from top level principles to detailed system integration can be designed, and built using nature as the guide. With 3.8 billion years of expertise it makes sense to consult the oracle on sustainability and to transfer this expertise to how business operates.

Current challenges
  • Significant revenue goal – which will not be achieved through incremental improvement
  • Need to develop solutions in 12-14 months
  • Developing the innovation approach
  • Creating commercially viable solutions with fewer resources in a more competitive market
  • Scanning of existing technologies that are ‘off the shelf’ is not delivering the expected results

“Phil has been supporting Guide dogs’ change programme for 18 months now and has done a superb job. He is a personable, professional, resolute and highly competent operator who has helped us engineer the most succesful (and complex) change programme I have ever witnessed. He has been a pleasure, and an inspiration, to work with, and I can strongly recommend him to any large organisation looking to reshape under a new strategy” Richard Leaman, Chief Executive, Guide Dogs

“Being used to a variety of different creative problem solving tools and techniques, Biomimetics offers both a fascinating and refreshing addition. Phil’s work in this area is outstanding. Not only is he able to very confidently describe and “teach” the theory, he is also very adept at applying it in real life situations. In an age when we are increasingly reconsidering our impact on our environment what better way of looking for innovative solutions than with the help of nature itself”  Wayne Batty, Northern Rail

Set up in 2004 by Phil Richardson (ex IBM, Deloitte & BUPA) Thoughtcrew is a boutique change management consultancy based in Bath, Somerset. Our focus is to help you bring about growth for your business. We have a great deal of experience in making change happen and have many successes across a wide range of businesses. We tailor our approach to each project so don’t have a one size fits all method. Instead we focus on outcomes – the difference you want to make rather than the activities that need to be done. It’s why making a difference is more important than on-time and to-budget. We see these as quality issues rather then what should drive projects. Our way of working is to get well paid for what we do and deliver real value for money. And that has worked for us so far with our clients.

New thinking, new ways of working, new process of change: create game changing innovation for growth, with fewer resources, in a more competitive market