It’s interesting to me how one or two words can suddenly unlock a problem or tie disparate ideas and thoughts together. I currently do some teaching and supervision with post-graduate students. I come from a commercial rather than an academic background so my approach is…
A story that I picked up via Twitter had me scratching my head. It’s the story of the the Salz review that was requested by the Barclays board following their fine for Libor rigging. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22012261#?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter What I find particularly perplexing is the comment from Barclays…
Projects tend to be given names, as do project teams, in fact finding an appropriate name is one of the best ways to get a project group to start to think and operate like a team. The name matters, possibly more than we realise. Esteem…
When I came across the concept of tame and wicked problems it was a real revelation. As soon as the concept had been articulated, I got it because it was so blindingly obvious. What I didn’t really get, was why it had taken so long…
Later this year I will be teaching an international post graduate cohort about managing creative teams. This is challenging and has already led me to do a lot of research and pondering. Much more to come I’m sure. One of the avenues of pondering has…
How is it that in the Unied Kingdom we can’t find anyone qualified and willing with a big smile on their face to run RBS for a £1.2million per year salary? Seriously, I can’t believe that there aren’t great people out there able and willing…
I was a student in the UK, I graduated in 1982. I trained as a fine art painter. I can still remember the conversations about money obsessed people who understood the cost of everything and the value of nothing. They were passionate, political, personally challenging…
“Define for me a crisis and I will tell you if there is a crisis” I’m not much of a football fan, but I know a lot of people who are. I am however very interested in the way that businesses are run, and in…
This morning on the news I was following the story about the report into the treatment of old people in hospitals. Some of the findings are truely shocking. This led to me and my partner discussing the issues and of our own recent experiences with…
It may sound like a cliche to say that you are only as strong as your weakest link. But a couple of experiences that I have just had have made me realise just how true this old cliche still is. This morning I experienced what…
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