NEC Presentation National Exhibition Centre Everything you need to know personally to survive beyond the crunch...

1. Personal Resilience Workshop New World Essentials Prof Eddie Obeng

6. My Greatest Hopes My Greatest Fears Group Greatest Hopes Group Greatest Fears … for this session... Agreed Ground-rules/ De-riskers What I (we) will do differently from now on… Hopes&Fears TM Hopes&Fears Engaging People and Audiences … Right from the start..

8. Fears /Risks (at the start) Contingency or Plan B < Fears /Risks still left only> Monitoring < Fears /Risks still left only> Fears /Risks (still left) Contain-ment Actions Fix-It-NOW ! Use: Hopes&Fears TM , What went wrong in the past, etc When it all goes wrong: Insurance? Money? Alternatives? Early Warning signs - Who’s looking out? <Copy remaining Fears from first column to this on> How do we stop it affecting/ wrecking everything else? What to do? - By Who? - By When? Fix-It-Now 3 TM Surviving the Aliens Fix-It-NOW 1. IDENTIFY THE DANGER 5. IF ALL PLANS FAIL - NOW WHAT? 4. KEEP AN EYE ON IT IF YOU’RE SAFE 3. LIMIT IT/ CONTAIN IT 2. KILL IT NOW! RELAX OR... Title/ Objective____________________________ Your point of view... Their point of view...

13. Top line is actually 10% longer than the bottom one Sometimes what you know to be true is NO LONGER true Knowledge goes past sell-by date!!!

15. Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 - 2009 All rights reserved Old World Evolve, Dominate or Die We have been successful by: EvolveDominate or Die TM New World We will be successful by: Copyright Eddie Obeng 1995- 2009 Copyright Pentacle 2009 All Rights Reserved Not To Be Reproduced, Copied or Modified WorldAfterMidnight.com I personally have been successful by: I personally will be successful by:

18. Plan to manage them out... Change/ Project Type Leadership & Team management Stakeholder Management Planning risk co-ordination Learning & review Think of SMART FAILURE Think of DUMB FAILURE

19. BEHAVIOUR EMOTIONS ACTIONS THINKING CompleteLeadership CompleteLeadershipFocus TM TRANSMIT Remember to... Remember to... Remember to... Remember to... Leading to Results...

20. More of the same in different/ more demanding conditions We have core experience We know where we are, but need to find out where to go and that's demanding We know where to go but we don't know how Don't know where we are, don't know where to go but we can't stay here PAINTING BY NUMBERS Know WHAT & HOW QUEST Know WHAT MOVIE Know HOW FOG Don’t know WHAT or HOW (or WHY) Type of Problem Type of Change needed to be carried out Types of Change TM

21. BEHAVIOUR EMOTIONS ACTIONS THINKING SITUATION CompleteLeadership CompleteLeadershipFocus TM TRANSMIT Remember to... Remember to... Remember to... Remember to... PAINTING- BY-NUMBERS QUEST FOG MOVIE Specific issues... Specific issues... Specific issues... Specific issues... Leading to Results...

22. SEEKING & IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION METHODS GAINING PROBLEM AGREEMENT SETTING THE VISION RESOURCING CORE TEAM STICKY STEPS PLANNING REVIEW WITH STAKEHOLDERS CLOSE STEP HANDOVER REVIEW WITH STAKEHOLDERS CLOSE STEP HANDOVER STEP IMPLEMENT STEP REVIEW STEP IMPLEMENT STEP REVIEW PLAN NEXT STEP DECIDE NEXT STEP REVIEW & DEVELOP VISION RECORD LEARNING RECORD LEARNING DECIDE NEXT STEP PLAN NEXT STEP THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO MANAGE “FOGGY” CHANGE REVIEW & DEVELOP VISION

24. Plan the unplannable

25. * Sequence: 1. Earlyish lateish - normal 2. Easy hard - credibility 3. Engaging key stakeholders mixed involvement StickySteps 4 TM 1. Gaining Perspective Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved IN ORDER TO HAVE … (First word is a VERB) WE MUST HAVE… (First word is a VERB) Planning without terror StickySteps LearningToTransform WHAT? Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good

26. * Sequence: 1. Earlyish lateish - normal 2. Easy hard - credibility 3. Engaging key stakeholders mixed involvement StickySteps 4 TM 1. Gaining Perspective Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved IN ORDER TO HAVE … (First word is a VERB) Planning without terror StickySteps LearningToTransform WHAT? Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good Worked out our criteria for a good innovation

27. * Sequence: 1. Earlyish lateish - normal 2. Easy hard - credibility 3. Engaging key stakeholders mixed involvement StickySteps 4 TM 1. Gaining Perspective Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved IN ORDER TO HAVE … (First word is a VERB) WE MUST HAVE… (First word is a VERB) Planning without terror StickySteps LearningToTransform WHAT? Reviewed what made a good innovation in the past Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good Trained up/ informed people on how to use the checks Found a way to make the criteria readily available Worked out our criteria for a good innovation Established the nature/ scale required to meet strategy

28. * Sequence: 1. Earlyish lateish - normal 2. Easy hard - credibility 3. Engaging key stakeholders mixed involvement StickySteps 4 TM 1. Gaining Perspective Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved IN ORDER TO HAVE … (First word is a VERB) WE MUST HAVE… (First word is a VERB) Planning without terror StickySteps LearningToTransform WHAT? Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good Reviewed what made a good innovation in the past Trained up/ informed people on how to use the checks Found a way to make the criteria readily available Worked out our criteria for a good innovation Established the nature/ scale required to meet strategy

