Paul has 40 years of aerospace sector experience. His career has given him a deep understanding of end-to-end propulsion system product lifecycles, with direct experience spanning from new product introduction, to operations and supply chain, MRO and strategic business transformation. He has highly effective and award-winning practitioner experience, delivering ‘world class’ aerospace projects and [...]
I asked Ian Travers TiB Group CEO about the behaviour he has noticed in resilient teams. Ian: A resilient team will take a moment to reflect on good news. They will naturally ask what's gone well, this week? Less resilient teams will list the problems and reasons why they cannot do tasks. Non [...]
Create certainty in an uncertain worldSome organisations proudly present three key statements which define their business. A Mission statement, a vision statement and the values of they uphold.I recently wrote about uncertainty and how people crave certainty. In order to build resilience, we need to create adaptability to an ever-changing world. When an organisation [...]
It's like building on shifting sand. Uncertainty our new normal At the core of the Thinking it Better philosophy is to help teams think better about the way they work. If ever there was a driver to this it is now. Whatever function you team fulfils be it in the public sector, private [...]
Ian Travers CEO TIB Group continues to examine how organizations can improve their resilience to the current massive disruptions to their work Start with building personal resilience There is so much external conditioning being thrust upon us at the minute fuelled by the media grabbing our attention with sensational stories. What can we [...]
Iain is a highly talented, highly accalimed business leader with over 35 years’ experience in large complex, heavily regulated, hi-tech engineering businesses. He has a breadth of experience from senior roles in multiple business functions including, customer management, sales & marketing, fleet planning, supply chain management, quality, programme management and services with global responsibilities. [...]
Think Organizational Resilience Better Ian Travers CEO Thinking it Better Group talks about the first steps towards thinking resilience better Thinking it Better starts from an overriding straight forward process which is to understand, simplify and inspire to act. If we take that into the context of the current environment affecting organizations, we [...]
The story of the Longbow I’d like to thank my good friend Mike Rix for the following brilliant historical analogy. In these days where organizations and governments are determined to return to a pre covid-19 world, maybe, just maybe we need a new mindset. When old mindsetsets need to [...]
Just a thought, isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing? The day I tapped a partition wall with a hammer to find out if the plaster was sound. It wasn’t. One minute beautiful bedroom, next two tons of dust.Pouring petrol on a smouldering bonfire. The result, a small explosion and no eyebrows.Nudging [...]
TiB VP of business development for USA, Devin Edwards, talks about the current business climate Devin has spoken with many business leaders over the last few months. The conversations have ranged over many topics, but some key themes are emerging. What do successful businesses want to help them survive and then thrive?. [...]
