The message I preach is very simple: I’m a little like a stuck record (I’m showing my age, do you remember records?), I bang on a bit, I even bore myself. The message isn’t rocket science nor is it brain surgery, but it isn’t common practice. What I see is: I bet you see exactly […]
Can You Make the Right Decisions?
Decision-making is hard. So hard that we pay people handsomely to be professional decision makers: Doctors Underwriters Bank Managers Tax Inspectors All of them make their living by taking complex ill-defined situations and making decisions. Unfortunately they don’t always decide the same way If you put two professional decision makers in a room at the […]
The Two Reasons why Your M.I. is Always Wrong
My 4-year-old daughter is learning to count. She is obsessed by it. She counts everything: 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. 6.. Everywhere we go. Most of all though she counts steps. Particularly in castles and cathedrals (which is fun) and car parks (which when you are laden with bags full of shopping… that you just […]
Accountability: Not all it is Cracked up to Be
We talk a lot about accountability in business. We like it. It makes us feel confident and in control. So is accountability all it is cracked up to be? Accountability is good: It provides clarity It gives authority It holds us true Holding ourselves accountable is invariably a good thing. It is wrong and immoral […]
Seven Ways to Make a Difference
And some links to help: Define your purpose. What are you here to do? Measure your performance. Are you doing it well? Admit your failings. Self delusion never helped anybody. Find the big lever. Work out what really matters. Plan the work. Maybe even just a to-do list. Work the plan. Go on, I dare […]
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