There are many barriers to success that must be overcome, depending on what success looks like to you and your organization. In every case, there are external factors we deal with; managing [...]
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make a sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, [...]
There is a litmus test for testing the quality of a management team. It’s not something unusual but it might be awkward for some on the team. Are you ready? Here it is: Ask each member of your [...]
There are times when consultants veer towards unnecessary imprecision. Sometimes, or possibly even most of the time, when you read a consultant report you might recognize imprecise statements. So [...]
When it comes to growth, many of us fundamentally accept that it takes time to see substantial growth in any investment. For example, if you invested $1,000 in Apple ten years ago, today it would [...]
Music forms an integral part of the story, pace and emotion of a film. Have you ever tried to watch one with the sound off? They just don’t have the same effect. It’s the music that often really [...]
When building new products and services or implementing some complex change, it can be easy to get bogged down with complexity in solutions, requirements and debate. Sometimes it means we lose [...]
It’s entirely accurate to say that we measure performance by what we do simply because those actions produce results, sometimes good and sometimes bad. There is another side to performance – the [...]
My daughter often tells me she wants to be a writer. The advice I give her is that if that’s what she wants to do then the only thing she really needs to do is ‘write’. The more practice she [...]
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few people engage in it.” – Henry Ford How do we ensure we’re doing the right things? How do we know that the [...]