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Great leaders talk last
stop talking start listening Great Leaders usually lead from the rear. It's counter-intuitive for many but true nonetheless. We live in...
Oct 72 min read
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Who are you competing with?
Look inside the business to find your biggest competitor. Competitors? Some are direct - offering the same product or service as you....
Sep 212 min read
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Unmeasurables
We all understand the need to measure; to take decisions based on facts, on hard data and the analysis thereof. Businesses increasingly...
Sep 103 min read
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Acronym Soup is hard to swallow
Acronyms ..... a time saving short hand or a carefully constructed barrier to entry? I have always have a leaning towards plain...
Aug 273 min read
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Rituals - the hook where culture can hang its hat.
We all have routines; when we get out of bed, when we leave the house, go on holiday, start a teams call, when we get to work, or pick up...
Aug 202 min read
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Personal dilemma of sustainability
The challenge of sustainability. An old fuel cap with a sticker expressing a strong environmental stance. As I thought ahead re content...
Aug 153 min read
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Disenfranchised: the death of the centrist
I read an article the other day that shocked. Apparently the "Centrist Dad" has become an irrelevance. Brushed aside by the fast moving...
Aug 72 min read
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Be Relentless
The picture is of an exhibit at the Summer Exhibition 2025 held at the Royal Academy of Art in London. It got me thinking. We never...
Jul 302 min read
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Getting shit done
Are you wasting your time reading this? Hopefully not. Manage your time There are many books, endless tips and cheats and whole...
Feb 63 min read
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Why certainty is under-valued
Decisions Decisions We live in uncertain times. With uncertainty comes risk. With risk comes gain or loss, delay, mitigation, hedging,...
Jan 312 min read
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Above all else ... be kind
Be Kind LinkedIn is the modern way to keep in touch professionally with people that you would otherwise lose contact with, or even...
Jan 203 min read
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I don't really have time for all this.
Time: master or servant? Anniversaries? .....Meaningful milestones? or just a function of the Gregorian calendar which itself ...
Jan 133 min read
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Don't just bring a problem. Bring the answer
bring the answer ... not just the problem Who are the people that you most value in your team ..... it's those people that bring...
Jan 82 min read
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Team Dynamics and cognitive bias
making decisions is fraught with challenges Cognitive biases can have a profound impact on team dynamics and collaboration, often leading...
Dec 27, 20242 min read
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Time to give the same love to both of HR's book-ends?
off-boarding also needs some attention I read a post on LinkedIn re an ulitimately distressing retirement process for a long term valued...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
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REALLY great design matters.Â
Think DESIGN What is design? Is it only a tangible thing that applies to physical objects like cars, phones, hairdryers (whatever they...
Dec 10, 20242 min read
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Innovate or die ...
This is Mabel. She is a disruptive innovator. and, as it happens, occasionally a destructive one. "What possible interest is this to me?"...
Dec 2, 20243 min read
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The minefield of directness
BLUNT...... The most-used word to describe the Dutch (alongside TALL, of course). Having worked for a Dutch group for almost 19 years,...
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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Working 9 to 5 ... why a strong work ethic is so important
Anyone who read this title and didn't hear Dolly Parton..... Workin' nine to five, what a way to make a livin' Barely gettin' by, its all...
Nov 19, 20242 min read
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Beware the middle ground.
I walked around most of the UK grocery majors stores the other day. I haven't done this for a while - all together in one day. The stark...
Nov 12, 20243 min read
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To boldly go....
I had an interaction recently where the a management team shied away from what appeared to be an obvious step in expressly stating...
Oct 29, 20242 min read
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Growing pains of "Generation Alpha"
I wrote a piece about Generation Z a while ago. it concluded that whilst the latest generation to enter the workforce might be seen as...
Oct 20, 20244 min read
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The case for humble leaders
In today’s fast-paced environment, it’s more apparent than ever that no one in a business, not even the CEO, has all the answers. And why...
Oct 16, 20242 min read
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Find passion in what you do
One of the defining characteristics of effective leaders is passion. An unswerving and enthusiastic belief in what they are doing, or the...
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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