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

A continuum

January 17, 2024

It’s fun to sit on the sofa throwing out meaningless no-impact comments as the world passes before you. Less fun for every one else, but sport for you … to opine, to... READ MORE

All of them

January 13, 2024

There’s definitely a lot to do. Always. There’s the big projects that trundle ever forward once life is breathed into them (people assigned, budgets created, time allowed, plans committed). Always needing attention,... READ MORE

Successful enough

January 10, 2024

We’re so busy doing what we’re doing, working on the things we know how to work on that it can all become a little bit auto-pilot. Unthinking repetition of known, successful-enough... READ MORE