Indian Leopard

On Monday we completed the first day of account planning meetings for one of our key clients. It really was a day of two halves. The first half went really well. We had the global head of banking deliver some important messages to help “focus our minds” for the week, and we then listened to a senior client who had been invited to talk to us. Thankfully they were both saying essentially the same thing which is “develop deeper banking knowledge to enhance success”. All good stuff. All the more reason why it was frustrating in the afternoon for us to fall back into our old ways of discussing long lists of possible technical projects when trying to shape our strategy. Maybe it’s just too difficult for a leopard to change his spots especially when he’s been feasting so successfully for the last 5-6 years. After all, surely you don’t change a winning team right? Or maybe the constant reinvention and organisational turmoil that Accenture would inflict on us every couple of years did have a point? After an early bed last night, I am feeling refreshed and optimistic that maybe I can change the world....more anon.......