Stating the bleeding obvious… When I was in my 20’s I went on a course. The instructor put up a slide. It looked like this: His point was simple. To be successful create alignment. Make sure everybody is pulling in the same direction. It was such an obvious point that I wondered why on earth […]
Layering Your Problems In
How to cook a leg of lamb When my wife cooks a leg of lamb she asks me to cut off the last 7 inches – the shank. Cutting the last few inches off a leg of lamb is not easy. It requires a hack saw and good deal of gusto. By the time the […]
When Does Real Learning Happen?
Learning… The real learning, happens when: You are driven by an intrinsic need to advance and not only by external rewards You ask more questions to get to the why of things — and then to what and how When you look for process and patterns in discrete situations And when you use your understanding to […]
Open Cultures: Do They Create Mistakes?
Open cultures A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the sound of silence. I claimed that in the best run workplaces bosses are open to discussions about problems. They have a “no blame culture“. Fact or theory? Is there any data to support my claim? Or was I just running my mouth off? — Heaven […]
Let’s Try It and See
Test and learn I love hanging around musicians. I love their energy and perspectives that are different from mine. That’s why I was hanging out in a music studio on a fine summer day a few years ago while a recording session was underway. The band had been going for an hour or so when […]
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