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 […]
Good Boss, Bad Boss
What makes a good boss? Julian Birkinshaw wanted to know. After pondering the question for a while, he came to the conclusion that the best way to find out was to ask some employees. They are the people most capable of defining what a good or bad boss looks like — we have all worked for a nightmare or […]
The Management Dilemma
Scientific management Some people think management is a science. It has clear rights and wrongs, with best practices to follow and benchmarks to beat. Success lies in targets, goals and objectives; building the right processes and having the right infrastructure. Organisations are just machines. By applying cold hard logic you will get results. Clarity is a good […]
Sex and Soap Powder, Trial and Error
An interesting story: Steve Jones is a geneticist, a well-known one, if you move in those circles. He tells an interesting story about failure. You can skip my version and watch it below if you wish. The problem There is a soap powder factory near Liverpool. It makes Persil and Surf and things like that. In […]
The Burden
We all carry a mental burden A burden of things we worry about: We worry about our pension We worry about where we are going to get lunch from We worry about buying a present for our mother’s birthday We worry about our next performance appraisal We worry about.. I think you get the gist… […]
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