Ninety percent ugly
April 26, 2017 10:17 pm Leave your thoughtsIn the beginning it’s easy. A nice, clean, empty piece of whiteboard. There’s nothing, so there’s nothing to worry about. And then it all goes ugly. The process, the act... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
One says left
April 25, 2017 9:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen one says left but everyone else is swinging to the right, what do you do? Listen, make a decision, commit. Listen – what do they know, what does the... Read more
Ideas factory
April 24, 2017 8:17 pm Leave your thoughtsCustomers. Once in a long while, a customer asks you in no uncertain terms to develop a new product or service just for them. And when it happens, it’s a... Read more
Let them sink
April 23, 2017 7:17 pm Leave your thoughtsEveryone likes to know that what they’re woking on matters and that they’re not just a faceless operator on some meaningless assembly line. That their contribution counts. That someone’s paying... Read more
It takes time
April 22, 2017 6:17 pm Leave your thoughtsEverything takes longer than you’d like. To land new clients, build products, hire the team, change the structure, reset the culture, develop the strategy. False starts, blind alleys, delaaaaaays, obligations,... Read more