Experience and dexterity
November 25, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWith all that experience, with all that dexterity, with all that inside information about the what and the who and the when of the thing, you find things a little... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
The role of grease
November 24, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWith luck, it’s not necessary. At least for a while. But in every group, at some point, someone has to play the role of grease. Getting between the hard surfaces... Read more
Their work
November 23, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsBringing someone new into a growing group for a role that didn’t exist before is a challenge defined by too many moving parts. The new person has to mount the... Read more
All the weirdness
November 22, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsNone of us are the perfect showroom model. Assuming we’ve hung about the place long enough we’re clearly good enough at the job, fit for purpose. Assuming we’re human, that... Read more
Those calls
November 21, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsSome calls are unpalatable. Some emails you just don’t want to write. Some meetings you’d rather not arrange. But that’s the work. When you took the title, when you hired... Read more