We’ve been trying
February 28, 2021 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsLet’s try to squeeze a deeply complex and strategic conversation into ten minutes at the end of the meeting. Let’s try to answer emails and phone calls whilst we’re at... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
About the numbers
February 27, 2021 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen there’s something about the numbers that feels wrong it’s easy to dismiss it as outside of your area, one of those things you neither control nor understand, and that... Read more
Place to look
February 26, 2021 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsIf the only problem is you haven’t got enough capacity in your team, get more capacity. If the only problem is a lack of a certain kind of expertise, find... Read more
The new, now, structure
February 25, 2021 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsIt doesn’t start with the screwdriver. You don’t stare at the handle and the blade and work out what job you should do with it. It starts with the job... Read more
It will take longer
February 24, 2021 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsEverything takes longer, is more complex and more intricately connected than you think or than you like. At first look, when the idea pops, you think it’s easy – or... Read more