The promise
Your audience learns how information gets smaller on its way up. They leave with 3 questions to ask their own teams on Monday morning.
Who it is for
Chief executives, boards, executive teams and senior leadership conferences. It works best when the audience makes real decisions.
What people leave with
- Why honest reporting gets harder at every level. It comes from how organisations work, not from bad people.
- 3 ways a leader can hear what is happening without relying only on the management line.
- 3 questions that bring out what a team has stopped talking about.
Formats
- Keynote, 45 to 60 minutes, with questions on stage
- Workshop, a half day, applied to your own decisions
- Board session, 90 minutes, in confidence
- Panel or moderated conversation, as panellist or as chair
For boards
For boards, the talk is told through the green dashboard: why a board pack can stay green while reality turns red. It ends with the question that tests any report: how do we know?
The thinking behind this talk: read the essay
Ask a company what is wrong and you hear what everyone has agreed it is safe to say.
Every talk is shaped for your audience, from the examples to the title on your programme.
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