Knowledge is interesting You can classify it into 4 categories. It all depends on what you know and what you think you know. A diagram might make that a little clearer: There is stuff you know you know I know I know the way to my front door. This is a safe place to be. There is […]
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 […]
Pride and Ignorance
Scurvy isn’t nice If you are unfortunate enough to contract it you will start to feel tired. Then you will develop spots on your skin and your gums will turn spongy. A week or so later you will start to bleed from your mucous membranes and your skin will turn yellow. Eventually sufferers develop open […]
Solutioneering
solutioneering: səˈluːʃ(ə)nɪərɪŋ/ noun attempting to solve a problem or deal with a difficult situation without understanding it the branch of management concerned with embedding the latest management thinking as fast as possible a mechanism of creating activity that gives the appearance of progress without developing forward motion a field of study concerned with characterising a problem by […]
How to Listen
I was once a bright young thing Don’t laugh, we are talking 20 make that 25 years ago I was a management trainee for a FTSE 100 company I had a First Class Degree And I was MBA educated The world was my oyster I thought I could conquer everything, I was going to be the next […]