Life is complicated. The more I think about it the more complicated it becomes. It seems as if complexity is an inherent part of the way the world works. It’s that second law of thermodynamics again. It states that (forgive me for I paraphrase) ‘In any closed system the amount of usable energy is always … Continue reading Unfolding plans 146 – Simplicity
Unfolding plans 145 – Video kills
Video was never my medium. It just doesn’t work for me. I fluff my lines and get all tongue tied. I’m more nervous on video than with any other format. I don’t know why, perhaps it is the permanence of it all. I think I get hung up on how I’m coming across rather than … Continue reading Unfolding plans 145 – Video kills
Unfolding plans 141 – Teaching people how to learn
At work I would like to teach people only one thing. I would like them to learn how to learn. Once you have learned how to learn you never need to be taught anything again. Give a man a fish or teach him how to fish. I’m sure the same thing applies to women. I … Continue reading Unfolding plans 141 – Teaching people how to learn
Unfolding plans 137 – ten thousand steps
Even the longest journey starts with a single step. The journey to health though starts with then thousand, apparently. I found out the other day that the phone that I have been carrying around with me has a step counter included. It is a Windows phone and the application is called MSN Health and Fitness. … Continue reading Unfolding plans 137 – ten thousand steps
Unfolding plans 136 – change as a constant
At this round of presentations (I do go on about them a bit yet they take up a lot of my thinking time and so that is my excuse) we decided to split the Spectrum event into two. Prior to this we had delivered the presentation in the main office, on the shop floor as … Continue reading Unfolding plans 136 – change as a constant
Unfolding plans 133 – summit else
The motorcycle outriders held the traffic up at Thinford roundabout. Their blue lights cut through the dank morning air. Helicopters hovered above as the threat level was set at high. The limousines with their blacked out windows sped through the empty roads before screeching to a halt outside the Educational Development Centre. The delegates hurried … Continue reading Unfolding plans 133 – summit else
Unfolding plans 129 – I should have got the train
I should have got the train into Seaham. It’s obvious once I’d thought about it. I was sitting at Nose’s point working on the strategy (see Unfolding plans 124) when a train rumbled past on the line that hugs the coast. It was a two carriage Northern Rail train on its way to Middlesbrough, I … Continue reading Unfolding plans 129 – I should have got the train
Unfolding plans 128 – what holds you back?
Whose unseen hand is it that rests on your shoulder and holds you back? I think it was in the Facebook offices that a sign was hung which asked 'what would you do if you weren't afraid?’ Underneath someone had written 'I would write on this wall'. I like that. It appealed to my somewhat … Continue reading Unfolding plans 128 – what holds you back?
Unfolding plans 127 – change management
I’ve got myself a new gig. Mike from Sogno said that I should get involved with the Change Management Institute and put me onto Craig who organises things locally. We met up and he’s signed me up for one night only. It is going to be on the fifth of October at a venue to … Continue reading Unfolding plans 127 – change management
Unfolding plans 126 – play like amateurs
It must have been one of the most humiliating sporting events ever. It was the semi-finals of the 2014 Football World Cup and the host country Brazil were playing Germany for a place, obviously, in the final of the world’s most prestigious sporting competition. In case you can’t remember the result was not a defeat … Continue reading Unfolding plans 126 – play like amateurs
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 