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The Digital Leader's Playbook: What Matters Most as We Finish 2025
What are your reflections on 2025? Positive, Negative or In-between?
Throughout 2025, I have been reminded that digital leadership is more than focusing on people and technology. It's also about achieving the goals that set up an organisation for future success.
Clive Schwartz
Nov 192 min read


Small Daily Steps Beat Big Bursts
Are you struggling with the Chaos of life? the truth is that actual transformation doesn't happen in bursts of activity. It's born through quiet consistency, showing up every day, doing the small things that matter most, and trusting that they will add up.
Clive Schwartz
Nov 122 min read


⛔️ Stop. Reflect. Realign! The Importance Of Reflection.
There's truth in the old saying, "you cannot see the forest for the trees." When we don't stop and step back from the daily grind, we lose perspective and start focusing on the noise rather than what really matters.
Clive Schwartz
Nov 31 min read


The Mirror Test: Leading Starts with Looking Within
Do you know who is the hardest person to lead on your team? The hardest person to lead is the one looking back at me in the mirror every morning.
Clive Schwartz
Oct 201 min read


🚀Leading in the Digital Age: How do I do that? 🚀
There is a saying, "Great digital leaders don't rush to adopt the latest tech trend, they pause to ask why?
Clive Schwartz
Oct 131 min read


❓ What Trait Should You as a Leader Have Right Now❓
So, what trait matters most for leaders right now? Adaptability.
In a world that keeps changing faster than we can predict, adaptability is what allows leaders to stay grounded while adjusting to shifting realities.
Clive Schwartz
Oct 91 min read


💡 Growth Starts with the People Around You💡
I was reminded at the end of last week of just how important it is to be part of a truly great team, because who you surround yourself with shapes not only your Success, but also your Growth.
No one can know, understand, or do everything alone, not even with the help of a good AI assistant!
Clive Schwartz
Sep 152 min read


The Human Side of Transformation: Leading People, Not Just Projects
In many of my conversations with leaders about digital transformation, the conversation inevitably drifts towards tools, platforms, and solutions. Whereas for me the difference between a successful transformation and a stalled transformation isn't the software; it's the taking on of ownership by people.
Clive Schwartz
Sep 92 min read


Leading with Metrics: How to Measure and Steer Digital Transformation
In digital transformation, ambition and ideas are rarely the problem. More often, progress derails because outcomes aren't measured meaningfully or because leaders fail to adapt when the evidence says change is needed.
Clive Schwartz
Aug 262 min read


Beyond the Algorithm: Practical AI for Real Growth
Today is the age of AI! This phrase conjures images of complex algorithms and dramatic change.
Clive Schwartz
Mar 202 min read


Are you confident in your technology value, or has your optimism waned?
Although small, technology investment is a significant step in your transformation.
Clive Schwartz
Apr 29, 20241 min read


A small cog in a Big Machine - Can I influence the outcome?
Are you a small cog in a Big Machine (project)? Can I influence the project outcomes?
Clive Schwartz
Mar 25, 20242 min read


You have made the decision to embrace AI. So what now?
You've decided to embrace AI in your business. What do you need to consider now.
Clive Schwartz
Mar 20, 20242 min read


AI - Friend or Foe to your business
What are your thoughts on AI right now? Do you consider AI your friend, or perhaps you do not like how AI is taking over the world?
Clive Schwartz
Mar 11, 20242 min read


What makes you unique?
What makes you unique you ask? Many things make you unique and only you can start this journey of discovery.
Clive Schwartz
Mar 6, 20242 min read


Authenticity: Is this required for a "real" Leader?
Well, what does being authentic mean? There are many definitions, but I found the Vocabulary.Com one to be really good, i.e. "Authenticity is the quality of being genuine or real".
Clive Schwartz
Mar 1, 20241 min read


Are you purpose-driven? What is your North Star?
In the bustling business realm, getting lost in the daily grind is easy. Amidst the whirlwind of tasks, have you ever paused to ask,...
Clive Schwartz
Nov 30, 20232 min read


Are you on the Journey?
We all subscribe to various quotes or words of wisdom across our lives. One of the few I love is "The best part of the journey is not the...
Clive Schwartz
Sep 17, 20232 min read


Are you really listening?
I found this great article written in 2016 in the Harvard Business Review “What Great Listeners Actually Do” written by Jack Zenger and...
Clive Schwartz
Oct 13, 20221 min read


Empathetic Leadership is A MUST
Empathy being the most important leadership skill, Tracy Brower states “Leadership requires a fine mix of all kinds of skills to create the conditions for engagement, happiness and performance, and empathy tops the list of what leaders must get right.”
Clive Schwartz
Oct 13, 20221 min read
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