E152 – The Bad News Office – Don’t trust good news
Nokia didn’t fail because it missed the future. That’s the version most people tell. It’s a cautionary tale told alongside Kodak…
E151 – The Streetlamp Trap – The Harder Question
Is there a lesson we can learn from the demise of Encyclopaedia Britannica on how organisations should…
E150 – Consequence Gets Compliance – The Yo-Yo Test
I was talking to Joy Bhattacharya yesterday about today’s story, and it triggered one from his own memory…
E149 – The Doctor Who Prescribed Parakeets – Purpose Changes Behaviour
During my years in the corporate world, a question that had often been on my mind was what makes…
E148 – The Meter in the Basement – What Gets Measured Gets Managed
“What gets measured gets managed”, has been one of my steadfast beliefs in both my personal and professional life. Good intentions…
E147 – Zoom In. Zoom Out. – When Details Aren’t Enough
When people ask me about my success mantras, my answer is simple: luck, discipline, hard work and attention to…
E146 – Six Feet of Land – The Wisdom of Knowing When to Stop
Sometimes hidden behind the cloak of ambition is something we rarely name, and that is greed. A goalpost that keeps shifting. Because if we…
E145 – The Dunning-Kruger Effect – Unskilled, and unaware of it
What if you’re too incompetent to realise your incompetence? We explore this in today’s…
E144 – Upstream
Have you been in a situation where after tirelessly trying to address a crisis you realised that you were addressing the symptoms rather than the problem itself? In today’s episode I will move…
E143 – The Woodcutter – When to sharpen the Axe
Have you ever been under so much pressure that time available seemed to be inadequate? What was your solution? For many people the answer will…