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So who the hell did move my cheese?
One of the best books on the subject of how we react to change is "who moved my cheese" by Spencer Johnson. I recommend it. It's a simple...
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Don't believe everything you read
"Who the hell spins these days?" ...... That was the reaction of a post on linkedin that crossed my feed. It as written by someone in a...
Sep 27, 20242 min read


Really listening is a vital life skill
We all hear, to some degree, what goes on around us every day. The world constantly competes to be heard, as a cacophony of noise vies...
Sep 18, 20243 min read


Keep it simple stupid
The word "simple" can be used in different contexts. It's perverse that it can be used (often rudely) to allude to lower intelligence -...
Sep 10, 20242 min read


Retirement. What I have learnt.
Two of the great, but under-rated, songwriters and artists of our time (Paul Carrick and Mike Rutherford) penned the song "Over my...
Sep 2, 20243 min read


Plus ça change - the generation game.
There was a TV show that held the nation captive each Saturday night called the generation game. Hosted originally by Bruce Forsyth. The...
Aug 25, 20243 min read


Dictum Meum Pactum ... my word is my bond.
Ethics, put simply, are the moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or conduct. No one really talks about ethics in day to day...
Aug 20, 20243 min read


Appraisals suck!
OK here goes - it's heresy to say this, I know. But appraisal processes generally suck. Almost all people see the process (as opposed to...
Aug 12, 20242 min read


With age comes great wisdom....
When Joe Biden stepped down from running for what would be his second term as President of the United States it had many important...
Aug 7, 20243 min read


Empathy
Now this really is a super-power. It's the basis of some of the most capable and effective individuals with especially well-honed people...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Hiding in plain sight
in a previous post "Cognitive bias Bingo" I confronted the unspoken obvious that we all are impacted by cognitive bias. These can subtly...
Jul 22, 20243 min read


Decisions: Never easy to make?
We can all name a country where the cult of the leader reigns supreme and where it appears that an individual (or even an elite group of...
Jul 16, 20244 min read


Execution is everything
The other week I was reminded of an old tongue-in-cheek discussion within my old team. The operators would proudly claim to be the...
Jul 10, 20242 min read


Fairness is the only standard
It's somewhat inconvenient in the modern world to have to carry around your principles chiselled into tablets of stone. The hand baggage...
Jul 1, 20243 min read


Deep or shallow: choose carefully
Fast food is fantastic in feeding our ever-growing need for instant gratification. I want it and I want it now! But then some time later...
Jun 23, 20242 min read


Good debate is never personal
It's easy to take things personally - especially in business. I cannot remember the number of times that a seemingly extreme disagreement...
Jun 4, 20242 min read


The case against In-built obsolescence
Within circular-economic thinking one of the cornerstone processes of producing reusable items is the design and specification phase...
May 28, 20243 min read


Time: Invest it wisely
We never have enough time. So when we get the chance to make things faster, more efficient, or automate things into systematic workflow...
May 23, 20242 min read


Excellence is the only standard
if you look up the definition of excellence you get a stream of superlatives that describe something between superior and the absolute...
May 15, 20243 min read


Cognitive bias bingo ... eyes down!
Move on. Nothing to see here.....It's just the way our brains are wired. What? you're about to tell me that my brain is not the logical,...
May 4, 20244 min read


Positive mental attitude
Some leaders start as they mean to go on. I once worked for a man, newly installed as a new MD of a business, a good business. He sent...
Apr 23, 20244 min read


Convenience vs. common sense.
Are producers and retailers caught in the crossfire of the consumer desire for less waste and the demand for greater convenience. Waste...
Apr 16, 20243 min read


Business: An irreverent look inside the walls
This week’s blog mixes AI and HI (Human intelligence) … or as some may call it UI (Unintelligence). Business is all about people (for now...
Apr 11, 20245 min read


Ingredients for a great business?
Less in the style of the “Great British Bake off” (a UK TV programme with siblings around the world) This is mainly about the ingredients...
Apr 7, 20243 min read
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