Who remembers the future? We were going to be living in the sky, with hover cars to get us about and robots to do our bidding. We were going to wear futuristic clothes, usually in silver and have pills instead of meals. Do you remember that happening? In the movie ‘Back to the future’ 2015 … Continue reading Unfolding plans 17 – Who remembers the future?
Unfolding plans 15 – Don’t worry. Zombies don’t knock.
Next time you are walking past a book shop, pop in and buy a copy of World War Z - An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. It is an historical account of the period during and after the great zombie war. It is a chilling and terrifying collection of interviews from … Continue reading Unfolding plans 15 – Don’t worry. Zombies don’t knock.
Unfolding plans 9 – the title of the picture is belief
The title of the picture is belief. It is a portrait large enough to fill the wall, a pastoral scene with lush meadows folding away into broad-leaved forests. The dominant colour is green yet the hills in the background have a bluish tinge and are veiled in mist. In the middle of the picture, just … Continue reading Unfolding plans 9 – the title of the picture is belief
Unfolding plans 8 – coming together isn’t just about doing things
The work with our neighbours is taking shape. It would be easy to talk about the projects that are underway. They are tangible, they can be measured and they can be accounted for. We have several up and running. They are big and meaty and it will be great when we see them through to … Continue reading Unfolding plans 8 – coming together isn’t just about doing things
Unfolding plans 6 – Mentoring is something I’ve never done before
Mentoring is something I’ve never done before (third or second thing this year?). Last year the Senior Leadership Team was asked if this is something we could provide and towards the back end of last year we all attended some training and offered our services to the wider management group. Everyone was offered a first … Continue reading Unfolding plans 6 – Mentoring is something I’ve never done before
Unfolding plans 3
I’ve restructured our Senior Leadership Team meetings. Today we did something that I’ve wanted to do for some time but never got round to it. We had our first meeting entirely dedicated to the customer. It was a sales meeting or a commercial meeting or a focus on growth. I’m going to take this as … Continue reading Unfolding plans 3
A year of work in progress – day 223
Day 223 – 24 December 2014 So here it is, the last working day of my year and so the last day of this blog. I managed to get there without missing a post and without running out of things to say. Sometimes the words tripped off the ends of my fingers and there were … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 223
A year of work in progress – day 222
Day 222 – 23 December 2014 Writing a strategy is hard because I lack a basic skill. Concentration. I just can’t do it. I find it really hard to sit for hours focussed on the same thing. My mind starts to wander. There are three things I can cite in my defence. One: A strategy … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 222
A year of work in progress – day 221
Day 221 – 22 December 2014 This morning was not ideal for a ride on a horse. It was dark, wet and very windy. Not that I was on a horse. I haven’t been on one for a long time. It was way back in the last millennium, in the Lead Hills in South Scotland … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 221
A year of work in progress – day 220
Day 220 – 19 December 2014 Have you ever imagined what it would be like to navigate in space? I mean deep space. Back here on Earth in a sort of Euclidian way it is easy. We can safely assume that getting from B to A is just the reverse of getting from A to … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 220
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 