Creating High-Value, High-Performing Teams

Creating High-Value, High-Performing Teams

In an ever-evolving landscape, leadership effectiveness is no longer defined by technical expertise alone, it’s shaped by how teams think, collaborate, and adapt together.At One Xec, we partner with leaders and teams who want to deepen trust, align purpose, and expand...
Lessons from the Mona Lisa for Strategic Foresight

Lessons from the Mona Lisa for Strategic Foresight

The Mona Lisa, beyond its artistic mastery, offers several profound lessons for practicing strategic foresight in organisations and leadership. Embracing Ambiguity and Uncertainty Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is celebrated for its enigmatic smile and the ambiguity it...
My Journey (So Far) to Becoming an Elephant Rider

My Journey (So Far) to Becoming an Elephant Rider

Learning and Leading with Riders and Elephants Halfway through my Elephant Rider journey with Riders & Elephants, I’m struck by how much this experience is reshaping not just my approach to leadership, but my entire perspective on what makes organisations thrive....
Becoming an Elephant Rider

Becoming an Elephant Rider

From a very young age I rode horses, I loved and still do the power freedom and beauty of horses. Although I have an equine passion, connecting with their needs didn’t come naturally. My mom said “don’t ride in a saddle, you need to feel the horse and they need...
Beautiful and Wicked Questions

Beautiful and Wicked Questions

How One Xec Ignite Change and Deepen Team Insight In the world of organisational transformation, the questions we ask are just as important as the answers we seek. At One Xec, the art of asking the right kind of questions – specifically, beautiful and wicked...
Words are like currency

Words are like currency

Words are like currency in leadership. They hold immense value and have the power to shape perceptions, build trust, and influence behaviour. For senior leaders, how they use words can either elevate their teams or undermine their efforts. Every word spoken or written...
How to help your organisation be more brilliant

How to help your organisation be more brilliant

I recently wrote an article for HR Magazine about the importance of cultural alignment. In essence, cultural alignment is making sure you have the right people, doing the right thing, at the right time. Sounds great as a theory, right? Well, I truly believe it is. But...
This is not the time

This is not the time

Prior to March 2020, the most sought-after skills people engaged in learning were unsurprisingly Data Science and Business (Coursera: April 2020). Since March both these subjects dropped in popularity, with Data Science halving its appeal, a back runner came galloping...
What have I been missing

What have I been missing

This morning I found myself reading the box containing my tea bags (many questions here)… the colours and design caught my eye, I started thinking about the thought process the designer went through to get to this end result, their life and what they were doing right...
Put on your own oxygen mask

Put on your own oxygen mask

This was a message that I would give in my early career and still do. What does that mean? When life and/or work as you know it suddenly turns upside down the changes keep coming, it will come at no surprise when I say those individuals who are not enjoying the...