How are we doing against what we decided was important for the year? Whether we strategise solo, or insularly within our own team / business or expansively with outside support, the strategic thinking that we commit to a document is simply a story. It can be an engaging Ripping Yarn or [...]
I am reflecting on an excellent #IoDSurrey Branch meeting this morning on Scenario Planning and have just placed a high priority in my task management system on writing a post on this subject based on my initial brain dump and some of my training work with clients on Strategic Thinking and Strategic Planning. For [...]
OK let’s get one thing clear. This is more about strategic planning and strategic priority management than it is about comparing Donald Rumsfeld with Neolithic man. Stick with me – it will be worth the 3 minutes and one click, I promise. […]
It’s amazing how people who don’t do ‘Change Management’ can make change happen! I was recently asked to facilitate a team meeting within a client’s Kick-Off event based upon ‘Change Management’. None of those present were ‘Change Champions’, Project Managers’ or held ‘black-belt’ titles in anything work related. They are [...]
There’s an 80/20 rule for software. 80% of people will use or get value from 20% of the features. Given that fact, what happens when you flip the equation around and ask: ‘What 20% more could I do or learn to be 80% more effective?’ The combination of MindManager mindmapping software [...]
Dick Harrington, former CEO of Thomson Reuters shares his 3 lessons with Tony Tjan of Cue Ball. Well worth a 3 minute read and a 30 minute reflection! Read it on Harvard Business here: http://bit.ly/18YAqz
This is not the place where I get into political discussions, and, in raising these questions I’m not imputing any characteristic on, nor implying any criticism of Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister … it’s just that these broad management and leadership questions came again to me this morning after [...]
‘What can you do right now, knowing that tomorrow will be yesterday in 2 days time?’ Richard Maybury Isn’t it amazing how much we can achieve as the quarter-end bears down on us? What is it about quarter-end that turns us into super-achievers? How can we harness that power for [...]
