In the #LDInsight chat the other week I mentioned this: It feels like we’re trying to avoid unintended consequences by replicating what we do in the office and that won’t happen – different context produces different outcomes. If you’ve been building a twin of your face to face processes, don’t be surprised when things don’t… Read More Twins, non-identical
My son had training wheels on his bike when he was little. He hated them; he wanted to cycle on his own without them and thought they slowed him down. So we took them off and, unsurprisingly, he rode brilliantly, never crashed and was perfectly safe. The training wheels weren’t for his benefit, they were… Read More Stabilisers
When I was younger I would go out on my bike, wander back at lunchtime, get home for tea and some evening TV. My parents had no idea where I was or what I was doing. If I had a problem I’d holler or send my brother home to let someone know something was up.… Read More Out for a ride
Since people know where everyone is right now (at home), it seems that everyone can now be asked to join a meeting. As Amanda Arrowsmith says: …the last two weeks have been hell. My diary every morning is packed [with] calls. Everything has to be a meeting, everyone has to be involved in every call.… Read More Meetings
Throw a rock in a pond and you create a hole in water. Ripples abound, the edges get wet, calm destroyed. And then it settles. The water fills the hole and the surface becomes still again. But the volume of the water is increased by the volume of the rock. When someone joins an organisation,… Read More Hole in water
Lost and Desperate 