Yellow Cat Blog

Failing to get traction for new ways of working or cultural changes you want your organisation to adopt? That’ll be corporate inertia....

How do you feel about uncertainty? Let’s have an honest conversation… Uncertainty means there are many possible future states and...

“What a blessing it is to love books." -Elizabeth von Arnim. This year I read 20 non-fiction books about leadership, leading change,...

Who's helping you help your organisation through its transformation? Anyone who has kids will know that, especially in those early days...

When Corporate Innovators Are Their Own Worst Enemy How impactful is your innovation lab? A number of years ago, when I started as Head...

There’s no consistent answer on what digital transformation is What is digital transformation (DX)? There are a thousand different...

Are organisational transitions so different to personal transitions? Digital Transformation is one of the most over-used and least...

Follow these 5 steps to develop and manage your corporate innovation portfolio. Are you responsible for investing (money and/or people)...

How much money has your organisation spent over the last year on R&D? How much money has it spent on initiatives such as hackathons,...

Allowing new possibilities to emerge Back in 2017, I was responsible for a government incubator that pulled together one of the most...

The Mission Model Canvas is the much lesser known sibling of Strategyzer’s Business Model Canvas and was created a number of years ago...

By Susie Braam and Tristan Kromer In an increasingly uncertain and interconnected world, strategy is more important than ever. But the...

I like books. Here’s what’s been on my shelf this last year. Do you agree with my top 5? What was your top read of 2021? Leave a comment...

A complaint I hear frequently from managers is that they haven’t got enough money or enough people to do the work that needs to be done....

“You got this,” someone says to you. “I really don’t.” you think silently to yourself. During the course of my career, I've been a part...

My recent blog post, The 7 Types of ‘Not Actually Strategy’ Strategy, makes the point that in most organisations strategy is done poorly,...

In Alice in Wonderland, a disoriented Alice comes across the mysterious Cheshire Cat: "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go...

As former Head of Innovation at two government agencies, over the last 6 years I’ve met, chatted and shared stories with other Heads of...

Six years ago, someone I knew well approached me about an innovation role. My response: “Hmm, I don’t know about that. I mean, I can’t...

A while ago, I had an ‘Ah-ha!’ moment after reading Nick Wignall’s article: 4 Things Emotionally Intelligence People Don’t Do. I’d always...