Win or lose
December 9, 2017 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWhatever happens … win or lose, get the contract or don’t get the contract, land the job or keep on looking, ace the test or have to resit, nail the... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Tricky beards
December 8, 2017 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsEverybody complains that everything takes too long. Everybody. Everything. Some things take a long time because they’re intrinsically, insolubly, hard. And for those, we all accept life’s reality, disappointing and... Read more
Plotting progress
December 7, 2017 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsBoy! Is there ever a lot to do. The day to day drudge, the fighting of fires, the slippage of suppliers, the irritation of innovation, the curses and courting of... Read more
Not reverie
December 6, 2017 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsAhhhh …wouldn’t it be lovely if: – The customer would slap us on the back. A Yes! (Or a No, anything other than a stream of Maybes) – The new... Read more
Feeling responsible #3
December 5, 2017 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen you’re responsible, and it’s your team, it’s on you. Somehow, you have to make it happen. How? There’s some work you have to do yourself, stuff that’s explicitly in... Read more