by Mark Harling | Jul 11, 2025 | Blog, UK
Rethinking vision implementation through culture, not just process In over two decades of transformation work, one pattern keeps repeating: an organisation spends significant time and energy crafting an ambitious vision, only to see it slowly evaporate. Initial...
by Mark Harling | Jul 3, 2025 | Blog, UK
Most organisational change transformation efforts fail because leaders rely on outdated maps. I saw this firsthand when a pharmaceutical client proudly showed me volumes of compliance data, yet couldn’t explain why their multi-million dollar decisions kept going...
by Mark Harling | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog, UK
“Strategy” and “Alignment” sound like consultant-speak. But they’re not. They’re just names for very practical things. Strategy is simply thinking long-term about what you want to achieve, with a plan to get there. It’s not a daydream. It’s a destination with a...
by Mark Harling | Jun 12, 2024 | Blog, UK
One of the most profound transformations I was involved with started with the vision of one man. He was an inspiring leader, very top down and had had a calling. He wanted to radically change the structure and ways of working of his organisation by flattening the...
by Mark Harling | Feb 8, 2024 | Blog, UK
I was reading a book on language and it’s impact over our thoughts and action. It was stating that language allows us to transcend the limits of our own experience and connect to the experience of others and avoid rediscovering what others have already discovered. It...
by Mark Harling | Dec 28, 2023 | Blog, UK
I’d like to address again about the distinction I make between change management and transformation. Change management is a continuous or sustaining practice that refers to the normal upgrading of our ways of working that does not require us to change behaviour. We...
