May
24
2016
I read an article the other day that was a modification of what I thought was a consulting urban legend. A consultant called in to fix something nobody else could fix and a huge invoice for merely pointing out where […]
Apr
26
2016
I was reading a book last week and there was an excerpt from a manager suggesting “conflict” was wasteful activity or should be included in the 7 wastes (8 if your model includes people’s potential). I then suggested the same […]
Oct
01
2014
I read something the other day suggesting that people often get into a routine and eventually lose the drive that got them to where they are. This was in reference to their careers but the same thing often happens to […]
Apr
29
2014
Daniel Boorstin wrote “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge” (Often misattributed to Stephen Hawking). This illusion of knowledge often comes from a little knowledge internally extrapolated to a belief of sufficient or even […]
Apr
08
2014
Ever get to the point where you realise your efforts to improve yourself or your business have been leading you in the wrong direction? Ever have someone point that out to you & think they are wrong? What if they […]
Feb
25
2014
I had an old boss that used to say “do you have 20 years of experience, or 1 year of experience repeated 20 times?” To me the former is good, the latter indicates a lack of learning. Many people try […]
Feb
11
2014
I went to a networking event last week & the speaker’s topic was innovation. I enjoyed the talk & there were some solid messages within it. However, there was one comment/remark that I took umbrage to, the guy said “innovation […]
Jan
28
2014
Share & share alike, a saying several hundred years old. Do we still do it? How well do we share what we learn? Dynamic organisations are good at identifying problems, they solve them quickly and just as importantly, they share […]
Oct
08
2013
A friend of mine recently showed me a letter from a customer of theirs who felt it necessary to inform their legal department that my friends company had failed to follow through on a commitment. In this case it was […]
Aug
27
2013
We’ve probably all been in a post project review or lessons learned session. How often have we actively gone out & actually shared what we learned? In dynamic organisations not only do we have processes & systems that make problems […]