Hello,Workforce restructuring is accelerating. Yet many organisations are making one critical mistake. They reduce headcount before redesigning the operating model. The result? Savings that disappear into contractor spend. Critical knowledge walks out of the door. Decision-making slows. Teams become overloaded. What looked like a cost-saving exercise quickly becomes a false economy. That is why I have written my latest Executive Insight: Workforce Restructuring and Operating Model...

Over the past 15 years of building NexGen and through nearly 30 years working in transformation, I have had the opportunity to work with organisations through growth, change, uncertainty and turnaround. Looking back, the lessons that stayed with me did not come from frameworks or methodology. They came from real decisions, difficult moments and the people involved in making change happen. To mark this milestone, I wanted to share the lessons that have shaped how I think about leadership,...

Across organisations, a consistent pattern continues to surface. Transformation rarely slows because of delivery discipline. It slows when project sponsorship is unclear, inconsistent, or not visible in practice. To address this, I have developed a practical scorecard to help organisations measure project sponsorship as a capability. It focuses on five observable dimensions, turning what is often treated as a soft issue into something that can be assessed, strengthened, and managed. The...