Thoughts on Leadership

The hype cycle on remote working

The hype cycle on remote working

Headlines like to paint an extreme. So remote working is either our saviour, or the start of our demise. And the reporting has followed an accelerated form of Gartner’s hype…
Have your kids influenced your business?

Have your kids influenced your business?

Next week, my eldest child starts at uni. And it makes me wonder what kind of parent I’ve been. Not just whether I’ve had a positive influence on his character,…

Don’t be a Should Shoveller

I find that the people who should the most, often do the least. When I meet a manager who shoulds all over him or herself (an apt phrase at too…

Most strategic decisions are harmful or irrelevant

Most strategic decisions made by leadership teams are at best irrelevant, and at worst harmful. And this is for one simple reason. They don’t get implemented. This is especially the…

New processes won’t replace old (bad)habits

Those of us with an entrepreneurial mind tend to be bling-hogs (guilty as charged). Our bling is new books, new systems, new processes, new products, latest recruit, newest client… One…

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