Looking inside
April 26, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsThey are out there. The people you want on your team, the one’s who’ll broaden and deepen your bench, who come with experience and skills and insights and energy and... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Love options
April 25, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsThree realities. People love options. They like to make choices, they enjoy wrangling with themselves over whether to go left or right, to go green or blue. They wallow in... Read more
Whack moles
April 24, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsWhen you’re starting things come up and just get done. They’re no one’s particular responsibility, and everyone kind of mucks in and gets on with it. A few minutes here,... Read more
A hang-around
April 23, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsThings don’t get done if people don’t do them. Things: stuff that needs to happen. If this stuff is left hanging, other things – maybe more important things, dependent things,... Read more
Remove the neck
April 22, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsWhen the bottleneck is the norm, there are two ways to deal with it. Option easy: add capacity. Accept the neck is too damn small and do what it takes... Read more