Dynamicist (Collins English Dictionary) A person who investigates and researches dynamics. A new kind of scientist: not primarily an astronomer, not a fluid dynamicist, not an applied mathematician, but a specialist in chaos.Team Dynamicist sounds a fancy way of describing what I do but I kind of like it, especially the bit about being a specialist in chaos. It certainly sounds better than "getting under the hood and fine-tuning the motor" – which is essentially what I did for 40 years for various organisations across Australia and neighbouring countries. For most of this time, I was employed in roles designed to change organisational culture to an environment where everyone is working to their strengths and enjoying their jobs. Do it well, with the leaders behind you, and the returns in safety, morale, efficiency and the bottom line are enormous.Deciding to make better use of my own strengths, I formed the Passions and Profits consultancy – and you will still find stuff on my website with this branding. Unfortunately, most people come to me as a last resort, after having spent a fortune on “Seagull” consultants who fly in, survey everyone, squawk and fly out without fixing much. I’m a bit different in that I get right in among the teams and their leaders (especially the leaders) with fresh eyes that gain new insights into their core problems and allow me to provide actionable feedback to improve culture.That's why, while I love the speaking gigs and online workshops that motivate groups to look at what they do in new ways, my preferred way of working is to embed myself in your organisation for a length of time.While there I use all the usual business tools to measure what's going on, but I use a very different set to create awareness and bring about change. Things like Conversational Sports, Analogies* and Storytelling.Above all, I keep it simple. A No Frills philosophy leaves bruised egos and defensive behaviours at the door and allows everyone to concentrate on achieving positive change.* The Frilly Analogy, which matches workplace behaviour to the behaviours of the Australian Frilled-neck Lizard, has proven a workplace favourite and gave rise to my No Frills messaging – as well as my new corporate branding.
Listed skills include Leadership, Service Delivery Management, Collaborative Problem Solving, Business Transformation, and 46 others.
