By Tom O’Shea, CMC, Organizational Agility Practice Leader Whew! 2017 has certainly taken the VUCA WORLD to some new levels over the past few months.  The stock markets have reached all time highs and yet the VUCA index may also be at an all time high as well.  It is easy to point to many examples […]

So what are some of the thoughts and images that come to mind when I say the word SYCHRONIZED?  For some, like my daughter Meaghan, I will bet it could be swimming … she was on the Synchronized Swimming team in college and to this day it remains her favorite Olympic sport.  For others, it […]

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO SOLVE A JIGSAW PUZZLE WITHOUT THE PICTURE?   As anyone who knows me even a little will attest, I love my three grandchildren and have been celebrating the arrival of my first granddaughter – Imogen Louise.  Of course, the most beautiful child ever born :-).   Over the past several […]

By Tom O’Shea, CMC, Organizational Agility Practice Leader Volatile. Uncertain. Complex. Ambiguous.  VUCA is that descriptive term coined more than 10 years ago by US Army War College to describe the operating environment military leaders have been facing and for which they must be prepared.  I think VUCA is a pretty good descriptive phrase for what […]

By Tom O’Shea, Organizational Agility Practice Leader Wow … if only it could be true … now more than ever before.  It is only fitting that the 2016 National Conference for the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) will be held in Washington, DC from October 21-23.  IMC is the premier global professional association for serious-minded consultants to management […]