http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/ Emmanuel Gobillot en-uk Copyright 2010 Emmanuel Gobillot Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:56:05 GMT A few months ago I was lucky to be invited to speak at DigitalNow. Here is the speech I gave http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=85 Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT can the new UK government teach us something about how to tackle the most difficult part of talent management? http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=84 Tue, 8 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT They say we get the leaders we deserve (not sure who 'they' are by the way) and watching the way the UK's elections are going I must agree with that! There is a strange thing going on from which any leader can learn a lot. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=83 Tue, 4 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT The current crisis needs us to rediscover the most underrated yet powerful tool leaders have at their disposal - the power of muddling through. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=82 Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT As another year passes I find it worth pausing to think about our inability to mobilize and act to solve some of our challenges. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=81 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT DigitalNow conference 2010 promises to be an amazing event even if I say so myself! http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=80 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Over the last few weeks I have become quite an avid viewer of the TV series FlashForward. The reason I mention this is that I have been spending the last few days traveling the UK speaking at conferences and it occurred to me that, along will my fellow speakers, I was playing the FlashForward game without fully taking into account its consequences. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=79 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT On my way to running a workshop in oxford a few weeks back I found myself walking past Logic Lane. Bad humor aside walking past Logic Lane reminded me of how most businesses function according to some deeply held beliefs that are logically sound. Yet, logic is not the same as truth. Businesses gain a lot in exploiting not the flawed logic of their competitors but the truth that lies unseen. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=78 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Yesterday I posted an item on how fun can change behavior. In response one of my contact at BT plc passed on to me this link to the playpump system. This is how a simple insight (fun can change behaviour) can be turned into a life saving solution http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=77 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Why is it that we believe that we cannot gain without pain. Why is fun at work valued only as a balance for hard work? Can we change behaviors and achieve better results through fun? Seems like we can indeed. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=76 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Often I am asked what is the main thing or the first thing or even the one thing (any permutation is possible here) leaders should do to become more successful. Having failed many times to come up with something clever I now have my answer! http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=75 Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT don't worry this is not a blog entry about some new chant that leaders must sing to be effective but rather a simple analogy to help you prioritise http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=74 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Following on from my post on incentive pay a lot of people have asked me about my view of performance management, so here goes - no performance management system I know of actually helps manage performance. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=73 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT A lot has been written and said about the damage incentives can do to our economy. Yet, we seem to be locked so strongly in our world of incentives that we refuse to believe what we know to be true (Royals seldom start revolutions). Here is a new important contribution to that debate. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=72 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT We are all familiar with the saying that we all know the price of things but not their costs (e.g. low price food can have an enormous environmental cost) but I wonder how many business leaders are familiar with Einstein's assertion that 'not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts'. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=71 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT This week saw the publication of the August issue of Management Today magazine which carries the first non commissioned review of Leadershift. It is easy to be taken in by peer reviews (in my case I guess academics, journalists and consultants) but the real test is the review of people you set out to help. So I guess some of the key questions we all have to ask of ourselves are: http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=70 Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT The dictionary defines lean as 1. (of a person or animal) thin, esp. healthily so; having no superfluous fat. For months now it has been received wisdom that in a recession lean organizations would do better. But there is evidence this may not be as true as it seems. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=69 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT The latest Torchwood mini series had a lot of things to teach leaders. In a decision worthy (or inspired by) the GE jack Welsh playbook, governments of the world decide that they should give up the bottom 10% of their children on the basis of school test results. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=68 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT What do your mistakes say about you? There are 3 types of mistakes we make as leaders and send powerful messages to the people we lead. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=67 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Personnel today has announced that some BA staff have indeed elected to work a month for no pay ( http://tinyurl.com/laz9ft ) about 800 of them (out of 40000 asked that's still a significant number I guess). http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=66 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT A couple of weeks ago, in an effort to cut costs and weather the recession storm (storms - never a good thing for an airline) British Airways announced that it would ask its staff if they were willing to forego a month's worth of salary. if you CEO asked you to forgo a month's salary for the good of the business what would you do? http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=65 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT In arguing that we don't need another hero, Tina, and Ivana, are in good company echoing, as they do, thoughts expressed in President Barack Obama's call of 'we are the ones we have been waiting for' or Mahatma Gandhi's 'be the change you want to see in the world'. Yet, it is also hard to ignore that in testing times calls for heroes have never been so lud or that indeed, in my own field of interest, business leadership, personal heroics seem to be a requirement to anyone wanting to be recognized http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=64 Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT One of the paradox of uncertain times is that the less clarity we have the more we demand it. For leaders this seems like an impossible task to fulfill. How can you (except for lying which is not a sustainable strategy) give people even more clarity when you have less as each day passes? The good news is that you don't have to. