I had to do something this week called a ‘commute’. Having spent the last 6 years or so working pretty much remotely with travel problems caused by cats in the way or a trailing dressing gown robe, finding the need to head into a workplace for a set time for a day was unusual. Firstly,… Read More Would not recommend
It’s not until you work for yourself that you realise how much you need to do. You are IT support, facilities management, company secretary, accountant, caterer, finance, HR, L&D, and OD. And that’s before you’ve done any of the work you actually set up the business to do. None of this is particularly hard in… Read More Hidden Work
Apparently the new playbook is: “Don’t do the hard work of strategy. Just rebrand your favourite tools and policies as one.” Somehow: Calling something a strategy doesn’t make it one – please note the people who published a new strategy last week. It landed in my inbox and it was underwhelming in the extreme. If… Read More Strategy (Sponsored by…)
Running my own business reminds me there is ALWAYS something to do. It’s so easy to keep switched on and busy that when it does get busy, you find yourself working even harder. Last week I got ahead of a project and was waiting for responses. Not urgent, nothing major, but I’d blocked time out… Read More On Pausing
I saw this fascinating post last week about decision making and context. In L&D we make all three types of decisions, but too often we treat EVERY choice as a tattoo. Buying a new platform, rolling out a leadership programme, changing your evaluation model. None of these are truly permanent. But we still debate them… Read More Hats, haircuts, and tattoos