Thoughts
I don’t see things the same way as everyone else does. I have a deep desire to make sense of how things work and sometimes why they don’t. This is my motivation to explore better ways to approach how we do business and connect as people. My relentless focus on making it simpler for others to move forward faster drives me to keep doing this.
Here you can explore my thinking in action as I share how I see things and what I have learnt in this continuing pursuit. Enjoy, share and send me your thoughts on my thinking, I love hearing from you.
Fast starts start now
You can feel the intensity is still there, but the focus is definitely narrowing to the imaginary finish line of that first day of leave.
What can you do today to make next year even better? What is the one singular thing that will impact everything?
A lack of strategy = a lack of talent
The retention and attraction of great talent is a real challenge across almost every industry I work with.
What is interesting is the approaches taken to try and deal with this and how most of these misses tackling the underlying issue.
Nobody cares what you do
Newsflash: The products and services you make are of no interest to your customers. Sorry, but it's true. They just don’t care. And if you’re waiting for a witty twist to this tale, I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed.
Price is a number; value is a feeling
In our growth-orientated world, we all keep on wanting more. And in business, one of the levers to grow top-line and bottom-line numbers is to simply charge more. But this behaviour can backfire when it is done without a strategy, or a thorough appraisal of the value proposition.
Trust in conflict
If we embrace all conflict with gusto, we risk endorsing the wrong behaviour. And if we outlaw it, we risk stifling innovation, progress and healthy open conversation.
Complexity is a killer
We operate with this bias that complexity makes us look more intelligent and inherently makes things more valuable. I can charge more for something that others don't understand, and complexity is needed for complex problems – right?
Death by PowerPoint
The Columbia disaster was a tragedy that marked the beginning of the end of the Space Shuttle program and the world's only reusable spaceship. And one PowerPoint slide might, just might, have changed that.
If you're not flying the plane, then who is?
As a leadership team, do you know the job that only you can do, what you should be focused on above and before everything else? Do you know where to look to see if you are making progress or heading off course?
A presentation without a problem to solve, is a presentation without a purpose.
The world doesn’t need any more presentations, and it certainly doesn’t need any more pointless ones.
Action plans are rubbish
I think we all know this; why? Because we have all created a plan after a workshop, planning session or something a little fancier like a retreat, where nothing has happened. Post-it notes get turned into a long list of steps that rarely appear after the first meeting.