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=63 Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT What Aaron Koblin outlines in the clip below is probably what I would call crowdsourcing by stealth. One of the reason I wanted to bring his work to your attention is because in its own way it illustrate what I have found to be one of the major shifts we need to make to lead the exciting world of opportunities offered by mass collaboration - the shift from role to tasks. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=62 Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT There are leadership lessons everywhere for those who care to look but some places are logical avenues for insights yet are often overlooked. Take marketing for example. Whilst some leaders might be inclined to go to their HR professionals for leadership advice I don't know of any who naturally gravitate towards the marketing department when needing insights on how to be followed. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=61 Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Today I had the good fortune to meet up with Gordon Torr, bestselling author of 'managing creative people' and his wife Karine. If you follow this blog you will have heard me (can you hear on a blog? anyway) mention Gordon before as I got so much from his book. here are some key insights on creativity. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=60 Fri, 8 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Whilst following the American Presidential Election Campaign I became an avid reader of political blogs ( ). One that I always turned to was PunditMom. What made it attractive to me is best summed up by the blog's tagline having an opinion never goes out of style'. This phrase encapsulates much of the challenge of leadership development. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=59 Wed, 6 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Executives are always on the look out for a company that does something strange/different that seems to be keeping it doing well even when times are tough. Mix with that a company that seems to use social media to its advantage and you have a new darling of the best practice brigade. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=58 Fri, 1 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Supply chain executives are all familiar with the Bullwhip effect - the idea that small changes in consumer demand lead to ever greater variations as you travel down the supply chain. The same phenomenon is at play with leadership. A leader's intent and edict become amplify as they travel along operational line down the hierarchy. So what can be done to ensure that one's conversations remain just that - questions and answers on a theme rather than orders and edicts on a hierarchy? http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=57 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT To get reviews (good, bad or indifferent) is always an honor (anyone taking the time to review your work is doing you a huge favor) but to get reviews from people you respect and whose work has influenced and challenged you is even more exciting. So imagine how excited I am to have received quotes from both Gordon and Richard whose work I cant recommend enough. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=56 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT 18 minutes to change the world http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=55 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Micro pleasures - eyeliner leadership http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=54 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Is your organization worth a detour? http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=53 Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:00:00 GMT Hello Alltop http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=52 Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Dealing with recessions http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=51 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT G20 will you cast the first stone? http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=50 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Development - where should you start? http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=49 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT What does engagement look like? http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=48 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Long Tale* http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=47 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT words matter order doesn't http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=46 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT 60 seconds to tell a story http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=45 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Get back to work http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=44 Fri, 6 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Elvis fallacy http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=43 Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT This will make you better in no time http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=42 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT What are you going to do if things go really bad? http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=41 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Is it just me or are we all at it? http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=40 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Bail out or Bow out? http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=39 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Ideas are cheap http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=38 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT For those who don't have time to read http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=37 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT The connected leader keynote http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=35 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT I hate bestsellers. I wish I had a good reason but ... http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=34 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT leaders always eventually fail http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=33 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT Now it's not often that you find yourself the subject of a presidential broadcast http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=32 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT San Francisco, Warsaw and Bangor. Now imagine that on a letterhead under the company's name. How cool would that be http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=31 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT If books are to the brain what a Michelin starred meal is to the stomach then blogs, feeds and podcasts are the starbucks of the mind http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=30 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:50:00 GMT Da Vinci's genius with the Mona Lisa has been his ability to tap into our herd instinct http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=27 Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:50:00 GMT Ok so I'm no Oprah (for US readers) or Richard and Judy (for UK readers) so it is unlikely that any author will become a millionaire overnight through my recommendations. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=25 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:30:00 GMT All human motivation theories contain two basic, fundamental principles. http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=24 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:30:00 GMT The 1% rule states that in every online community the number of people who create or contribute is roughly one percent... http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=21 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Emmanuel launches The Connected Leader blog http://www.emmanuelgobillot.com/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=5 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT