I am sitting in my office, slowly turning blue, looking at a good 4 inches of snow. I thought it was supposed to be getting warmer, the ice caps should be melting and half of East Anglia is going to be under water, yet here I am slowly freezing to death. Clearly the scientists are […]
Are You Worth £150k?
A very interesting article today about how the government plans to cap the salaries of top earners. The BBC was called out as a particular problem. Apparently everybody with a salary of more than £150,000 who works in the Public Sector will have to explain to the government why they are worth so much. In […]
No Way In
I found this picture on the “learning about lean” blog. It made me smile. This is an obvious case of mixed messages, but it isn’t just a problem for sign posts. Have you ever come across the same issue when you are filling in a form and wondered what on earth you are supposed to […]
What Can You See?
The manufacturing guys have a neat trick It is called an “Ohno circle”. They paint them on the floor at different points in factories and then the team leader stands in the circle with a clip board for 30 minutes, writing down everything that he can see that doesn’t work. He or she then spends […]
Engage Your Staff
Keeping your employees engaged is a huge challenge. In fact some regard it as the biggest management challenge of all. There is lots of debate and theories abound: “pay more”, “flexible working”, “listen to your employees”, “engagement circles”. The list goes on. My favourite theory is that of Patrick Lencioni who has written a super […]
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