Don’t jump in
May 26, 2025 12:17 am 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
Relationships get gnarly
May 25, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsGrease. With 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... Read more
So they struggle
May 24, 2025 12:17 am 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
Working out the weirdness
May 23, 2025 12:17 am 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
They see you smaller
May 22, 2025 12:17 am 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