A very important presentation I attended a power meeting yesterday. Lots of highly paid consultants in blue suits and incredibly shiny shoes came to tell us where we are going wrong. I sat there for an hour, looking at the screen. Slide after slide after slide passed me by. They were very impressive slides The technique […]
There Are 2 Types of Manager in the World, Which Are You?
Here is a great quote… Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right ~ Henry Ford I’m going to adapt it… Whether you think they’re X, or you think they’re Y – you’re right ~ James Lawther Feel free to tweet that quote, it will do wonders for my ego, though […]
How a Morning Croissant can Improve Your Career
The lucky baker I love holidaying in France. One of my guilty pleasures is the boulangerie or baker’s shop. It is not that I am a pig — though I have been known to knock back more than my fair share of croissants — the thing that I love is the shop itself, the window display, […]
Stupid and Painful
Process improvement is about taking stupid stuff out I might just have said this before… It is not about adding more controls It is not about adding handoffs to specialist groups It is not about adding measures, checks and balances Process improvement is about taking out the stupid stuff. Stupid stuff that gets in the […]
Why Reinvent the Wheel?
Somebody has had your problem before Sometimes we get stuck, sometimes we need to know… How to be a better manager? How to estimate? What should we do about our H.R. policies? Is there a good restaurant in Mansfield? If you don’t know what to do next, rest assured, somebody has had the problem before. […]
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