Putting it here

January 30, 2024

Everybody wants what they want. The first game is to get them to be specific - to agree a goal and a coherent set of features or functions or outputs or outcomes... READ MORE

Time, learning, cash, doneness

January 26, 2024

The calculus: time and/or money and/or learning and/or doneness. Sure, you can keep on at it. Try to work it out on your own. Build whatever base of knowledge is necessary before... READ MORE

The slow work

January 25, 2024

With so much going on, with emails to write and calls to make, with suppliers to chivvy and customers to sooth, with staff to hire and colleagues to coach, with spreadsheets... READ MORE

Move to the left

January 24, 2024

Spend five minutes planning and you know it takes six or more. Everything moves to the right. What we thought could happen in two weeks takes three, the three-month plan takes... READ MORE

If it needs doing

January 19, 2024

With plenty of, y’ know, day-to-day work to do, and all the distractions of day-to-day life, the little meetings, the snatches of time, the phone calls and emails and catching up... READ MORE