Three@Three - every Thursday at 3.

3 topical questions from the world of business, transformation, digital and skills.

What is Three@Three?
Three@Three, is a weekly video chat, between Steve Plummer (One Pebble Consulting), Angela Prentner-Smith (MD This is Milk) and Al Morris (Transformation lead for This is Milk). Each week they tackle 3 questions topical to today.  Sometimes they will invite further collaborators.

Current, Upcoming and Past Three@Three episodes: 

Episode 14: 13th August 2020 - Steve is joined by CIO Keith Laidlaw to discuss what we got right and wrong in Episode 12 - The role of IT in transformation programmes.
No questions this week, just an insightful conversation.

Episode 13: 30th July 2020 - Al and Steve talks skills
This week we ask, what is the role of skills development in the successful delivery of evolution road maps?

1. How do you up-skill for an unknown future? 
2. What are the key skills required for future proofing?
3. What is the best way to support skills development?

Episode 12: 23rd July 2020 - The role of IT in transformation programmes 
In this week's 3@3, Al and Steve discuss:
1. Should the IT team lead or support digital evolution projects?
2. What does the ideal cross-departmental 
mix look like?
3. What happens if you don't have an IT department?​

Episode 11: 16th July 2020 - Creating a healthy cultures 
In this week's episode Al and Steve are joined by Kerry Freeman, an expert in cultural change and  owner of Free Human.
We ask Kerry:
1. What does a healthy culture look like?
2. How can experimentation help with behavioural change? 
3. How can I start experimenting?

Episode 10: 9th July 2020 - Top 3 tips
In this week's 3@3, Al and Steve discuss the top 3 things individuals and organisations should consider before embarking on a transformation programme.
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Episode 9: 30th June 2020 - Culture Change
Al and Steve are joined by guest Jo McCallum, Chief Experience Officer at iDisrupt Digital. 

Our topic today is Culture Change and we ask Jo:

• Why do so many digital/technology driven transformations fail?

• How can you deliver an aggressive change agenda without being aggressive?

• How do you know when your culture has been 'transformed?

Episode 8: 25th June 2020 - Do what's right, not what's easy
In this weeks 3@3, Angela and Steve discuss why now, more than ever before, leaders need to
'Do what's right, not what's easy' and ask:

• Are the old models dying?
• Why do leaders HAVE to embrace the unknown and lead.
• Why do they need to accept that the evolutionary destination may lead to their own extinction?

Episode 7: 18th June 2020 - Data's role in Transformation
For this the 7th episode of 3@3, we discuss Data's role in Transformation with Alan Crawley, chief executive of Optima Partners, a customer consultancy specialising in customer transformation and data sciences and ask:

• Why are we even talking about data?
• Can data drive innovation and transformation?
• How can you ensure data is utilised effectively?

Episode 6: 11th June 2020 - Resilience in a crisis
We are once again joined this week by our special guest Dr. Deborah Benson, from Leaders for Leadership Ltd.

• Resilience & agility - what do these terms mean?
• Can Businesses come out of a crisis more resilient?
• Do companies need to change as a result of the pandemic?​

Episode 5: 4th June 2020 - Leading through a crisis
In this weeks episode we are joined by our special guest Dr. Deborah Benson, from Leaders for Leadership Ltd.

• What's the difference between Command and Control and Servant leadership styles?
• Is Command and Control the leadership style for a crisis?
• What are examples of good crisis leadership?​​

Episode 4: 28th May 2020 - Skills Vs Experience

• ​Are skills more important than experience?
• Should we focus on practical or meta-skills?
• What are the skills of the future?

Episode 3: 21st May 2020 - Gamification
In this weeks episode we are focusing on 'Gamification; with guest attendee Brian Baglow, Director of The Scottish Games Network.

• What is gamification?
• How does game narrative differ from other forms of creative writing?
• Why is gamification important right now?​

Episode 2: 14th May 2020 - Remote working/death of the command and control manager

• Has working from home killed the command and control manager?
• How do we manage the legacy of presenteeism?
• How do employers manage wellbeing in a remote workplace?

Episode 1: 7th May 2020 - Digital Transformation in the here and now

• What now for Digital Transformation? 
• Is Digital Transformation dead already? 
• What should business leaders do right now?

​Why we launched Three@Three?
The crisis we face globally is forcing change that hasn’t been seen in our lifetimes. It is demanding a change of approach, a pivoting in thinking and needs to accept being challenged in order to move at the speed we all now need to.  
Curious minds and challenge are now the norm. Our leaders of the future will be curious, will invite and welcome challenge and want to be provoked into rethinking their received positions.  
This series of conversations look to raise questions, offer viewpoints and invite challenge to take the conversations forward into new areas.

Join the conversation.
Everything we discuss, is a topic of debate and conversation - and we'd love you to join that conversation.  If you would like to join us in a Three@Three conversation, or would like to submit a topic, just email us at hello@thisismilk.co.uk.
Also feel free to comment and question the video - which will always be on Vimeo, and shared across our social channels.