Every tender we’ve submitted in the last few months has been delayed. And not just those: I get updates about every tender I enquire about, and they’re ALL running late. The explanation we’re given is nearly always the same: buyers received far more submissions than they expected and didn’t have the capacity to evaluate them… Read More Everything’s late
I was working with a group last week and mentioned how the last decade has thrown up three substantial shocks to society, the economy and the workplace. In 2016, the UK voted for Brexit and began three years of debate about what would happen with work. In 2019 and 2020, Covid changed where we worked… Read More Culture shocks
This week has felt like working in some kind of mission control. Multiple screens, multiple remote groups, and issues that need dealing with immediately. Nothing life or death, but things that have a big impact on the people involved. When something went wrong, someone noticed and sorted it within minutes. Leave it an hour, and… Read More Mission Control
A ‘most-read’ story from an HR publication last week reported that people completed a programme and that performance improved, as though one explained the other. Roles, policies, management, working conditions or a myriad of other factors might also have changed but weren’t reported. Yes, valid programmes contribute, but putting participation numbers next to an improved… Read More Real difference?
Most of us are back to work after the summer break, and I’ve seen two bits of advice doing the rounds about how to get going again. The first was to take things slowly and deal with the small stuff first. The other said do the opposite. Get the big things done first while you’ve… Read More