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WE ARE ORGANISATIONAL ARCHITECTS
The Chalfont Project Ltd is an international consulting firm, with a unique specialisation in 'organisational architecture'.
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Viral ChangeTM is the alternative to slow, painful and unsuccessful management
of change in organisations.
The traditional model of change is linear: big change needs a big set of
initiatives cascaded down via big communication programmes. In Viral ChangeTM,
a small set of behaviours spread by a small number of people through their
social networks of influence within the firm creates massive behavioural tipping points.
These are translated
into new routines and 'cultures' -new ideas established, new ways of working,
new process adoption, new culture, etc.
We lead or facilitate Viral ChangeTM in organisations to shape a new culture, to
create new ways of working, to adopt new technology, to foster innovation, to create
alignment after M&A or any other situation where new behaviours are the key to success.
If you would like to learn more or dig deeper into Viral ChangeTM,
we offer many resources on this website that will help you do this:
You can also make a selection from our other resources on
Viral ChangeTM from our Ideas Lab or
read more about Viral ChangeTM.
If you would like to discuss your needs in management of change, please contact us.
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As a consultancy we specialise in the application of Behavioural
Sciences to the management and leadership of organisations.
There is no change unless the change is behavioural: process or structural
change are not enough. We facilitate and enable organisations to create
behavioural change, to reinterpret the true role of behaviours in their
value system, in their performance management or in an incentive programme;
to 'think behaviours' instead of vague approaches such as change of 'attitude'
and 'mindset'; to translate leadership into behavioural leadership; to uncover
the true behavioural fabric of the organisation, assessing what behaviours are
present or absent and where to focus on; to insert the behavioural approach in
day-to-day management.
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Listen to a 17 min interview with Leandro Herrero; on models of the organisation, management education and viral changeTM
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If any of these are on your agenda, please contact us
to arrange for a consultation.
You can read more about our views on behavioural change.
Or you can make your selection from our resources on behavioural change in our Ideas Lab.
Behavioural change management is at the core of Viral ChangeTM. This website
contains multiple resources on this topic, as indicated in the Viral ChangeTM section.
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We approach leadership from the angles of in-depth reflection, introspection and personal discovery,
whether working with individuals or teams.
Through our Seven Faces model, we work with individuals or groups
(management teams, leadership teams, etc.) to uncover all the faces of the leader:
language and meaning; journeys and destinations; the building of space,
time and legacy; values; drivers of what we do; responsibility and
identity; and, above all, behaviours. Our individual and group
leadership development require reflection time, protected time and
willingness to go beyond the traditional fix of standard country-house-sessions.
No, we don't climb mountains, play outdoors 'doing team building' or build bridges. Sorry!
If you need or want a different approach to leadership, please contact us.
If you want to explore our views on leadership further, you can choose from the following resources:
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Collaboration, not competition, is the competitive advantage in the 21st century organisation.
Collaboration is a behaviour, not something that follows as a result of using 'collaborative software'.
Collaboration needs to be learned and fostered.
We are architects of those collaborative spaces; not only of the traditional forms such
as teams, but also of today’s more useful, powerful and creative networks of relationships,
many of them rather invisible. We facilitate the existence, the growing and nurturing of those
networks of connections between individuals, as they are the source from which innovation flows.
Today's modern concepts of Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 refer to the use of tools such as social
networking within the firm or for the firm. We are very lucky to have those technologies,
but these technologies will not create collaboration per se unless collaboration already
exists within the firm.
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Listen to a 17 min interview with Leandro Herrero; on models of the organisation, management education and viral changeTM
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You can read more about our views on collaboration.
Or you can make your selection from our resources on collaboration
in our Ideas Lab.
Please contact us for a consultation if you need to re-think the way true
collaboration is happening or may happen in your organisation.
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If you want a 'culture of innovation', create and reinforce behaviours that are a
conduit to innovation. Many people think of innovation as a grandiose project with a
grandiose outcome: a major breakthrough, a brand-new Apple gadget, a cure for cancer...
But innovation is something that can be fostered in everyday life.
Our innovation interventions are behavioural. We help leaders and organisations
to create the conditions for inquiry and discovery. A small set of behaviours embedded
in the organisation has the power to create a culture of innovation. Also, most innovation
is generated in informal networks of relationships and connections. Our expertise in social
network management inside the firm supports our engagements on innovation.
There are resources in this site on this topic. Some of them are:
If you need to seriously look at innovation within your firm,
please contact us to discuss.
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There is never a perfect organisational structure. The way people are organised must
be contingent to the objectives of the organisation.
No particular organisational structure correlates with success. Re-structuring
and redesigning organisations
must not be an off-the-shelf exercise, a back-of-the-envelope reshuffling of an
organisation chart or the copying of what others have done, even if successful. It
should be a rational process of finding the preferred way of doing, organising
and implementing change, embracing decision makers and key players.
We have unique methodologies to create and evaluate multiple structural options
open to a particular company or division at any given time of its life cycle.
We can also facilitate the implementation of the required change.
You can explore the unique way in which we approach organisational design more in depth here.
You can also contact us to request a consultation.
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Leandro Herrero has been voted 'Best Speaker' at many worldwide conferences,
with audiences ranging from 100 to 500 people. He also speaks to Boards
and Leadership Teams or participates at other company internal conferences
either as a keynote speaker or by hosting a short workshop.
From a recent presentation to a group of Senior Managers:
- "New insights"
- "Extremely engaging"
- "Presentation was excellent"
- "Very interesting and insightful"
- "Inspirational and different"
- "Highly passionate and animated presenter"
The topics of Leandro's presentations and workshops are related to his
work as an organisational architect. Here are some recent titles of keynote
public presentations, in-company conventions and seminars:
- Change culture now! ("It's behaviours, stupid")
- The psychology of change and the myth of resistance
- Technology and cultures: In search of CIOs who can spell behaviours and managers who can spell collaborative software
- No more teams, please, we need innovation
- 'Viral ChangeTM' - how to create sustainable bottom-up change quickly
- 'The Leader with Seven Faces'- The steps needed to reflect on leadership and to find ways to practice it
- The innovation mindset - innovation as a behaviour
- Competitiveness is a behaviour, not a process or a mindset
- Competing on collaboration
- Teamocracy and its discontents
- Forget culture, change behaviours
Contact us to check availability.
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For us, organisational architecture is:
Our resources
On this site, you will find many resources: articles, presentations, on demand presentations, short video clips, books, etc.
If, like us, you are passionate ...about building organisations that thrive on innovation, change, future outlook and outstanding individual and collective leadership, please browse, read, enjoy and TALK TO US if you think we could help you, if you would like us to speak at your event, or, simply, if you want us to work together.
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