Loves a silo
March 17, 2021 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsYou’d think that half the organisational world – three quarters maybe, nine tenths even – loves a silo. That they believe the way to do things, the way to get... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Doubt is healthy
March 16, 2021 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThere is a time for looking at downside risk, for emphasising the negatives, for looking into the chasm and being aware of the beast that could bite you. It’s not... Read more
Get going
March 15, 2021 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThe thing about wasting time, it isn’t only about the time pressure you’ll feel at the end of the project – the expectations and dependencies and loose decision making and... Read more
Waste time
March 14, 2021 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsA minute or a day at the beginning of the project is measured in the same units as a minute or a day at the end. At the end though,... Read more
Commit anyway
March 13, 2021 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsEvery member of every team comes to moments where they fundamentally disagree about a decision. The arguments have been heard, the data have been analysed, the positions have been staked... Read more