Some hunches

January 8, 2022

Some hunches are just hunches you can work with; it feels a bit like this and you can act on the feeling. Maybe most of life works this way, a lot... READ MORE

Their feet

January 6, 2022

You bring new people into the team for a reason. Mostly, it’s a blend of capacity and capability that will get more done and/or better than before. And, assuming you had... READ MORE

The old way

January 5, 2022

In a crisis, when we’re time pressured, maybe when no one’s looking, all of us fall back on the way we’ve always done things. It produces known and, so far, acceptable... READ MORE

Square peg

January 4, 2022

Coming together as a team is just like putting together anything else. Sometimes it’s easy and you don’t even think about how Tab A fits so beautifully into Slot B. Sometimes... READ MORE

Plum job

December 19, 2021

Given the chance to design their own job, it’s only the strongest of wills that wouldn’t take on the interesting, the easy stuff, the things they like doing and are fun.... READ MORE