Tying off
November 29, 2023 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsThere are always little jobs hanging about. Returning a phone call here, tying off a hanging thread there, sending a thank you, filing a note. The stuff than piles up... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Hook everyone
November 28, 2023 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s easy to imagine that everybody knows what’s going on. That somehow – by osmosis maybe – all the little tidbits, all the intelligence, all the ins and outs, all... Read more
Best interests
November 27, 2023 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsEconomists have traditionally argued that we act in our own best interests. We don’t. Well, maybe, but we’re biased towards our short-term interests with “best” defined any way we please... Read more
Their lights
November 26, 2023 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsIf you hire people with ideas, it’s a good idea to listen when they speak. Not just listen, but fully engage them in the thinking process and support them when... Read more
Two snowballs
November 25, 2023 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s so tempting. To pursue multiple options with equal attention, to spread our bets, to hedge choice A with choice B – playing both hands – in the hope that... Read more