Paul Taylor

  • Big Consultancy and The Rise of The Non-Expert ‘Experts’

    No one ever got fired for hiring McKinsey, or so the saying goes. The total size of the global transformation market is expected to grow from $445.4bn in 2017 to $2,279.4bn by 2025. The consulting component of a transformation programme alone is worth $44bn. As a result, the likes of PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and Ernst…

    Paul Taylor

  • The Growing Immunity To ‘Change Management Bullshit’

    In an era of competing and conflicting crises few things are certain. One thing we can count on though is our organisational ability to cope with change is going to be stretched to breaking point. This is concerning as our track record in delivering change in a more stable past has often been less than…

    Paul Taylor

  • People Aren’t Sick Of Change. They’re Just Sick Of Change Programmes

    I don’t buy into the idea that humans intrinsically hate change. I just think that by the time we’re in our 30s or 40s, lots of our experience of change – particularly in the workplace – has been more negative than positive. Instinctively rejecting it is a learned response – Tom Cheesewright People , we…

    Paul Taylor

  • Redesigning Organisations For Positive Deviance

    What if the traditional way that we think change happens is all wrong? What if our focus on the spread and scale of innovative business solutions isn’t the answer – but is part of the fundamental problem? In 1990, an American couple named Jerry and Monique Sternin were sent by Save the Children to fight…

    Paul Taylor

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