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As I suggested a few days ago, transformation doesn’t happen accidentally. It requires a deliberate effort to change things dramatically. The other thing that transformation requires is zeal – a word we don’t use very often anymore. In fact, a zealot – a person who displays zeal – is often a term of ridicule for a person who borders on … Read More

The first of our words today is organigram – a word that is used by many businesses to describe their organisational structure. Typically presented as a hierarchy, the diagram is made up of a series of boxes with names and titles written in them – the more senior the person, the closer to the top of the diagram they will … Read More

We spoke about being brave the other day and, closely related to bravery, is being determined. Brave is about the decision-making process and the preparedness to make a start on doing something truly innovative. Determined is more about an ability to maintain an energy and a focus that enables an organisation to stay on task, to finish the work and … Read More

As we move forward with a Transformaginative mindset, there is a question that needs to be superseded. That question is … Why? “Why” can be used as an investigative tool but more often than not, it becomes a roadblock. When an innovative idea is tabled, if enough people ask “Why”, it will eventually create sufficient doubt in the minds of … Read More

In July 2020, we decided it was time to update the Untypical corporate photo collection that we had been using since 2017. The photographer who shot the last set of images is no longer doing professional photography and so recommended me to Amy Lee Carlon Photography, near Geelong. After a couple of chats about what we wanted to achieve in … Read More

The first word for today is a bit confronting – young. For as long as I can remember, the people who made the decisions and set the company direction were those with the greatest experience, either within the organisation or the industry sector. Most often, this has been due to the ability for them to look at a scenario and, … Read More

Much of what I’ve said during the past couple of weeks is really challenging and there will be many who either disagree with my sentiments or simply don’t have the energy to Transformaginate. And if you do have the energy, be prepared for high levels of resistance from many of your colleagues who just want to go back to the … Read More

So, what do we mean by normal these days? I posed the question a few weeks ago – what is the new normal? I answered my own question with this – it is whatever you want it to be. On an individual level there will be more opportunities than ever to develop new skills and undertake new activities. Traditional roles … Read More

2020 has been a year so far, hasn’t it? Who could have foreseen how this year would play out when they were developing their 5-year plan in 2015? We have seen many, many businesses scrambling to go from “business as usual” to “business as most unusual” in the space of a few months. Corners have been cut. Processes have been … Read More

We are pretty excited right now! With immediate effect, we can announce that Transformagination (sorry, Transformagination®) is now officially registered as a Class 35 trade mark under the Trade Marks Act 1995. This gives us the right to use the ® symbol when we are using the word anywhere and to insist that others using the word must do the … Read More