by Robin Dicks | Apr 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Writing this as the short-lived idea of a European Super Football league comes crashing down. There couldn’t be a clearer example of a strategy and objective created internally. Without thinking of stakeholders. Without understanding customer needs. Without...
by Robin Dicks | May 27, 2020 | Robin's Blog
A couple of weeks ago our car – probably like many others in the last few weeks – had a flat battery. The thing about modern cars is it’s a lot more complicated than it used to be, you can’t just stick jump leads on any more. In the end it...
by Robin Dicks | May 14, 2020 | Robin's Blog, Uncategorized
I’m not going to say “this is a challenging time”. There’s no need to replay all that. You already know. What’s more important is that some of the unknowns may derail your competitive ability to retain work and clients over the next few months....
by Robin Dicks | Mar 24, 2020 | Robin's Blog
It feels right to talk about something more “normal” for the moment. We did an interesting project a few months ago for a firm which was keen to understand the truth about how its capability was perceived vs. competitors, and indeed if it could...
by Robin Dicks | Mar 13, 2020 | Robin's Blog
Thriving recently undertook a thought leadership programme for a major law firm. We found that some of the characteristics of the successful in-house legal team of the future included flexibility, clear goals, leadership and values, effective stakeholder and board...
