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Over-Sensitive to Influence

15 August 202121 October 2019

I was working with a manager who suffered an extreme case of recency bias. The only thing that was guaranteed was that the best idea was the last idea he … Read more

Categories A Man for All Seasons, Grow Tags management, productivity, engagement, sensitive, influence

Despondency or Despair

15 August 202114 October 2019

With adults 45+ having the fastest growing suicide rate and the highest rates of hazardous drinking in most Western countries, this topic is difficult to write about. Despondency or despair … Read more

Categories A Man for All Seasons, Grow Tags management, productivity, engagement, despondency, despair

Do We Repair or Do We Build?

15 August 20218 October 2019

Repairing things: cars, motorcycle engines, people, organisations is very different from building something from scratch. The mechanic or doctor, consultant or manager “deals with failure every day whereas the builder … Read more

Categories A Man for All Seasons, Grow, People and Process, Strategy, Growth and Development Tags management, productivity, engagement, repair, build

Coping and the Fibonacci Sequence

15 August 20211 October 2019

Today I want to talk about coping. Traditionally, the word has a slightly negative connotation, it suggests an underlying struggle that we perhaps not deal with. But I’d like to … Read more

Categories A Man for All Seasons, Grow Tags management, productivity, engagement, coping, difficulty

Aloneness and Loneliness

15 August 202125 September 2019

There is a subtle difference between aloneness and loneliness. The first is healthy, it reflects a comfort with our own company and an inner calm. It comes from a position … Read more

Categories A Man for All Seasons, Grow Tags management, productivity, engagement, loneliness, alone

Uncertainty and Productivity

15 August 202112 September 2019

A friend and I were talking about uncertainty and before it lurched to Heisenberg we discussed its relevance to management. Taleb’s “Antifragile” is a nice approach to uncertainty in “a … Read more

Categories A Man for All Seasons, Grow, People and Process, Process, Productivity and Outsourcing Tags management, productivity, trust, engagement, uncertainty

Productivity and Emotional Balance

15 August 202129 August 2019

Productivity in manufacturing is affected by Taiichi Ohno’s Seven Wastes: overproduction waiting transporting inappropriate processing unnecessary inventory unnecessary / excess motion defects The elimination of these wastes lies behind most … Read more

Categories A Man for All Seasons, Grow, People and Process, Process, Productivity and Outsourcing Tags management, productivity, trust, engagement

Trust and Interference

15 August 20215 August 2019

There is a lovely story about a young boy and a lost horse. One day a horse turned up on a farm. No-one knew from whence it came nor who … Read more

Categories Consultants, Coaches and Advisors, A Man for All Seasons, Grow, People and Process Tags management, productivity, trust, engagement

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