Oliver NowakJul 13, 20218 minPersonalTennis: The Language of LifeWith Wimbledon in the rear view mirror, the post-Wimbledon blues are strong, so in my mourning I was inspired to write about one of my...
Oliver NowakJun 10, 20215 minPersonalThe Perfect Team - The Power of SafetyGoogle - The Perfect Team In 2015 Google presented findings from their research into “What makes a Google team effective?”. Over 2 years...
Oliver NowakMay 11, 20217 minPersonalToto Wolff - The Truth about True LeadershipThe subject of my next article is one of my sporting and leadership idols, Toto Wolff. As a passionate Formula 1 fan, I have watched...
Oliver NowakApr 15, 20215 minPersonalLombardi's Leadership of Character & IntegrityWho is Vince Lombardi? For those on this side of the pond who are unfamiliar with Vince Lombardi, he is known as arguably the greatest...
Oliver NowakApr 14, 20216 minPersonalSurfing the Sigmoid CurveWhat is the Sigmoid Curve? Another one of life’s great temptations of simplification is to see life, business, society, and success as...
Oliver NowakMar 24, 20214 minPersonalThe Tempo of Decision MakingJohn Boyd’s OODA Loop In this article I wanted to zone in on decision making. What do we need to have in place to act quicker and more...
Oliver NowakFeb 11, 20215 minPersonalThe Socratic Method - Have you Questioned your culture?Socrates: “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing”. I have spoken a lot about culture, but what actually is culture? It’s an...
Oliver NowakJan 27, 20216 minPersonalA Vision of PurposeThe State of Play It is generally agreed that digital transformation has enormous potential, it influences how companies structure...
Oliver NowakJan 12, 20215 minPersonalThe Strangle of Incentives on CreativityThe Wrong Incentives The candle problem was created by Karl Duncker in 1945 as a cognitive performance test which tested an individual’s...
Oliver NowakDec 11, 20209 minPersonalTribal Leadership - Fostering Human Instinct in our TransformationWhat is a tribe? Continuing on from the previous blog, I wanted to look at the concept of leadership in more detail. Again, this concept...