The Gift
Everything changes if you can see the thing you’re doing as a gift. Doing it as a gift transforms the thing you don’t want to… Read More »The Gift
Bringing people with you
Test Scores vs A Body of Work
When you show up and say “here’s my resume,” basically you’ve just shared your SAT score … with the HR people. And the HR people… Read More »Test Scores vs A Body of Work
Ways in: ravelling the network
Interface A discipline, culture or scene is a network: a mesh of people, things, ideas and ways of doing things. It might be tightly defined,… Read More »Ways in: ravelling the network
The trampoline: networks, standards and freedom
The network effect is powerful, and a source of tremendous value, and we need to understand how it works. Networks depend on standardisation – a… Read More »The trampoline: networks, standards and freedom
Starting line
Where’s the starting line? Sometimes we’re a few steps further down the track than the people we want to take with us: we’ve given it… Read More »Starting line
Tom Peters on human resources and servant leadership
This is a slide from Tom Peters on putting people really first – well worth checking out.
Value loop
Most businesses that prosper create value for their communities and their customers as well as themselves, and the most successful businesses do so in part… Read More »Value loop
Team performance (2): Team Growth
Richard Hackman‘s second lens on teams and team performance is about the team getting better at what it does over time. If you’re leading a… Read More »Team performance (2): Team Growth
Frontlog
A frontlog is way better than a backlog. It’s when you get things done and dusted ahead of time – either finished well and entirely off… Read More »Frontlog
Your role (1)
If you’re leading an organisation or a team, a big part of your job is to help others to do their jobs. The reference escapes me, but… Read More »Your role (1)