I can’t draw I am not bestowed with an artistic talent. That is not a defeatist attitude, just (another) realisation that I am less than perfect. At school I took art lessons. They were possibly the most painful hours in my life; my school friends would sketch away with alacrity creating images of great beauty […]
The Shocking Truth About Your Improvement Project
Yesterday I read that only 5% of the changes we make at work are changes for the better. Only 1 in 20 improvements actually improve things. Allegedly everything else we do is ineffective or, worse still, counter-productive. Ungrounded statistics I thought that sounded horribly harsh. Only 1 in 20 improvements are really improvements? It sounded more […]
Gob-Smackingly Good Analysis
I am English. If there is one thing I hate, really hate, it is the way that Americans, and more specifically Americans employed by Microsoft, mess with the English language. Whenever I type something it is a constant battle replacing z’s with s’s (as in realised) or pushing u’s back into colour and favour. Every […]
How Focused are You?
If you want to be successful you have to be focused That is a rather trite statement, but think about it for a second. The world is a big place. There is somebody out there somewhere who is doing exactly the same things as you are; they have the same gifts as you do. The […]
Zombies and KPI’s
I subscribe to quite a few performance measurement emails, web sites and blogs. I’ve noticed a worrying trend of sites offering “off the shelf” KPIs. In fact you can now buy books packed with “ideal” KPIs for all sorts of businesses (oh, how the long winter nights must fly by). Are the measures in these […]