Innovators’ skill

April 19, 2021

Bringing new things to the world, there’s one person who’s more motivated than any other to see the good, to imagine the upside, to invest in the future. That person... READ MORE

Pictures and principles

April 15, 2021

Some of us are happy with concepts. We like models and ideas and what ifs, we love thinking about and working from first principles, digging footings, laying foundations and building from... READ MORE

Complex problems

April 13, 2021

Part of the job is to break down complex problems and situations into their most elegant components. It’s the beginning of communication - where you bring everyone to a common understanding of... READ MORE

The maybes

April 8, 2021

It’s frustrating when the customer or the colleague or the supplier fails to respond to your simple request as quickly as you’d like. In your rational mind you understand that they’re... READ MORE

The scrappy way

April 7, 2021

Let’s say that there are scrappy ways of doing things, and that we use them when we’re in a hurry, when we don’t care, or when we haven’t yet worked out... READ MORE