Martin Burns

Focus: A Leadership Superpower

Extreme focus on the Wildly Important is a critical enabler for delivery.

My subject is Transformation by Invitation in which I reflect a little on how organisational change goes, and how we might do it better.

Better ways of working unwind the journey towards formal relationships. Building personal trust increases collaboration.

Set an intermediate challenge, whose achievement will tell you that you’re winning. And then improve like hell towards it.

Cultivate decentralisation by inviting autonomy instead