AI Adoption Isn’t a Tool Rollout. It’s a Change Programme.
February 9, 2026If you treat AI coding tools like any other dev tool rollout, you're going to hit a wall....
Continue Reading →Leadership lessons from volunteer officials
May 21, 2025Andy Kelk has a background in software engineering and is a senior manager with the Wesfarmers group, looking after digital assets across the group’s retail businesses – it’s a leadership role Kelk takes seriously...
Continue Reading →FFS I am not a resource
February 10, 2019If you’ve ever worked in a big organisation (I have) then you’ve probably heard the “r” word used when really the speaker was talking about a person or people. Something like “we have a new resource starting next week”...
Continue Reading →A one day offsite for leadership teams
March 24, 2016This week I held an offsite for my engineering leadership team. My two aims were to do some formation activities as we have a few new faces in the team and to...
Continue Reading →Measuring happiness
February 4, 2016As sometimes happens, I wanted to answer a question on Twitter but couldn't do it justice in 140 characters. The question was this: > @andykelk @auxesis...
Continue Reading →Building a learning culture on a budget
December 9, 2015Think about the last day you spent at work. What did you learn? We usually reflect on what we achieved, what we completed, what we delivered....
Continue Reading →Get rid of all the managers
October 20, 2015Are you happy at work? Statistically speaking, the chances are that you're not. In countless surveys, the number of people reporting that they're engaged at work comes out at just 30%....
Continue Reading →Book Review: Reinventing Organizations
August 31, 2015I've recently finished reading "Reinventing Organizations" by Frederic Laloux. I was inspired to read it after attending a talk by Michael Spayd and Michael...
Continue Reading →Management and leadership resources : the big list
August 6, 2015I often find myself talking to experienced and new managers about things I've read or heard. Of course I can never remember everything so this post aims to...
Continue Reading →Revitalising the weekly management meeting
July 2, 2015Monday, 9am: the first participants drift into the room clasping their smart devices and coffees. 9:05am: The meeting gets going with the weekly roundtable...
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