Following the publication of my blog The Fugitive: Samuel Gerard’s Leadership I received a considerable number of responses from friends and colleagues, either agreeing or disagreeing with my thinking that Tommy Lee Jones, in his role as US Marshal Samuel Gerard, portrayed The Perfect Leader.

I must admit that I made that statement to provoke discussions on what Perfect Leadership actually looks like and, moreover, whether it actually exists. It’s the same ...

When the move The Fugitive was released in 1993 I was adamant to see it straight away. Harrison Ford was one of Hollywood’s hot properties and, moreover, a leading role had been given to Tommy Lee Jones, for whom I had grown a soft spot. Initial reviews were glowing and critics seem to agree unanimously that a potential cult movie had been born.

When I left the movie theatre I wasn’t sure what had kept me spellbound; the special effects, the storyline, Ford’s ...

After publishing my last blog this morning, Illustrating Organisational Change, one of my friends called me to mention that diagramming has been an instrumental part of the visual leadership in the military. In combat, everything is about interpreting environments – first through tactical maps, then, in the field, through first-hand observation.

He pointed out that “literally, a soldier’s survival depends directly on how well and how quick (s)he can respond ...

Is it possible to illustrate Portfolio Management to show executives how Organisational Change and Business Transformation will be managed? I gave this challenge a first stab today – and I think I am getting closer to a functional result.

Those who read my blogs regularly will have noticed that I am a passionate advocate for the use of images in business. My clients have learnt that I rather grab pencil and paper to sketch-out the topics we’re discussing; sometimes as a mindmap, and ...

Since Facebook introduced timelines for pages last month I have done very little yet to spruce-up our GBLCG.com Entrepreneur & Consultant fan page. As a result, the page looks very uninviting and bland – to say the least.

Yesterday I set out to change this by, first, researching how some of the world’s best known brands designed theirs.

Honestly, I wasn’t all that sure on what these Facebook changes entailed, and I am still somewhat in the dark on why the platform insists ...