The boonies
November 9, 2017 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsNew people at the table? You can hurry. Sit them at their desk, show them their place in the assembly line, show them north and leave them to get on... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Hands are shaken
November 8, 2017 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThere’s so much effort in getting to the deal. The candles burned, the heads scratched, the numbers crunched. The preparation and presentations and negotiations and waiting-waiting-waiting. The disappointments and frustrations... Read more
Waiting game
November 7, 2017 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThere are people waiting for you to do what you’ve said you will do. Sometimes they’re waiting on a big and scary long-term commitment that you’re elbow-deep in delivering, working... Read more
Mostly planned
November 6, 2017 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThere are two kinds of strategy: planned and discovered. Which is best? A planned strategy is the one you set out to achieve. It’s built in the shower, in coffee... Read more
First the boulders
November 5, 2017 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsAssuming you know where you’re going – and that your words about that picture are relatively clear – the next question … what are you going to do about it?... Read more