When the bell rings

September 11, 2015

The nature of the job, assuming you’re doing it well, is that you spend most of your time on discretionary work and only get pulled in to the day-to-day to fight... READ MORE

Leadership and certainty

September 1, 2015

Everybody’s looking for leaders. Staff, investors, recruiters, managers, executives, customers aren’t after Superman. The sign of potential: someone who seems to know where they’re going and has a credible sense of how to... READ MORE

Them

August 13, 2015

It’s no good complaining about them. Them. Them! They may treat information as power, wait around to be told what to do, be unmotivated, unfocused, unaccountable, have no idea about costs, never talk to... READ MORE

Put it back

August 3, 2015

Starts are highs. Excited faces looking forward, thrilled about the journey, getting here was tough but we’re finally on our way. Alll-rrrrighty then. After the thrill … reality. The mundanity of putting one... READ MORE

The thing about maps

July 30, 2015

With no destination in mind, who needs a map? Or a plan? Going somewhere new, they help. A lot. How far from here to there? How much time? What’s the route? Interesting things... READ MORE