The why of the thing

January 7, 2017

When everything is a decision (which kinda goes with the leadership territory) it’s the why of the thing that matters. Why did you change things? Why did you hire or fire? Why did you... READ MORE

Push back the push back

January 6, 2017

Doing something new is more work than doing something old. It’s not the actual doing that’s necessarily harder, it’s that getting to a place where the new thing becomes normal can be... READ MORE

One thing

December 13, 2016

A lot of problems seem complicated, chock full of interconnected dependencies and related consequences. The actual thing, this, gets mixed in with that and that and that and that. Trying to... READ MORE

This way?

December 10, 2016

At the beginning of things, there’s the plan. We want to get here, we need to deal with these obstacles, we need to look out for unknowns, we’re going to do... READ MORE

And again

December 7, 2016

Didn’t we talk about that last time? Actually, haven’t we hashed and stashed the arguments every time we’ve met for months. Haven’t we looked at his left-ways, right-ways and every other ways... READ MORE