Ben Holliday

This is my blog where I’ve been writing for 20 years. You will find posts about digital transformation, design and leadership. You can also find me on Bluesky and LinkedIn. In 2022 I published a book for TPXimpact, Multiplied.

Leadership

Doing the work and holding the highest standards

A Bruce Springsteen story from the book Born to Run. The importance of doing the work – how it shows who we are, and that we understand the opportunity and what’s at stake. Read more

Monsters that you can’t see

Inspired by Doctor Who. The importance of the stories we tell ourselves. What we see and the power of what we don’t. Read more

Networked responsibility

Digital transformation has to be a people movement – networked responsibility is the role we all have as individual leaders in making this happen. Read more

Above all the noise

A short story from last week. Staying focused despite the background noise. Read more

Spaces inbetween

Some thoughts about thinking time and the rhythms of work. Read more

Dead wood is distracting

New models for service ownership and leadership

New questions about how we design, develop, maintain and improve whole services. Read more

Seniority, anxiety and dealing with confidence issues

A short follow up to my blog post about seniority in design. Read more

Sparkle

Why great teams need to sparkle. Read more

The art of design leadership

Design leaders are still designers, but they design different things. Thoughts on manipulating time and space. Read more

Creating better missions

Missions are built on words then actions. What helps define a great mission statement? Read more

Knowing when to fight and when not to fight

Is it worth winning the argument? Read more

The advantage of facing forwards

Problems are opportunities and opportunities are problems to be solved. Start by recognising the size of the opportunity in front of you Read more

Supersized. Making design work in large organisations

Does your organisation have design leadership? Read more

Disrupters vs Unifiers

Learning to play distinct roles at different times Read more

Good management is (still) a thing

As a manager, this is what I’ve learned so far. Read more

Respectful disagreement

Everyone wants to solve the problem

What failing organisations have in common? Read more

Be kind. Start with yourself

People, just do nothing