by Mark Harling | Jul 14, 2025 | Blog, UK
The Unseen Crisis: Why Your Startup's Culture Has a "Best Before Date" (And What To Do Before It Expires) For years, when I’ve mentioned “corporate culture” to management, I’ve often seen eyes glaze over. It felt abstract, intangible, perhaps even a...
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 9, 2025 | Blog
Many organisations struggle with problems that just won’t shift, despite clear plans, skilled teams, and good intentions. A transformation that looked great on paper goes nowhere. A process improvement initiative sparks passive resistance. A strategy is communicated...
by Mark Harling | Jul 7, 2025 | Blog
It’s a situation I often see when working with leadership teams inside well-intentioned organisations. They’ve recruited skilled professionals who are collaborative and well-aligned. But when it comes to solving complex problems or adapting to change, the organisation...
by Mark Harling | Jul 4, 2025 | Blog
The Case of the Unfriendly Slug: Why Your Organisational Map Might Be Holding You Back (And What to Do About It) In my last two posts, I shared how organisational transformation often fails because leaders are navigating with outdated, incomplete, or misleading maps,...