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Marcus Dimbleby

NAME:

Marcus Dimbleby

TOPIC:

“THE LOST ART OF CONTRADICTION”

ORGANISATIONS ARE STRUGGLING TO OVERCOME GROUPTHINK, CAUSING A LACK OF INNOVATION AND ENGAGEMENT

PROFILE:

Wing Commander Marcus Dimbleby, RAF (ret.) | Vice President (U.K.)

Marcus is a former military red teamer and fighter controller, retiring from the RAF in 2013. He served tours with the Royal Marines, Royal Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, with whom he deployed to Iraq in 2003; he also worked closely with the Cabinet Office during the 2012 Olympics. After leaving the RAF, Marcus moved into business, initially working for a global consultancy, before moving on to lead major business transformations, and becoming Head of Agile at Lloyds bank. As the VP of Red Team Thinking, he now focuses on enabling organisations and the people within to deal with the complexity of today’s world.

PAPER SUMMARY

Organisations are struggling to overcome groupthink, causing a lack of innovation and engagement.

Psychological safety is lacking, preventing people speaking up, challenging, and surfacing their great ideas. Many are struggling with this. Many are scared. The art of contradiction is lost.
How can we manage and avoid risk if we dare not speak up? How can we unleash awesomeness if are people are not engaged? How can we challenge if nobody is listening? The ability to challenge, to dissent, and be contrarian is a rarity in today’s world of corporate fear, fragile egos, and faux harmony. Being nice doesn’t mean you can’t challenge, have good discourse and healthy conflict. Neither does being scared. But sadly, the art of contradiction is long lost.

Come along and learn how you can mitigate groupthink, enable psychological safety, and create a culture that enables the core capability of your organisation to be unleashed – its people!

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