Thoughts on Books

Great and Mediocre Teams and Ideas

Great and Mediocre Teams and Ideas

“if you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they will screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a brilliant team, they will either fix it…
Freedom has Consequences

Freedom has Consequences

Freedom. So easily abused and misunderstood when we have it. So fundamental for our humanity that we have to fight for it when we don’t. My heart (and many more…
Mess in your strategy is normal

Mess in your strategy is normal

“No one should develop a strategy without taking into account the effects of organizational friction. Yet we continue to be surprised and frustrated when it manifests itself. We tend to…
Thinking and Saying is the Easy Part

Thinking and Saying is the Easy Part

Coming up with a strategy is easy. Articulating values is easy. Defining a company purpose is easy. Articulating them well is much harder. But hardest of all? *Doing* them. Making…
Accept bad behaviour to make it your culture

Accept bad behaviour to make it your culture

For “new behaviour model” read values or purpose. I don’t think I’ve worked in or supported a company that hasn’t gone through this dilemma. A “good” performer, i.e. one that…

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