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…
E142 – The Two Monks
Sometimes we end up holding onto things for far longer than they need to be held on to. And it may need an outsider looking in to identify that. This story talks about one such perspective that…