29. * Sequence: 1. Earlyish lateish - normal 2. Easy hard - credibility 3. Engaging key stakeholders mixed involvement StickySteps 4 TM 1. Gaining Perspective Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved IN ORDER TO HAVE … (First word is a VERB) WE MUST HAVE… (First word is a VERB) Planning without terror StickySteps LearningToTransform WHAT? Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good Reviewed what made a good innovation in the past Trained up/ informed people on how to use the checks Found a way to make the criteria readily available Worked out our criteria for a good innovation Established the nature/ scale required to meet strategy

30. * Sequence: 1. Earlyish lateish - normal 2. Easy hard - credibility 3. Engaging key stakeholders mixed involvement StickySteps 4 TM 1. Gaining Perspective Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved IN ORDER TO HAVE … (First word is a VERB) WE MUST HAVE… (First word is a VERB) Planning without terror StickySteps Complete the sentence Sequence* the stickies Break down eack level until you reach tasks Mark the task ’T’ LearningToTransform ‘ Park out of the way’ Reviewed what made a good innovation in the past Trained up/ informed people on how to use the checks Found a way to make the criteria readily available Worked out our criteria for a good innovation Established the nature/ scale required to meet strategy Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good T Task level Key

31. * Sequence: 1. Earlyish lateish - normal 2. Easy hard - credibility 3. Engaging key stakeholders mixed involvement StickySteps 4 TM 1. Gaining Perspective Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved IN ORDER TO HAVE … (First word is a VERB) WE MUST HAVE… (First word is a VERB) Planning without terror StickySteps Complete the sentence Sequence* the stickies Break down eack level until you reach tasks Mark the task ’T’ LearningToTransform ‘ Park out of the way’ Reviewed what made a good innovation in the past Trained up/ informed people on how to use the checks Found a way to make the criteria readily available Worked out our criteria for a good innovation Established the nature/ scale required to meet strategy Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good interviewed people associated with past innovations interviewed customers as to what we’ve done in past Studied how investment/ returns happened T Task level Key

32. * Sequence: 1. Earlyish lateish - normal 2. Easy hard - credibility 3. Engaging key stakeholders mixed involvement StickySteps 4 TM 1. Gaining Perspective Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved IN ORDER TO HAVE … (First word is a VERB) WE MUST HAVE… (First word is a VERB) Planning without terror StickySteps Complete the sentence Sequence* the stickies Break down eack level until you reach tasks Mark the task ’T’ LearningToTransform ‘ Park out of the way’ Reviewed what made a good innovation in the past Trained up/ informed people on how to use the checks Found a way to make the criteria readily available Worked out our criteria for a good innovation Established the nature/ scale required to meet strategy Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good interviewed people associated with past innovations interviewed customers as to what we’ve done in past Studied how investment/ returns happened T T T T Task level Key

33. StickySteps 5 TM 2. Scheduling Planning without terror StickySteps Week 1 NOW Week 2 Week 3-4 Write the person’s name here in a horizontal line with the action Or Write the persons name on the sticky Month 2 Month 3 Quarter 2 Arrangement: Q 3-4 Task T End Task T Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved SOON LATER Yr 2 Who? Who is accountable for this happening? Reviewed what made a good innovation in the past Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good interviewed people associated with past innovations interviewed customers as to what we’ve done in past Studied how investment/ returns happened

34. StickySteps 5 TM 2. Scheduling Planning without terror StickySteps Week 1 NOW Week 2 Week 3-4 Month 2 Month 3 Quarter 2 Arrangement: Q 3-4 Task T End Task T Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved SOON LATER Yr 2 Who? Who is accountable for this happening? Reviewed what made a good innovation in the past Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good interviewed people associated with past innovations interviewed customers as to what we’ve done in past Studied how investment/ returns happened Jo Freda Marcel T T T

35. StickySteps 5 TM 2. Scheduling StickySteps Week 1 NOW Week 2 Week 3-4 Month 2 Month 3 Quarter 2 Arrangement: Q 3-4 Task T End Task T Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved SOON LATER Yr 2 Who? Who is accountable for this happening? Reviewed what made a good innovation in the past Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good interviewed people associated with past innovations interviewed customers as to what we’ve done in past Studied how investment/ returns happened Jo Freda Marcel T T T Trained up/ informed people on how to use the checks Found a way to make the criteria readily available Worked out our criteria for a good innovation Established the nature/ scale required to meet strategy Planning without terror Resource 14 days

36. StickySteps 5 TM 2. Scheduling StickySteps Week 1 NOW Week 2 Week 3-4 Month 2 Month 3 Quarter 2 Arrangement: Q 3-4 Task T End Task T Copyright Eddie Obeng 2000 All rights reserved SOON LATER Yr 2 Who? Who is accountable for this happening? Reviewed what made a good innovation in the past Created an easy way of checking if an innovation is any good interviewed people associated with past innovations interviewed customers as to what we’ve done in past Studied how investment/ returns happened Jo Freda Marcel T T T Trained up/ informed people on how to use the checks Found a way to make the criteria readily available Worked out our criteria for a good innovation Established the nature/ scale required to meet strategy Planning without terror Jo (3days) Freda (4days) Marcel (2days) Me (2days) Team (4days) Project Budget Resource = 14 days Duration = 3 Months

37. Prof. Eddie Obeng Thank you!