Getting Match Fit for a Different Future How to build the capability that creates confidence

Getting Match Fit for a Different Future is part of Ian McDermott’s monthly Springboard series: 50 minutes of clear thinking, drawn from 35+ years of working with people navigating change. Not a sales pitch. Not a teaser. Practical insight you can use the same day.

The resources most needed right now are human ones. And they can be built on purpose.

What we'll explore

• The 'match fit' concept - why real preparation needs a standard, a deadline and a clear sense of what the game demands
• What you'd need to develop - how to identify, individually or as a team, what would leave you genuinely equipped for a different future
• Surviving change versus shaping it - the difference, and how to move from one to the other
• Why the resources that matter most are human ones - and how to start building them deliberately
• Questions worth sitting with - practical prompts for individual reflection and team conversation about what 'future-ready' really looks like
• Creating a direction of travel - how to move toward capability and confidence, beyond just your comfort zone

The future isn’t going to look like the present. We can feel that, even when we can’t yet put a name to it.

Getting match fit isn’t about bracing for impact. It’s about building the resourcefulness and resilience that mean change finds you ready, and able to make the most of what it brings. The good news is that this is a capability, which means it can be built on purpose.