Brainstorming doesn’t always cut it Sometimes you have a problem that requires an imaginative solution. The standard management method for adding a spark of creativity is to brainstorm the problem. But brainstorming doesn’t always work. The ideas can be a little tired, you may not get something really new. Random thoughts There is an argument […]
Not Invented Here
Nothing comes from nothing I sat in a meeting the other day, it was a nightmare… Two guys were trying to extol the benefits of automation to a team of sales managers. The tension was palpable. In one corner stood a bunch of consultants trying to explain the latest and greatest thinking in operational improvement. […]
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
What does that mean? It sounds like management claptrap. Let me repeat it, and attribute it. Culture eats strategy for breakfast ~ Peter Drucker Anybody who has worked in a large organisation will know that we prize strategy above all else. It is an intellectual pursuit, highly valued in the boardroom. We hire consultants to […]
Why Were You Late for Work?
Logic Trees There is a simple way of diagnosing a problem, and then finding a solution. It is called “the five whys?” No doubt you have heard of it, it is a way of refining a problem until you get to its cause. When faced with a problem ask why it happened. Then ask again. […]
Teenagers, Bedrooms and Cash Payments
I nearly broke my neck At the entrance to my eldest daughter’s bedroom there is a short flight of steps. As I went to wake her this morning I slipped on what I could most graciously describe as a pile of underwear. I took 5 of those steps in one fell swoop. I think “fell” is […]
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