Shields-up
October 2, 2024 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsSometimes the only thing in the way of progress is an ego. It makes for antagonistic negotiations when one or both sides want the win. It stops someone doing the... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Bolting horses
October 1, 2024 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsAt the start of every project some action-oriented person questions how much preparation is necessary before the actions starts. Too much? Enthusiasm turns to cynicism and those action-oriented types get... Read more
Working the parts
September 30, 2024 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsThere aren’t too many simple messes. Most problems can’t be described honestly in one dimension. The route to solving them is working the parts. It starts with the clearest definition... Read more
In a group
September 29, 2024 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsPart of working with other people is working out how to work with them. There are the general rules around honesty and integrity, doing what you say you’re going to... Read more
By osmosis
September 28, 2024 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsThere are communications problems and communications problems. Type one – the kind of problems that exist when one person has failed to explain things clearly, and they’re expecting the other... Read more