Justin has been running another round of lean start-up training. It seems to be going well. It is part of our drive to change the way that we think and deliver services. The approach helps us to think about projects and product delivery in a different way, a more rapid and agile way where failure … Continue reading Organisational context
An all-inclusive ticket
I came across a programme about Andrea Camilleri the other day. He is Italy’s most read author. He wrote the Inspector Montalbano books which have been serialised on BBC 4. You may have caught them. Now this is not the kind of programme that I would have normally watched. Sure, I like his books. I … Continue reading An all-inclusive ticket
The only decision I need to make
I like talking to Mike. He helps me to do my thinking in public as Steve puts it. We were talking about decision making and the process you go through. There is a lot of rot talked about decision making. Contrary to the belief of many the role of a manager, or leader, is not … Continue reading The only decision I need to make
Risky Phil
A feint heart never won fair maiden. I don’t doubt it. It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. The world is full of such homilies. It is better to have tried and failed than to have never tried at all. That is easier said than done. Trying … Continue reading Risky Phil
Would I trust me?
Trust is something I keep coming back to. Perhaps I bang on about it a bit too much yet, for me, it goes to the very core of what we are trying to achieve as an organisation. It is our last taboo. It is the very large elephant in the room and needs to be … Continue reading Would I trust me?
A bubble of entrepreneurs
hat would you do with a whole bunch of entrepreneurs? Now, there is a question. I’m not sure if entrepreneurs work well in groups or are they better as individuals. Is entrepreneurship a team sport? A bubble of entrepreneurs is the suggested collective noun but I’m not so sure. An opportunity may be better. Why … Continue reading A bubble of entrepreneurs
Why?
Anyone who has had a child will have had that awkward moment when you simply could not ask their simplest of questions. To them the world is new. Everything has a reason and everything can be challenged with a simple ‘why?’ or ‘what’s that?’ By the time you are an adult though you have become … Continue reading Why?
What goes down
What goes up must come down. We all know this. It is something to do with Newton's law of universal gravitation. Yet recently I have found that what goes down must also come up. Especially when talking about licencing costs. It seems that despite falling budgets and decreasing numbers of users the cost of some of the software … Continue reading What goes down
Toothache
I’m with Copernicus. I don’t think that I am the centre of the universe and that everything revolves around me. There are some, however, who may wish to contradict this statement. I’m telling you this as I had toothache. It was a bad pain underneath a tooth on the lower west side that I have … Continue reading Toothache
Devolution for the North East
I attended a very interesting session on Devolution for the North East: What it means for business in Durham. It was held at the Gala theatre and started at eight o’clock in the morning. The bacon sandwich made up for the early train I had to catch. Now, I am not allowed to be political … Continue reading Devolution for the North East
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 