Results for the category: Focus

One snowball

December 17, 2017

Glen It’s so tempting. To pursue multiple options with equal attention, to spread our bets, to hedge choice A with choice B - playing both hands - in the hope that if... READ MORE

An it’s-done list

December 12, 2017

Chow So many meetings. So very very many meetings. Talking and talking and talking about everything and nothing. The good ones end in some kind of conclusion - where the decisions are... READ MORE

Win or lose

December 9, 2017

Strings Whatever happens … win or lose, get the contract or don’t get the contract, land the job or keep on looking, ace the test or have to resit, nail the code... READ MORE

Tasks you hate

December 1, 2017

Peppers There are always tasks you hate. Stuff that’s explicitly your responsibility or only you can do, stuff that fits your remit and nobody else’s but that you don’t enjoy, or is... READ MORE

A saw toother

November 27, 2017

Bright spot Nobody likes a saw toother. The kind of person who is either running at a thousand miles an hour, all over a project, communicating at the speed of thought …... READ MORE