This is a guest post I had my eyes tested at Specsavers a couple of weeks ago: I got my eye test, but not without three separate initiatives on my part and one wasted trip to the store. Too much technology All of this happened despite Specsavers having: Perhaps they had taken a leaf out […]
The Shocking Truth About Your Improvement Project
Yesterday I read that only 5% of the changes we make at work are changes for the better. Only 1 in 20 improvements actually improve things. Allegedly everything else we do is ineffective or, worse still, counter-productive. Ungrounded statistics I thought that sounded horribly harsh. Only 1 in 20 improvements are really improvements? It sounded more […]
The Simple Restructuring Rule
There are two big predators in the sea Sharks and Dolphins They came from very different starting points: A shark is a fish A dolphin is a mammal A shark has gills A dolphin has lungs A shark is cold-blooded A dolphin is warm-blooded A shark lays eggs A dolphin has live young Biologically they […]
The Most Powerful Management Tool in the World (Probably)
If you want your staff to do something, don’t just command them to do it, put in place a structure, something that helps them to do what you want. Make life easy for them: If you want short meetings, buy stand up meeting tables If you want conversation, lay on a great canteen If you […]
You are so Predictable
My Father studied History at University. I studied Genetics. This, in my brash young mind, made me a superior person. After all a science is useful, you can apply a science and make money out of it. History however, well what exactly can you do with that? I challenged my Dad once with this very […]
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