Thorny
September 8, 2020 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWouldn’t it be lovely if there was never a dispute over exactly what was said or agreed. If everyone had a clear, shared and explicit understanding of the conclusion of... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
And then there are deadlines
September 7, 2020 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThere are deadlines and then there are deadlines. Most deadlines are wishes, conveniences, designed to generate some kind of focus and just enough urgency to get the work done in... Read more
Prefer to guess
September 6, 2020 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWould you rather know or would you prefer to guess? And if that’s your answer, what choice do you suppose everyone else would make? And if you know that, why... Read more
Who is responsible?
September 5, 2020 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsAt the end of the meeting, good practice is to summarise the decisions that were taken, the actions that were committed, and the updates that need to me made outside... Read more
Like a project
September 4, 2020 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsAt the start of the day, the week, the month, you have a pretty good idea of the things you need to get done. Some of them are in the... Read more