Learning from others In the 4th century B.C. the Greek historian Herodotus wrote “The Histories”, an account of the Greco-Persian wars. It was the first time anybody had documented events from existing records. So it earned Herodotus the title “The Father of History”. In it he recounts a story about Darius the Great, King of […]
Awkward Stakeholders
The interview I interviewed somebody the other day. I prepared by googling the “Top 10 questions to ask at an interview”. In at number 4 was the classic awkward stakeholder question. I tried it out. This is how it went… Question 1. How do you influence stakeholders? The interviewee jumped up, grabbed a white board […]
Taking the Sting out of Failure
The failure A couple of years ago I had a workplace nightmare. I was pushing a big initiative and I needed it to be a success. I had my boss’s boss on my back and the project was going belly up. It was all very unpleasant. There were a few rays of light. A couple […]
Efficiency or Productivity
Which is better? Should you be more efficient or more productive? On the face of it they sound like very similar things, so does it matter which you strive to be? Efficiency is the amount of input you use to produce a standard level of output. If you become more efficient you do the same […]
How Netflix Reinvented H.R.
Harvard Business Review Patty McCord It would be wrong to hold one group totally accountable for an organisation’s culture, but I think the good people in H.R. have a big part to play. They set the rules that employees live by. If I am right and H.R. has such a powerful role, why do most […]
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