Kicked cans
February 26, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsCans can indeed be kicked down the road, but kicked cans make noise, go rusty, and pollute the environment they occupy. Cans soooo want to be kicked down the road.... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Winging it
February 25, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsComplexity is inevitable … if you want it. Do things for long enough – more than a day – everything looks like a special case. Maybe it’s the first time,... Read more
Work on your hand-offs
February 24, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsBy the time you’re too big for all-hands meetings in a phone box, you’ll be passing the ball between players or teams. Which means hand-offs. Which means break downs in... Read more
If you say super
February 23, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsThere’s nothing exciting or ground breaking about realistic expectations. No one’s going to jump up and down. There won’t be any ra-ra at the start of the sales meeting, the... Read more
Making it up
February 22, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsWhen you don’t have a process for a thing, you’re left with making it up as you go along. It’s entirely creative, which is a good thing if it’s supposed... Read more