When you are short on money. When you are depleted. When you simply have too much to do. When there's an emergency. When your plans are at risk. What do you cut? A couple of things to consider. Be in a position in which what you cut is up to you, as much as possible. … Continue reading Cut
Category: culture
Making decisions
There are two fundamental flaws in how companies make decisions. The first one has to do with the amount of information available to make the decision. A balance is needed between decisions made with zero information ("based on my opinion ...", "our manager wants it this way ...", "I strongly believe ...", "it worked at … Continue reading Making decisions
Keys and locks
Most people, when starting a relationship, tend to be all about themselves. Here is what I do, here is what I think, here is where I go, here is what I like. The hope, in this case, is to have someone on the other side of the table that finds what we have to offer … Continue reading Keys and locks
Alone
The problem with attacking those who don't see the world as you do, with fostering an environment where outrage is rewarded, with speaking against those on your side who attempt to be moderate, with listening to others in wait for misstep, with glorifying factions and vilifying commonalities. The problem with all of this is that … Continue reading Alone
Comfort and necessity
If you treat comfort as if it were necessity, you'll soon run out of steam in the pursue of it. Comfort is unlimited, constantly temporary, almost always divisive. It is easy to forget and very difficult to reverse. Not impossible, but if you've ever moved from a 100 square metres apartment to a 60 square … Continue reading Comfort and necessity
Nobody likes
There's quite a lot of time wasted in organizations doing repetitive stuff that a computer would do best. The technology is already available, yet this change is strongly resisted. For two very human reasons. First, when you cut on repetitive tasks consistently and over time you get to a point at which you have to … Continue reading Nobody likes
Vertical and horizontal
How do you think at your career? If you think at it vertically, it means you see it as a (more or less) straight line. It's a progression, you look at where you were yesterday and make expectations about where you will be tomorrow. Of course, there might be hiccups, that we perceive as overwhelmingly … Continue reading Vertical and horizontal
