Job titles
August 24, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsJob titles. Get them wrong and they’re confusing at best and demotivating or distracting at worst. Get them right and they’re … ho hum. Job titles aren’t important. They’re just... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
The dial
August 23, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsYou put the new system in place because it worked better than the old one. You coddled it and nurtured it into shape, you measured it and managed what you... Read more
Its own path
August 22, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThe moment of decision making can be the culmination of months of not taking the decision. That’s many months of actively working on the problem, seeking out the information, taking... Read more
Start
August 21, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsSome tasks build themselves up into more than they are. Maybe it’s their significance, maybe it’s some perception of difficulty, or there’s no joy in there, or no interest, or... Read more
Things that worked
August 20, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsAfter a while, things begin to look familiar. What was novel or challenging the first time around becomes every-day and ordinary by the time you’ve been around the block a... Read more