Dubai - a land of contradictions and an acquired taste

It's been a privilege to work this week with an international group of talented managers grappling with the challenges of delivery value for clients at the same time as introducing a significant change of strategy in their own firm, and dealing with a complex set of competitors and partners.

It's been a great experience that has illustrated what I found in my doctoral research -  that however we might think about organisational change as a 'thing' and something that can be bounded and managed; in reality we enable or constrain change with everything we say and do.

And the reference to Dubai is that's where we've been working.  A sunny Vegas/Disneyland hybrid, and probably an architect and engineer's dream.  Looking forward to Leeds tomorrow morning.