Have you ever tried to find something in your garage or storage cupboard? You know what you are looking for, you know where it is, but to get there you have to wade through loads of other stuff? Stuff just accumulates, little by little; you hardly notice it – in fact, most often you don't notice it at all – until you are looking for something. So,...
Read MoreFor having more productive discussions ... I was an observer at a workshop and conference recently. As happens at these events, people were split into various groups to consider specific subjects. Lots of interesting discussion was generated and many good ideas came out of it. By the looks on their faces, the participants felt like they had made go...
Read MoreAcceleration is all about going faster, and then going even faster, and then faster still. If you look at a graph of acceleration – it shows that over time, your speed, or size, or revenue doesn't just get larger in a nice straight line, but it’s a line that curves upwards. Now the thing is with acceleration, as opposed to a nice steady linear g...
Read MoreOn my journey home over the weekend on a busy highway, I was able to watch the driving style of another driver. We joined the highway together – I noticed him because he was in the wrong lane and squeezed into the on ramp behind me. We slipped into the traffic stream and went on our way. A minute later, his car went flying past me on the right...
Read MoreI was chatting with a friend the other day, explaining a little more about what I do when he stopped me and said: “I keep hearing that term - what exactly do you mean by end-to-end and why do you talk about it all the time?” Once you are exposed to end to end (e2e) it comes naturally but it can take a while to grasp the subtleties. e2e is core to...
Read MoreFollowing on from my blog about the Rock and the Bird, one astute reader asked me about the ‘careful’ way I had written about motivation and inspiration, and so I thought that would be a good point to expand upon for my next blog So, I encourage you ‘not to motivate your employees, don't even try to motivate them’. And why? Well simply, it’s not y...
Read MoreHave you ever wondered what the difference is between a leader and a manager? Which do you think you are? How can you tell? OK, so that was a bit of a red herring sort of question – I deliberately tried to mislead you, which is the whole point of this blog. Now, answer this question (not a red herring this time): do you have anyone working for you...
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