Economies of scale For a while I worked in an organisation that obsessed about costs. Everybody had a target to cut the costs that they managed. If everybody reduced their costs then the total cost would go down. Or so the logic went. The cost of printing There was a man who owned the stationary budget: paper, […]
The Management Dilemma
Scientific management Some people think management is a science. It has clear rights and wrongs, with best practices to follow and benchmarks to beat. Success lies in targets, goals and objectives; building the right processes and having the right infrastructure. Organisations are just machines. By applying cold hard logic you will get results. Clarity is a good […]
Avoiding Death by PowerPoint
Selling ideas We spend our time selling ideas. We invest hours persuading people to give time, energy and resources to our projects. Then we spend more time letting them know how those projects are going. Ensuring that the all important funding and investment keeps on coming… The weapon of choice It doesn’t matter where you work — with the odd […]
Why Do You Have a Boss?
Pre History In the primordial swamp, single cell organisms developed. They formed symbiotic relationships. These relationships needed controlling. So the organisms developed hormones, nervous systems and brains to help them function. The bacteria came before the lion. Ancient History On the fertile plains, people grouped together. They built villages and towns. As the towns grew they […]
Blame and Ignorance
I made a fool of myself yesterday I had a road rage incident. Well it wasn’t so much road rage as pedestrian rage. I was crossing the street on my way to the railway station and some clown in 4 by 4 damn near ran me over. It ended up in a slagging match between me and […]
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