3 creative people… Charles Dickens Charles Darwin David Hockney What have they got in common? What was the source of their creativity? What sparked their innovative streak? 1. Charles Darwin Before he wrote the origin of species and created his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin travelled widely and looked at the world. Most notably he visited […]
PowerPoint, Smoke and Mirrors
A very important presentation I attended a power meeting yesterday. Lots of highly paid consultants in blue suits and incredibly shiny shoes came to tell us where we are going wrong. I sat there for an hour, looking at the screen. Slide after slide after slide passed me by. They were very impressive slides The technique […]
Why Reinvent the Wheel?
Somebody has had your problem before Sometimes we get stuck, sometimes we need to know… How to be a better manager? How to estimate? What should we do about our H.R. policies? Is there a good restaurant in Mansfield? If you don’t know what to do next, rest assured, somebody has had the problem before. […]
What Can You Learn From a Murderer?
I’ve just spent an hour playing Cluedo with my children (it felt much longer). Admit it, you’ve played it, the detective game. The idea is to work out who committed a murder, where they did it and how. I think it was Miss Scarlet in the Hall with the Lead Pipe I think it was […]
Target Setting, Cause and Effect
During the 1990s and early 2000s, the UK government relied heavily on target setting to manage the public sector. We had: Targets for education Targets for Healthcare Targets for policing Targets for fire brigades Targets for the tax office Targets for dustbin men No doubt we had targets for the target setters as well. UK […]
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