Good leadership ensures that an organisation’s Vision, Mission, Values and Strategy are articulated, connected and ultimately realised. Of the above, values are arguably the most critical. In simple terms: values (culture) = behaviours. Feedback is an important leadership skill to ensure the right culture and values develop in an organisation. A resilient leader focuses on doing the basics well every day. This should enable the organisation to grow and achieve its mission and potential.

Some ideas you believe in your heart, and you can’t let go of. They just make sense to you. There is a certain unassailable logic to them. No matter how or by whom they are challenged, you know you can overcome the objections. Challenges do not deter your belief in how your idea can succeed. But how valuable are they really, in the context of a business organisation? How can you really tell? And what should you do about it?

Innovation in business is the process of translating an idea or invention into a good or service that creates value or for which customers will pay. The definition is quite simple, but what it takes to achieve it is not simple at all. In this article, I use quotes to outline a large number of things I believe are important to deliver successful innovation.

Innovation comes in many forms and with a 10 year horizon, incredible progress can be achieved which could not have been imagined at the start. Bill Gates has said “Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years".

Data is one of our greatest raw materials and can hold the key to unlocking some our biggest problems. It can be the catalyst for great change in our society.

But … data is a prisoner, it is trapped in silos, restricted, controlled and under the thumb of data owners, often well intentioned, but sometimes with no vision of how to use it.