Free time
June 12, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsThere are some subjects we talk about all the time. Like customers, the market, strategy, performance. The good stuff that’s supposed to occupy people in our seat. Then there’s the... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
The disconnected
June 11, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsYou’d think that the organisational world – three quarters maybe, nine tenths even – loves a silo. That they believe the way to do things, the way to get things... Read more
The doubts
June 10, 2026 12:17 am 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
Stealing focus
June 9, 2026 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsIt 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 not quite tying things up... Read more
To waste time
June 8, 2026 12:17 am 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