June 26, 2024
If you want people to see your value, show your work.
I used to wonder how potters could charge so much for their pots, until I took up pottery as a … Read More “If you want people to see your value, show your work.”
Category: Systems Thinking
June 25, 2024
How to take a break from your business 10: When you get back, let go
I realised this week that I’d forgotten a very important step in how to take a short break from your … Read More “How to take a break from your business 10: When you get back, let go”
June 14, 2024
Who measures productivity in mouse movements?
On the radio today, a story about how some employees in a US firm have been sacked for using mouse-jigglers … Read More “Who measures productivity in mouse movements?”
June 12, 2024
How to spread the load of being a Boss
Yesterday evening I helped to facilitate a People’s Forum. I was there because I wanted to help, but also because … Read More “How to spread the load of being a Boss”
June 7, 2024
Why it’s always worth going beyond the obvious
Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something deeply satisfying in digging past the familiar, the taken-for-granted, the no-longer-questioned ‘realities’. There’s … Read More “Why it’s always worth going beyond the obvious”
June 6, 2024
What does joining your business as a new employee feel like?
If your business was a game, what would it feel like to join as a new player? Is it Mornington … Read More “What does joining your business as a new employee feel like?”
June 5, 2024
Why it’s better to devolve than to delegate
Most often, what we call delegation is merely handing over execution to someone else. We’ve already worked out what needs … Read More “Why it’s better to devolve than to delegate”
May 29, 2024
What do the ‘economically inactive’ do all day?
We: This by no means exhaustive list is what people do when they no longer have to worry about merely … Read More “What do the ‘economically inactive’ do all day?”
May 28, 2024
Change doesn’t always need to be invented
Tucked away down a side street, close to Canterbury West station is this early twentieth century reminder that we used … Read More “Change doesn’t always need to be invented”
May 24, 2024
News I never wanted to get
I was saddened to find out yesterday that the schooner De Gallant had sunk off the Bahamas. I was devastated … Read More “News I never wanted to get”