I was chatting with a colleague and were comparing work to music. We agreed that most organisations, if they were a band, would likely be playing free jazz. Your leaders might think they’re setting the beat as the drums of the outfit, but every function would be a different instrument and is likely playing to… Read More Free jazz
that ‘I think you’ll find’ is the worst phrase you can use in speech or writing. It makes it about you, devalues the original content and demeans the original speaker. Or is there a worse phrase? Let me know.
I mentioned taking 30% away from learning recently but you need to take the right 30% away. Take away a roof rack, cup holder and CD player from a car and it still works as a car. Take away the seat belts, airbags and anti-lock brakes and it’s less safe but still a car. Remove… Read More What to take away
…I needed to be happy to run. Lockdown has confirmed I also need to run to be happy. Both are true and part of me; Lose running and I’m less happy. If I’m less happy, I run less. Keep running. Be happy.
Yet again I want to raise the subject of performance and learning. A few weeks ago I wrote about how if you don’t know how you were impacting performance, you should question why you are doing it. I mentioned absence management and rarely is an individual manager’s performance in managing sickness considered as part of… Read More All about the data
Lost and Desperate 